Bangladesh鈥檚 swimmers Samiul Islam Rafi and Annie Akter failed to improve timings in their respective men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 50 metre backstroke freestyle events in the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Saturday.
Former national captain Mohammad Ashraful is set to supervise Barishal Division in the upcoming National Cricket League, said BCB tournament committee chairman Akram Khan.
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 under-20 football team reached Laos on Saturday for their Group H qualifying matches of the AFC U-20 Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers.
A lot of former and current players have shown interest in taking up coaching as a career, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board鈥檚 programme coordinator of the game development, Habibul Bashar, on Saturday.聽
A SIGNIFICANT number of underprivileged children continue to suffer from what is now recognised as learning poverty 鈥� particularly in developing foundational literacy and numeracy skills 鈥� despite the government鈥檚 considerable annual investment in primary education through the Primary Education Development Programme and additional efforts by...
IN A world already fraying at the seams with endless wars, deepening divisions, and mounting anxieties, something far more ancient and ominous seems to be stirring 鈥� something that does not come draped in ideology or diplomacy. Nature, the most silent of all forces, seems to be shouting now. And her voice is one of flames, floods, quakes, and storms...
THE reciprocal tariff that the United States has finally, after three rounds of negotiations in July, imposed on goods import from Bangladesh at 20 per cent, lowered from 35 per cent that the United States on July 8 announced, is viewed as something that has brought about short-term relief. The tariff came into effect on August 1, making Bangladeshi exporters pay a 20 per cent...
The disfigured bodies two Bangladeshis, reportedly burned with acid, were recovered from the Padma River along the Masudpur border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Saturday, triggering fresh outrage over...
A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building at Jahangirnagar University on Friday night.
At least four people, including three from a family, were killed as a train rammed a CNG-powered autorickshaw at a level crossing in the Rashidnagar area at Ramu in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Saturday.
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh held a special dialogue on Saturday to engage law students from public universities in ongoing judicial reform efforts...
Three Bangladeshis were killed and two others injured after a multipurpose vehicle they were in skidded off the road at East Coast Highway 1 near in Kuantan of Malaysia on Friday.
A fire broke out at Sundarban Square Market in Gulistan area of the capital on Saturday...
Two passengers of a bus went missing and 28 others were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district on Friday night...
A young man was stabbed to death by unidentified attackers at Sabujbag in Khulna city on Friday night...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained an Indian citizen from Logang Bazar border area in Panchhari upazila of Khagrachhari district on Thursday.
The Chittagong Port Authority said that the security department of the port held a jetty assistant, Sarkar Md Ariful Islam, while collecting the pass at the GCB Gate 5 for the purpose of smuggling on-chassis container, MRKU 7133586 X 20, of Ciba Cargo International Limited.
Students at Chittagong University have alleged that female residential students were threatened that their seats would be cancelled for returning to their halls later than the prescribed hour, prompting a wave of protest on the social media.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday said that his party saw no obstacles to holding the next national election in February next year.
Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz has called for building a new Bangladesh free from discrimination in line with the spirit of the July uprising.
Leaders of the Ganosamhati Andolan on Friday called on all political parties to maintain unity for implementing the spirit of the July uprising for establishing a democratic country and also establishing rights of the people.
Once a vibrant centre for film making in the country, the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation is now mostly abandoned by producers due to inefficiency, corruption and lack of advanced technology at the state-run institution.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday reiterated his party鈥檚 stance against corruption, saying that there would be 鈥榥o compromise鈥� with looters and extortionists.
Human smuggling from Bangladesh to Malaysia under the guise of tourist has surged as desperate jobseekers are using the tourist visa to enter the country illegally after the suspension of regular labour migration by Malaysia on May 31 past year.
The date of signing the July National Charter 2025 remains uncertain, as the National Consensus Commission is yet to finalise the draft charter while several political parties have vowed not to endorse it without a clear commitment to legally enforce the charter.
As winter clouds gathered above South Africa鈥檚 prime wine-producing Robertson valley, the mood has been sombre ahead of new US tariffs of 30 per cent due to come into force next week.
London鈥檚 Heathrow Airport on Friday unveiled a 拢49-billion ($65 billion) expansion plan, including the costs of building a long-awaited third runway, approved by the UK government after years of legal wrangling.
Nvidia chips do not contain 鈥榖ackdoors鈥� allowing remote access, the US tech giant has said, after Beijing summoned company representatives to discuss 鈥榮erious security issues鈥�.
Meghna Bank PLC on Wednesday held its 196th board meeting at its head office, said a press release.
Noakhali Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has organised half-yearly business development conference at the bank鈥檚 Noakhali Zonal Office conference hall recently, said a press release.