49 students rewarded in July uprising essay contest
The National Book Centre on Thursday awarded 49 students prizes for winning an essay competition on the July uprising...
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William鈥檚 new home sows doubt over Buckingham Palace鈥檚 future
Britain鈥檚 future king Prince William and his family are moving to a new home on the royal Windsor estate, prompting uncertainty about the future of Buckingham Palace.
Locking up and torturing the resistance
IT WAS astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa at 20 years old on Aug 3, 2025 inside Israel鈥檚 Magiddo prison...
AL activities on Indian soil will further strain bilateral relations
THE Indian authorities allegedly allowing activities of the Awami League, fallen in Bangladesh in the July uprising, on Indian soil poses a serious threat to the already strained bilateral relations. Reports published by Bangladeshi and Indian media outlets suggest that leaders and activists of the Awami League are carrying out anti-Bangladesh political activities from India...
BURNING BODIES:聽Ex-Ashulia SI turns state鈥檚 evidence
Former Ashulia police sub-inspector Sheikh Afzalul Haque on Thursday admitted that he committed crimes against humanity in Ashulia during the July 2024 uprising.
IU issues show-cause notices to 33 BCL leaders
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have issued show-cause notices to 33 students affiliated with the university unit of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League following an investigation into their alleged involvement in activities against the July鈥揂ugust student-led mass uprising...
Woodblock printmaking workshop under way at Safiuddin
An eight-day woodblock printmaking workshop titled 鈥楳ulti-Layered Woodblock Printmaking Workshop鈥� conducted by internationally acclaimed artist and art educator Professor Anisuzzaman is under way at Safiuddin Shilpalay...
DB, AL asked doctors not to treat bullet-hit protesters, doctors tell ICT-1
A doctor on Wednesday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that plainclothes police, identifying themselves as Detective Branch officers, asked the doctors and medical staff not to treat injured student protesters during the July 2024 uprising...
Prime Bank partners with BANGLAMARK MotorTech
Prime Bank PLC has recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with BANGLAMARK MotorTech, said a press release...
July charter should recognise expatriates鈥� role in uprising
THE Bangladesh Expatriates鈥� Rights Council鈥檚 demand for the recognition of the contribution of the expatriates to the 2024 July uprising, which toppled the authoritarian regime of the Awami League for a decade and a half on August 5, 2024, and their political inclusion in the July national charter 2025 merits justification. The council, a platform of expatriate Bangladeshis...
SC asks ex-Jatrabari SI to surrender in July uprising murder case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered former Jatrabari police sub-inspector Sazzad Uz Zaman to surrender before the trial court in connection with a murder case linked to the 2024 July鈥揂ugust mass uprising...
July uprising victims stage demo seeking law adviser鈥檚 resignation
The families of a section of those killed and injured during the 2024 July鈥揂ugust uprising staged a sit-in outside the Secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of law adviser Asif Nazrul.
82.5pc injured in July uprising battling depression: seminar
A seminar, titled Beyond the Headlines: Mental Health Consequences of the July Uprising and Milestone Tragedy, on Monday disclosed the findings that 82.5 per cent of the injured in the July uprising were battling depression, while 64 per cent were exhibiting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder...
University Laboratory School holds annual prize distribution ceremony
The annual prize distribution and cultural programme of University Laboratory School and College was held at the auditorium of Teachers-Students Centre on the Dhaka University campus on Monday...
Show-cause notices served on 19 IU teachers
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have issued show-cause notices to 19 teachers following an investigation into their alleged involvement in activities against the July鈥揂ugust student-led mass uprising which ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5 past year...
Onion prices drop as imports resume
Onion prices declined by Tk聽5鈥�7 at the wholesale level at different markets of the capital following the resumption of imports...
PBIL, Amanie Advisors sign deal
Prime Bank Investment Limited has recently entered into a strategic alliance with Amanie Advisors to accelerate development of Bangladesh鈥檚 Shariah-compliant investment landscape, said a press release...
Measures needed to stabilise rice prices, food inflation
WHILE food inflation has put a large number of poor, low- and fixed-income people into difficulty, the persistent increase in rice prices appears to be pushing many into food insecurity. The increase in rice prices, moreover, remains the major contributor to food inflation. Fine rice inflation has stayed in double digits over the past twelve months, while the medium and coarse...
Son of Norway princess charged with four rapes
A son of Norway鈥檚 crown princess has been charged with 32 offences including four rapes and several acts of violence and assault, a prosecutor said on Monday...
My TV chairman put on 5-day remand in murder case
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday allowed the police to take private television channel My TV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi into custody for five days for interrogation in a murder case linked to the 2024 mass uprising.
Woman testifies she identified her burnt son seeing shoe, ID card
Shahina Begum, the mother of Sazzad Hossain Sajal who was allegedly burnt alive in a police pickup van, testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday in a case of crimes against humanity against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
Hidden hunger widespread
Rice prices continue to be the major contributor to food inflation as well as overall price hikes of essentials that lead majority people to struggle for food security amid spreading hidden hunger...
Prime Bank hosts seminar at AIUB
Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) and its AIUB Business Club, organised a high-impact seminar titled 鈥楩inancial Inclusion: Engaging and Inspiring Youth in Banking鈥� at the university campus...
DB arrests My TV chairman Nasir Uddin in murder case
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Detective Branch on Sunday arrested Md Nasir Uddin, chairman of the private TV channel My TV, in a murder case related to the July Uprising.
HC defers hearing plea to quash ex-CJ Khairul proceedings
The High Court on Sunday deferred until October 29 the hearing of a petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to quash the proceedings related to him in a murder case linked to the July 2024 uprising...
Market capitalisation falls by Tk 3,396 cr in week
The Dhaka Stock Exchange witnessed a sharp decline throughout the week, losing Tk 3,396 crore in market capitalisation as share prices dropped on most trading days...
Accursed fate of Palestinians in Israeli prisons
IT WAS astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa (20 years old) on August 3, 2025, inside Israel鈥檚 Magiddo prison. Just months earlier, reports emerged that Israeli forces had killed another Palestinian prisoner in Megiddo, Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad (16 years old), on March 24. Both young men, boys really, had been picked up from the...
Price stability, poverty reduction far from a reality
THE interim government鈥檚 efforts to keep the kitchen market stable have not been successful, as prices of essentials continue to rise. The prices of almost all essential food items, including onions, eggs, broiler chickens and vegetables, remained high on August 15 in the capital鈥檚 kitchen markets. Broiler chickens are sold at Tk 170-180 per kilogram at retail markets, which was...
Rafayat addresses on Bangladeshi youth, July uprising at UN headquarters
Shah Rafayat Chowdhury, co-founder and president of Footsteps, delivered his first keynote statement at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, spotlighting the July uprising as an example for youth-led action against injustice worldwide...
Prices of essentials remain high, wholesale onion prices drop
The prices of almost all essentials, including onions, eggs, broiler chickens, and vegetables, remained high on Friday in the capital鈥檚 kitchen markets...