Vice-chancellor of Pirojpur Science and Technology University Professor Md Shahidul Islam at a programme on Tuesday urged the people of the country to build a corruption-free, discrimination-free, happy, prosperous and self-reliant Bangladesh...
Russian president Vladimir Putin held 鈥榗onstructive鈥� talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, two days ahead of a US deadline for Russia to halt its Ukraine offensive or face fresh sanctions...
The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment on Wednesday to search for scores of people missing a day after deadly Himalayan flash floods...
Two key witnesses on Wednesday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, implicating the police, Begum Rokeya University officials, and Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders in the killing of student protester Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 anti-discrimination movement...
Tannery workers, leaders and rights activists at a discussion on Wednesday said that tannery workers鈥� suffering had deepened over the years as the implementation of their minimum wage was delaying...
The US trade gap narrowed in June, government data showed Tuesday, as imports pulled back more than exports while businesses grappled with president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs on allies and competitors alike...
OCF Company Limited, a South Korean company, is set to invest $8.06 million in Mongla Export Processing Zone, said a press release...
BANGLADESH is at the forefront of climate chaos. From scorching heatwaves to unrelenting floods, environmental stresses are remaking the nation鈥檚 social and economic fabric. Women, particularly poor and rural women, bear the brunt. But they are seldom viewed as the heart of climate leadership. In a world heating faster than expected, an equitable climate future...
Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear 鈥楧oomsday Clock鈥� close to midnight...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi warned Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, that the 鈥榯emptation鈥� for countries to pursue nuclear arms was growing...
South Korean prosecutors questioned former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Wednesday over a litany of allegations, including stock manipulation and bribery...
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday charged 30 people, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, in a case of crimes against humanity over the murder of student Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 protests...
A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India鈥檚 Himalayan region on Tuesday, tearing down a mountain valley before demolishing buildings and killing at least four people...
Jahangirnagar University authorities have permanently expelled 64 current students and revoked the academic certificates of 73 former students for their involvement in last year鈥檚 violent attack on teachers and students during an anti-discrimination movement on the campus...
SEVENTY-THREE years ago, Ernest Hemingway published 鈥楾he Old Man and the Sea,鈥� a story of quiet defiance and enduring dignity. Santiago, the old fisherman, had not caught a fish in 84 days. His apprentice had left him. Yet, undeterred, he sailed deep into the Gulf Stream and fought a giant marlin for three days, using little more than his bare hands and worn tools...
THE much-expected shift in mainstream political culture is far from a reality although it has been a year since the fall of the Awami League regime. A Transparency International Bangladesh study that reviewed the performance of the interim government since August 8, 2024, when the government under review was installed, reports political violence, partisan control of state...
A NUMBER of challenges persist in economic recovery, especially in poverty reduction, employment generation and business environment despite some improvement in the macroeconomic sector in the past year. While it is understandable that the authoritarian and kleptocratic Awami League regime, toppled in a mass uprising in August 2024, left the economy in a shattered...
Prime Bank PLC and bKash Limited on Monday signed an agreement to launch a strategic partnership, aiming to enhance bKash鈥檚 daily transactional operations through an end-to-end specialised digital cash management services, said a press release...
Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited on Tuesday hosted a rally, flower bouquet offering, discussion and Doa Mahfil in Chattogram on the occasion of July Uprising Day, said a press release...
Election Commission has submitted a seven-point set of recommendations to Bangladesh interim government aimed at empowering presiding officers, strengthening their role and enhancing security measures at polling centres ahead of the upcoming 13th national elections.
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that he would write to the chief election commissioner for making all preparations to hold the next national election in February 2026 before the month of Ramadan which will begin...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will address the nation at 8.20pm today.
Two survivors of the 2024 July uprising violence gave testimonies before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday, accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two co-accused of ordering indiscriminate shootings and denying medical care to the wounded.
The interim government is set to unveil the July Proclamation today, having kept most political parties in the dark about the document鈥檚 content by not having them involved in the processes of drafting and finalising the proclamation.
The interim government has checked to some extent macroeconomic headwinds it inherited from the ousted Awami League regime, but failed to infuse enough dynamism into the economy to overcome sluggish private sector investment and unemployment over...
A Rangpur court on Monday placed Habibur Rahman Selim, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in inciting violence during an attack on the homes of the minority community in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur, on a three-day remand...
The theatre department of Tagore University of Creative Arts premiered a play based on George Orwell鈥檚 famous novel titled 鈥楢nimal Farm鈥� at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday...
AS THE Zionist project devolves from apartheid and ethnic cleansing to the final solution of its decades-long genocide, we also commemorate 80 years since the August 6 and August 9 nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Let us consider what are the implications of remembering the nuclear genocide in this present moment of technogenocide in Gaza...
The Money Loan Court on Monday ordered the attachment of Exim Bank鈥檚 Gulshan head office building in a case filed by Bank Asia over unpaid loans...
Industries adviser Adilur Rahman Khan today said that the interim government has been prioritising sustainable and green tourism by taking various initiatives to strike a balance between economic growth, environmental protection, and cultural conservation...