1,757 more people recognised as fighters injured during July uprising
The government has issued a new gazette recognising 1,757 more injured people from the July Uprising as July fighters under three categories...
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Trump takes a swipe at London's mayor
US President Donald Trump attacked London's Mayor Sadiq Khan once again at a news conference in Scotland alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who interjected that Khan was his 鈥榝riend鈥�.
Reconstructing spaces of violence through counter-forensics
ABU Sayed, a student activist at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, was killed on July 16, 2024. The death became a flashpoint in what would grow into the July uprising. While the Awami League government, toppled in the uprising,聽 then claimed that Sayed had been killed with bricks and firearms by other protesters, video footage shared widely on social media...
Bangladesh upgrades salaries of govt primary school head teachers
The head teachers of all government primary schools have their salaries raised to the 10th grade.
NRB Bank shifts principal branch
NRB Bank on Sunday shifted its principal branch shifted to a new location, said a press release...
Preserving July uprising history called for
The first-ever international conference on the July uprising was held at the University of Dhaka on Sunday, with researchers and analysts from home and abroad calling for a national commitment to documenting and preserving the history of the 2024 student-led mass uprising...
Naeem鈥檚 solo features experimental woodcut prints
A solo exhibition of Shilpaguru Safiuddin Ahmed Award 2024 winning artist Abu Al Naeem is featuring experimental woodcut prints with a post-impressionist approach...
PM鈥檚 10-year term, police commission agreed
Political parties on Sunday agreed that no individual should hold office of the prime minister for more than 10 years in his or her lifetime. They have also agreed to the establishment of an independent police commission...
No complete lists of martyrs, wounded as yet
The interim government has failed to complete lists of the people who died and became wounded in the July-August uprising a year after the event...
Prime Bank announces un-audited H1 report
Prime Bank PLC on Sunday announced its half yearly financial results for the period ended on June 30, 2025, said a press release...
Walton reduces price of 3 monitor models
Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited has reduced prices of three of its popular monitor models...
Charge sheets delayed to avoid harassing innocents: adviser
Home adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday said that they were taking time to submit charge sheets in cases filed in connection with the July-August mass uprising to avoid harassment of anyone innocent...
Ganatantrik Sanskritik Oikya celebrates curfew-break anniv
Cultural platform Ganatantrik Sanskritik Oikya on Saturday celebrated the first anniversary of a protest event they undertook to defy the curfew imposed by the ousted Awami League regime during the July uprising...
University Teachers Link launched
A platform titled University Teachers Link was launched on Saturday, aiming to uphold the dignity of teachers at the country鈥檚 public and private universities and advance the spirit of the July-August 2024 mass uprising...
UIU holds discussion to commemorate July uprising
United International University organised a discussion to commemorate the July uprising at the UIU in Dhaka on Saturday...
Prime Bank holds seminar at SUST
To promote financial literacy and inspire youth engagement in the banking sector, Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with the SUST Career Club, organised a seminar titled 鈥楩inancial Inclusion: Engaging and Inspiring Youth in Banking鈥� at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)...
Over 220 UK MPs urge Starmer to recognise Palestinian state
More than 220 British MPs, including dozens from the ruling Labour party, demanded Friday that the UK government 聽formally recognise a Palestinian state, further increasing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Establishing discrimination-free society demanded
Vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday said that by embodying the spirit of the July uprising, a society and state with non-discrimination and justice must be established in the future...
Pvt sector credit growth hits 22-year low
Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh fell to record 6.40 per cent in June 2025, the lowest in 22 years, reflecting deepening stress in the country鈥檚 economy...
Prime Bank, HATIL Complex sign deal
Prime Bank PLC and HATIL Complex Limited have recently signed an agreement to launch a strategic partnership, aiming to enhance HATIL鈥檚 financial operations through specialised payroll banking and digital cash management services...
Legal notoriety of cases against hundreds unnamed should end
THE legacy of filing cases against hundreds of unnamed people, as has been by successive governments, including the authoritarian Awami League government, regrettably persists. After the Awami League regime was toppled in an uprising, it was expected that the abuse of legal devices would end. But the legacy, unfortunately, continues apace. In the recent examples, the...
Doctor was forced to change Abu Sayeed鈥檚 post-mortem report five times: Al Jazeera
The doctor who conducted the autopsy of Abu Sayeed said that the police forced him to change the post-mortem report five times, reports Al Jazeera.
Yunus orders preparing list of people killed in AL attacks before mass uprising
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday ordered preparing a list of those killed in attacks by the Bangladesh Chhatra League and other affiliated bodies of Awami League, and also by state forces on the orders of the then government in the 15 years before the July mass uprising in 2024...
Challenges still remain in banking sector in Bangladesh
Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector has seen some tangible reforms over the past one year under the interim government, but a sustainable recovery of the sector damaged badly during the past government is constrained by some knotty challenges such as rising non-performing loans, outdated regulations and weak institutional capacity, economists said...
PBIL wins three accolades
Prime Bank Investment, investment banking arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has earned three accolades at the Asian Banking & Finance Corporate & Investment Banking Awards 2025, said a press release...
Pretend play area for pre-primary classes
WE HAVE all seen children dress up as their heroes or pretend to be doctors, teachers, or other professionals during playtime. What seems like simple fun is actually something far more significant. It is how children make sense of their world, acting out experiences, ideas, or stories. Imagination, which lies at the heart of children鈥檚 role play, is even more vital than simply acquiring knowledge...
People鈥檚 aspirations expressed through graffiti during uprising: seminar
Artists and academics said that during the July mass uprising the people鈥檚 aspirations were expressed through various graffiti...
Ex-ASP Kafi remanded in BNP activist murder case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former additional superintendent of police Abdullah Hil Kafi and former detective branch inspector聽Arafat Hossain on a two-day remand each in connection with the killing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist Mamun Khandaker in Ashulia during the July-August mass uprising...
Charge hearing on July 28
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday set July 28 for hearing charges against Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid Bachchu and 29 others, accused in connection with a crimes against humanity case over killing of Abu Sayeed during 2024 July uprising...
Prime Bank to give Tk聽5 Crore to support victims of Milestone plane crash
Prime Bank PLC has committed to contribute of Tk聽5 crore to support the medical treatment and rehabilitation of the critically injured students and teachers of the tragic aircraft crash at Milestone School and College at Uttara in Dhaka...