¶¶Òõ¾«Æ·

Skip to main content

Tags : H


img

NCC makes changes in July Charter

The National Consensus Commission on Thursday shared the final July National Charter 2025 with 30 political parties, keeping the provisions for incorporating the document into the constitution and the signatory parties’ commitment not to challenge it legally.

img

Govt net borrowing from bank turns negative

During the first two months in FY26, the government repaid Tk 3,105 crore to Bangladesh Bank while borrowing only Tk 588 crore from commercial banks, leaving net borrowing from the banking system at negative Tk 2,516 crore...

img

Another panel led by ex-student coordinators announced

A new panel named Sarbojanin Chhatra Sangsad has entered the race for the upcoming elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union, with a former coordinator of Students Against Discrimination, Tasin Khan, contesting for the post of vice-president...

img

DPE, British Council partner to enhance ELT

The Directorate of Primary Education, under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, and the British Council have formalised a partnership set to shape the future of primary education across Bangladesh...

img

Israeli strike kills one in Lebanon

Lebanon said an Israeli strike in the country’s south on Thursday killed one person, the latest raid despite a ceasefire with militant group Hezbollah.

img

Standing shorn of past glory

It certainly is a walk of pride for students, or anyone, down the Dhaka Collegiate School campus, now at 1 Lyall Street in Old Town of Dhaka, founded in 1835 as the first government high school in undivided Bengal...

img

N Korea’s Kim Ju Ae ‘likely successor’

South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Ju Ae, who recently accompanied him on a high-profile visit to Beijing, is understood to be his recognised successor.

img

United Nations turns 80

THERE is only one treaty in the world that, despite its limitations, binds nations together: the United Nations Charter. Representatives of 50 nations wrote and ratified the UN Charter in 1945, with others joining in the years that followed...

img

Islam, hajj and the English language

In his monumental book titled Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English (2005), MacEwan University professor of English literature Amin Malak states: ‘Being associated with conquest and colonialism, English is seen as inherently inhospitable to Islam’ (p. 2). Although this sense of irreconcilability between Islam and English is now considered a matter of the...

img

Mashrafe legacy inspires Rinky’s rise

Former Bangladesh cricket team captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s legacy has inspired a new generation of athletes in his village, Narail. A notable example is Rinky Biswas, a female long-distance runner from Bangladesh.

img

Weighing sovereignty, efficiency and growth

CHITTAGONG Port, officially the Port of Chattogram, is Bangladesh’s largest and most strategically important maritime gateway. Handling more than three million TEUs annually and facilitating more than 90 per cent of Bangladesh’s maritime trade, it serves as the nation’s primary hub for import and export. The port directly underpins roughly $75 billion in annual..

img

A welcome High Court order that govt must comply with

The High Court’s order to halt the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel, while directing the government not to block public access to the vital urban spaces, is welcome. The ruling follows a writ petition filed by green activists, university teachers and Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement members. It reaffirms what...

img

Public doctor’s private practice should in no way peter out

THE government’s allowing physicians of public hospitals to see patients in private sessions in respective hospitals after duty hours, which began in March 2023, has largely stalled in two years and a half. Health managers say that the plan was put into action in at least 170 hospitals, but the system somehow functions in only about 30 of the hospitals. The services closed...

img

Irregularities, boycott mar JUCSU polls

The long-awaited Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union elections were held on Thursday -- after more than three decades -- in a largely peaceful atmosphere but the polls were overshadowed by boycotts by most panels and...

img

Mushfiq set to play for Sylhet in NCL T20

Ace-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is set to play for Sylhet Division in the forthcoming NCL T20, as the eight teams of the tournament were announced on Thursday.

img

Bangladesh football team returns from Nepal safely

Bangladesh national football team returned home from Nepal on Thursday after being stranded for two days at the team hotel in Kathmandu due to political unrest that disrupted flight operations at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

img

JUCSU elections: Voting concludes, queues persist

Voting for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU) and hall union elections concluded on Thursday afternoon, yet long queues of eager students remained outside several polling centres.

img

Record 6 dengue deaths reported in 24 hours

Bangladesh on Thursday recorded this year’s highest single-day dengue death toll, with six people dying and 586 others hospitalised with the viral fever in the 24 hours till 8:00am.