Several injured during clash between UPDF factions
Several people were injured during a clash reportedly among the supporters of two factions of the United People鈥檚 Democratic Front, a political party based in the Chittagong Hill Tracts on Tuesday.
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GAU observes July uprising day
Gazipur Agricultural University commemorated the July uprising day with various programmes at the GAU in Gazipur on Tuesday.
Govt to close project on nat鈥檒 academy for autistic children
The government is going to close an education ministry project to establish a national academy for the children with autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities...
Families of 5 martyred journalists cry for justice
Families of the five journalists, killed during the past year鈥檚 July mass uprising, said that justice for the martyrs seemed elusive as there had been no progress in the process even after a year since the uprising...
JnU celebrates uprising anniversary excluding student protesters
Frontline student protesters, many of whom were injured during the 2024 July uprising, on Tuesday criticised the authorities of Jagannath University as the authorities celebrated the first anniversary of the uprising excluding the student protesters...
Russian strikes kill six across Ukraine
Russian strikes across eastern Ukraine killed six people, including a mechanic at a railway station, and wounded at least a dozen people, authorities said Tuesday...
Philippines鈥� Marcos strikes defence deals in India
The Philippines and India signed a raft of security deals Tuesday aimed at strengthening strategic ties between the nations as they navigate聽tensions with China across the Asia-Pacific...
Flash flood washes out India Himalayan town, killing four
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...
Israeli attacks kill 26 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said 26 people were killed by Israeli gunfire and air strikes on Tuesday, including 14 who were waiting near an aid distribution site inside the Palestinian territory.
Fewer passengers board govt-hired special trains
The eight special trains the government provided to carry people from different districts to Dhaka city on Tuesday to join the July Declaration announcement ceremony, had passengers fewer than the usual trains...
10 hurt in gas balloon blast during July anniv celebration聽
At least 10 people, including a boy and an adolescent, were injured on Tuesday in Dhaka city when a fire broke out from the explosion of a gas balloon during the celebration of the first anniversary of the July uprising on Manik Mia Avenue...
Cultural events mark July Mass Uprising Day
Different organisations on Tuesday observed July Mass Uprising Day through different cultural programmes in the capital Dhaka...
Milestone to resume classes partially today
The Milestone School and College will resume classes partially today 15 days after a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into it, killing at least 34 people, most of them primary-level students of the educational institution located in the capital鈥檚 Uttara...
JU expels 64 students over July attack
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...
BNP welcomes polls declaration
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday welcomed chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 twin announcements of the July declaration and the forthcoming national election, calling them a pivotal moment in Bangladesh鈥檚 return to democratic order.
BMU provides free treatment, diagnostic services to 3,000 patients
Bangladesh Medical University on Tuesday provided free treatment and diagnostic tests to over 3,000 patients at the BMU in Dhaka...
Left parties聽avoid July聽Declaration聽ceremony
Parties under the Left Democratic Alliance, the Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod on Tuesday abstained from joining the July Declaration ceremony.
July victims seek legal protection
Different political parties, government institutions and socio-cultural organisations on Tuesday observed July Mass Uprising Day across the country.
Probe into July atrocity cases sees little progress聽聽聽
One year after the July 2024 student-led mass uprising that overthrew Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 16-year authoritarian regime, investigations into the violence and killings remain slow and scattered.
July Declaration
Below is the text of the July Declaration that the chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus read out at a public gathering on the South Plaza of the National Assembly building in Dhaka on August 5, marking a year of the deposal of the authoritarian Awami League government...
Slogans on posters
A LOOK into the newspaper photo morgue, basically an array of directories sequentially numbered by date on the server in this digital era, where photojournalists 鈥� Md Sourav and Sony Ramani in the case of 抖阴精品 鈥� rest their day鈥檚 work, might weave a pattern of an event that broke out over days. This might also tell a story. The photographs of the student protests...
The regime fell, but not the machine
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...
Who wins, who loses?
IN A world of escalating trade tensions and transactional diplomacy, tariffs have re-emerged as pivotal instruments for recalibrating national economies. At their core, tariffs are not merely financial levers; they are strategic tools for what one might call economic homeostasis 鈥� a term borrowed from physiology, which refers to maintaining equilibrium across key...
Democratic shift in political culture far from reality
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...
Banks disburse 98pc of farm loan target
Banks disbursed Tk 37,326 crore in agricultural loans during the 2024-25 financial year, which was slightly lower than the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
WB wants 30pc local workers in projects
The government is under pressure to bring about major changes in documentation of the annual development projects to be financed by the World Bank to meet 30 per cent local labour requirement...
Forex reserve crosses $30b again
The country鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserve has once again crossed $30 billion amid increased remittance and export earnings...
ICDs witness container surge for export rise
The 22 private inland container depots in Chattogram port experienced severe container congestion due to an increase in exports, according to insiders...
Trump threatens India with higher tariffs
US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he was considering 鈥榮ubstantially鈥� hiking tariffs on Indian imports in the next 24 hours over the country鈥檚 purchases of Russian oil...
Trump tariffs don鈥檛 spare his fans in EU
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban promised that the return of his 鈥榙ear friend鈥� Donald Trump as US president would usher in a new 鈥榞olden age鈥�...