Proper dredging in River Bhairab demanded
The Movement Committee for Dredging of the River Bhairab on Monday submitted a memorandum to the deputy commissioner of Jashore demanding proper dredging of the...
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JU students demand ban on politics on campus
Students of Jahangirnagar University demonstrated on the campus on Monday, demanding a ban on the politics of teachers, students, officers, and employees of the university on the campus.
JU, RU students protest at border killing by BSF
Students of the Jahangirnagar University and the Rajshahi University on Monday held rallies on their respective campuses to protest against killings of Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force in bordering areas...
Halt to dredging at Arial Bil ordered
The interim government鈥檚 adviser to environment, forest and climate change, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, on Monday instructed the deputy commissioner of Munshiganj to ensure no sand dredgers were allowed to the Arial Bil...
RAB arrests fugitive condemned convict
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested a fugitive death row convict, who escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur over a month ago, at a residential hotel in Kodda area of Gazipur city...
Ousted regime remained busy with monument projects
Finance, commerce and science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday criticised the recently ousted Awami League regime for following the 鈥業ndian syndrome of monument projects鈥�...
No NRC application, no Aadhaar: Assam CM
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced the government鈥檚 decision to not issue Aadhaar cards to people who had not applied to be a part of the National Register of Citizens in 2014, reports The Indian Express...
Prof Ashraful Hoque made AUST VC
Professor Md Ashraful Hoque joined the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology as vice-chancellor...
Typhoon Yagi weakens after leaving dozens dead in Vietnam, China, Philippines
Typhoon Yagi weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday, after killing over a dozen people, tearing roofs off buildings, sinking boats and triggering landslides across Vietnam.
Signal 3 for ports as low turns into depression
Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Sunday issued signal number three for the country鈥檚 four maritime ports as the low pressure over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression with chances of it strengthening even more today...
Yagi hits Vietnam after leaving deadly trail
Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees, swept ships and boats out to sea and ripped roofs off houses in northern Vietnam on Saturday, killing at least three people, after...
Malaysia Airlines finds 鈥榩otential issue鈥� on A350-900 engine
Malaysia Airlines said on Friday it had found a 鈥榩otential issue鈥� with the engine of an Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet but added that it had been resolved...
China鈥檚 Ant Group launches AI 鈥榣ife assistant鈥�
The fintech firm backed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made a foray into products powered by artificial intelligence after announcing a 鈥榣ife assistant鈥� mobile app...
Typhoon Yagi slams into southern China
Super Typhoon Yagi slammed into southern China鈥檚 Hainan island on Friday, bringing windspeeds of over 230 kilometres (143 miles) an hour in what is set to be the strongest storm to hit the region in over a decade.
India police list 鈥榗ow vigilantes鈥� after Hindu teen murder
Indian police on Thursday said they were compiling lists of right-wing Hindu 鈥榗ow vigilantes鈥� after a young man falsely accused of smuggling beef was shot dead.
Pope appeals for religious unity
Pope Francis appealed for religious unity on Thursday as he addressed tens of thousands of people at a football stadium after meeting faith leaders at Southeast Asia鈥檚 biggest mosque.
Professor Noman鈥檚 death anniv today
The 28th anniversary of the death of Professor Mohammed Noman, an eminent educationist and former vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, will be observed today...
Two ex-IGPs Shahidul, Mamun on remand
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday placed two former inspectors general of police AKM Shahidul Haque and Chowdhury Abdullah-Al-Mamun on seven-day and eight-day remand respectively on charges of murder during the student-led mass uprising...
Forced resignation of heads in edn institutions unacceptable
THE forced resignation of heads of educational institutions 鈥� often unseemly and, therefore, ignoble 鈥� keeps happening in breach of government directives. Against the backdrop of such happenings that began after the downfall of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League on August 5 amidst student-mass uprising, the education adviser to the interim...
Protesters demand resignation of Ctg Wasa MD
Demonstrations demanding the resignation of AKM Fazlullah, the managing director of Chattogram Wasa for 15 years, continued for the 3rd consecutive day on Tuesday.
Why Abrar鈥檚 family won鈥檛 be given Tk聽10cr: HC
The High Court on Tuesday issued a directive to the interim government, asking why it should not be ordered to pay Tk聽10 crore in compensation to the parents of Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology...
鈥楪oom: Jaan O Jaban鈥� under way
Anthropologist and documentary photographer Moshfiqur Rahman Johan has captured the in-depth reality of family members and relatives of victims of enforced disappearances in his solo photo exhibition under way at the Nalinikanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum in the capital...
Fakhrul off to Singapore for treatment
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went to Singapore on Sunday night for medical treatment...
BNP ready to face challenges in establishing democracy: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that the party would face all kinds of challenges in the process of establishing democracy...
BNP ready to face challenges in establishing democracy: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that the party would face all kinds of challenges in the process of establishing democracy....
US requests dispute talks on Canada digital services tax
The United States said Friday that it has requested dispute settlement talks with Canada over a recently introduced digital services tax...
BNP urges people to hand over extortionists to police
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday urged people to hand over those persons to the police who were attempting to extort money in the name of the BNP.
Indigenous mothers search for CIA experiment site in Montreal
A group of indigenous women are hoping to stop the bulldozers at a former Montreal hospital which they believe could hold the truth about children still missing from a grisly half-century-old CIA experiment.
Blue Origin completes latest space tourism flight successfully
Blue Origin flew its latest group of six thrill-seekers to the edge of space and back again on Thursday, including the youngest-ever woman to complete the feat.
Govt to hold talks with political parties in phases
The interim government is likely to hold talks with the political parties in phases.
