THE recently concluded Gaza peace summit, sponsored by US president Donald J Trump before a US-Israel-imposed 20-point Gaza peace plan championed by the fragile peace initiative, was signed by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and T眉rkiye, with a couple of other world leaders acting as 鈥榗heerleaders.鈥� This presents a look of an international consensus. However, this...
THE hills of south-eastern Bangladesh are famed for their breathtaking beauty. Yet beneath the lush greenery and terraced slopes lies a history steeped in marginalisation, militarisation and impunity. In late September 2025, the Chittagong Hill Tracts once again descended into turmoil, revealing the deep structural vulnerabilities that continue to define life for Indigenous...
RAMPANT food adulteration is a grave and persistent public health threat, with unsafe food turning what sustains life into a slow and silent agent of disease and death. Recent laboratory tests by the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority show how deeply the problem has penetrated the food chain. Of the 15 bread samples tested, 11 contained potassium bromate, a banned...
THIS is unfortunate that food losses post harvest and food waste at consumption account for a third of all the food produced in Bangladesh, as a recent World Bank report says, when insufficient food security forces 12 per cent of the poor to skip meals and about 9 per cent of the poor to pass a day without food, as a recent Power and Participation Research Centre...
National Citizen Party member secretary Akhter Hossen on Saturday said that if the legal basis, draft order, and contents of the July National Charter鈥檚 implementation road map were not presented before the nation, the charter would remain nothing more than a paper...
A group of Jahangirnagar University students at a rally on Friday demanded the ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, accusing the group of involvement in the recent alleged abduction of an imam in Gazipur and the rape of Muslim women.
Barishal University has taken disciplinary action against 25 students over a clash between two departments that erupted during a football match about one and a half months ago.
Rajshahi Medical College Hospital launched a specialised ward dedicated to the treatment of snakebite patients - the first of its kind in the country.
The Counselling and Wellbeing Centre of North South University in collaboration with Kaan Pete Roi began training of the first batch of 25 students on the Mental Health Preliminary Response module at the NSU in Dhaka on Thursday.
Southeast University welcomed newly admitted students of the fall 2025 semester through an orientation programme at the SEU Multipurpose Hall in Dhaka on Thursday.
Cultural organisation Prakash staged recitation production titled Je Namei Dako Tumi on Friday at the National Chitrashala Auditorium of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
A man was hit to death with a hammer during a arbitration convened to settle a dispute over harvesting paddy on a land in a village under Magura Sadar upazila on Friday.
Demolition workers have finished tearing down the White House鈥檚 entire East Wing to make way for US president Donald Trump鈥檚 giant new $300 million ballroom, satellite pictures showed Thursday.
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration sounded the alarm Thursday over potential turmoil at airports as the government shutdown threatens to drag into November, warning of ruined holiday plans for millions of Americans.
Eastern Bank recently organised an exclusive seminar on financial literacy titled 鈥楨BL Campus Connect: Inspiring New Generation in Banking鈥� at North South University, said a press release.
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, in collaboration with Mastercard, inaugurated a fully cashless university campus under the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 鈥楥ashless Bangladesh鈥� initiative, enabling teachers, students and visitors to conduct cashless transactions at Chattogram University.聽
The police intercepted the march of graduates with disabilities towards the chief adviser鈥檚 residence Jamuna, demanding employment rights for them, at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Friday.
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell of International Standard University held a seminar titled Make Your Teaching Visible to enhance quality education through faculty development on the ISU campus at Mohakhali in Dhaka on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump said Israel would lose its crucial backing from the United States if it annexes the occupied West Bank, in a Time magazine interview published Thursday...
Indian Border Security Force picked up a Bangladeshi youth from the Nitpur border area under Porsha upazila in Naogaon early Wednesday.
For the first time in the country, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has introduced a specialized ward dedicated exclusively to the treatment of snakebite patients, aiming to reduce fatalities and ensure faster, coordinated care.
Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh convener Debapriya Bhattacharya at a programme in Sylhet on Thursday said that a 鈥榗rony capitalist鈥� economy had been established in the country...
The central library of Jagannath University, intended as a hub for academic study and research, has largely become a centre for government job preparations, leaving students鈥� academic pursuits neglected...
Environmental campaigners at a rally in Rajshahi on Thursday called for replacing the fossil fuel-based food system with green and sustainable energy-based alternatives to ensure environmental justice and food security...
A group of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists on Thursday locked the Chandar Union Council office in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi after driving the council chair out of the office over the appointment of a Union Digital Centre entrepreneur...
The Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh held its 18th syndicate meeting at the conference room of AAUB in Lalmonirhat on Thursday...
Trading of six mutual funds managed by LR Global Bangladesh Asset Management has been suspended indefinitely after the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) ordered the fund manager鈥檚 removal for misuse of investors鈥� money...
Bangladesh Bank has reinstated the provision of additional increments for officers directly recruited to the 9th and 10th pay grades in a bid to attract and retain highly qualified individuals...
Country鈥檚 both the bourses鈥擠haka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange 鈥� on Thursday extended positive territory for a second consecutive session as investors stayed watchful ahead of the upcoming earnings season...
AKIJ Resource has announced plans to launch Bangladesh鈥檚 first Shariah-based digital bank, aiming to fill the void in Islamic banking created after Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 move to merge five struggling Islamic banks...
