Art exhibition honours working class聽
A daylong art exhibition, honouring the working class, marking International Workers鈥� Day titled '15th Rongottor Art Exhibition' is under way at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
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Israel reopens key roads as firefighting teams battle blaze
Israeli firefighting teams battled wildfires near Jerusalem for a second day on Thursday, with police reporting the reopening of several major roads that had been closed.
May Day being observed
International Workers鈥� Day, also known as May Day, is being observed across Bangladesh on Thursday, alongside worldwide observances, with workers uniting to demand better working conditions and rights.聽
Work together to build new Bangladesh: Prof Yunus
Reiterating the interim government鈥檚 firm determination to build a new Bangladesh, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus urged the workers and owners to work together to build the new Bangladesh on Thursday.
Decision on humanitarian corridor must come from parliament: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday expressed concern over the interim government鈥檚 reported decision in principle to provide a humanitarian corridor for Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State..
Ukraine, US sign minerals deal, tying Trump to Kyiv
The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid.
Barca fight back against Inter in sensational semi-final draw
Barcelona and Inter Milan shared a compelling 3-3 draw in a high-octane Champions League semi-final first leg clash on Wednesday.
Two RMG factories shut amid worker protests
Two readymade garment factories were shut down indefinitely on Wednesday amid worker protests in Gazipur鈥檚 Konabari area...
5 arrested over vandalising DU bus at Uttara
Police on Wednesday arrested five people, including banned Bangladesh Chhatra League activist Arafat over the allegation of vandalising Dhaka University bus at Uttara on Tuesday afternoon...
ASK condemns dismissal of 3 journalists
Rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra on Wednesday condemned incidents of dismissal of three journalists from different media outlets losing their jobs...
Two kidnappers arrested at Uttara, car seized
The police have arrested two individuals for their alleged involvement in the abduction of a man from the Uttara area of the capital city and seized a private car from their possession...
BMU celebrates 28th University Day
Bangladesh Medical University celebrated the 28th University Day through rally, discussion meeting, granting research grants and serving quality food to patients on the university in Dhaka on Wednesday...
BSRM School of Engineering inaugurated at BRAC University
BRAC University and the BSRM Group of Companies inaugurated the BSRM School of Engineering with the theme 鈥榮haping tomorrow: innovation for sustainability鈥� through a ceremony at the Merul Badda campus of the university in Dhaka on Wednesday...
NSU holds seminar on IP law
The North South University law department celebrated 鈥榃orld Intellectual Property Day鈥� with a seminar on contemporary Intellectual Property Law at the NSU in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Govt drafts two guidelines for electric 3-wheelers, rickshaws
The government has drafted two separate guidelines to manage and control electric three-wheeler vehicles and battery-run rickshaws...
Polytechnic students shut down institutes for 2nd day
The students of polytechnic institutes across the country kept their respective institutions locked for the second day on Wednesday under an indefinite campus shutdown programme to press home their six-point demand...
Labourer found dead beside railway tracks
Railway police recovered the body of a man near railway tracks in Rajshahi city on Wednesday morning...
Govt鈥檚 foreign loan repay rises by 24pc
The government repaid $3.2 billion to creditors to service foreign debts in the first nine months of the current financial year (2024-25)...
India to ask caste status in next census for first time in decades
India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious affirmative action policies...
Russian strikes kill one in Ukraine
Russian strikes on the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv overnight left at least one person dead and more than a dozen wounded, authorities said on Wednesday...
Ukraine expects to sign minerals deal with US in a day: PM
Ukraine expects to sign a much-anticipated minerals deal with the United States in a day, the country鈥檚 prime minister Denys Shmygal said Wednesday, as both sides finalised details...
India plans strike after Kashmir attack: Pakistan
Pakistan said on Wednesday it had 鈥榗redible intelligence鈥� that India was planning an imminent military strike and vowed to retaliate, as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir...
We want peace, but not getting ready for war suicidal: Yunus
Noting that war was always an expensive affair, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday emphasised that Bangladesh should design its overall strategy with required preparation, while at the same be open to peace...
None should consider them as minority: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party is committed to protecting the rights of every citizen irrespective of their religion, caste and creed...
UNHCR urges Bangladesh to shelter1.13 lakh more Rohingyas
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has recently pressed the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner to ensure accommodation of 1.13 lakh more Rohingyas amid uncertainty of repatriation...
Bashundhara鈥檚 shares of Tk聽1,458cr seized
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 75.46 crore shares, worth Tk 1,458 crore, of 22 companies of the Bashundhara Group in connection with graft allegations...
Historic May Day today
Bangladesh along with the rest of the world will observe May Day, also known as International Workers鈥� Day, today with demands for ensuring worker rights, including right to workplace safety and right to forming and joining trade unions...
22,000 cases pending with labour courts
The wait for justice for hundreds of workers is getting ever longer, as the labour courts and the labour appellate tribunal are struggling to deal with a backlog of around 22,000 cases...
Labour rights still far cry
The labour sector needs comprehensive reforms to ensure worker rights and welfare. The interim government has, however, received recommendations from the labour reforms commission...
No nat鈥檒 minimum wage in Bangladesh widens disparity聽
The absence of a national minimum wage forces a huge number of employees and workers in many formal and informal sectors in the country to remain highly low paid, widening income inequality...