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Youth for Equality aims to empower youth
A four-year project titled Youth for Equality was launched at a hotel in Dhaka on Monday...
Scholz named party鈥檚 top candidate for German elections
Germany鈥檚 Olaf Scholz was Monday officially named to lead his Social Democrats into February elections, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term...
BIMSTEC to pursue visa facilitation scheme
BIMSTEC expert group on visa matters will pursue visa facilitation scheme to promote intra-BIMSTEC travels, people-to-people exchanges, trade and tourism.
G20 knocks out G7 agendas
THE G20 summit in Rio earlier this week offered the quite intriguing spectacle of a deeply divided world, geopolitically and geoeconomically, trying to put on a brave 鈥榟oliday in the sun鈥� face...
78pc dengue patients recorded in DSCC areas come from outside
Dhaka South City Corporation officials have said that many dengue patients taking treatment from hospitals situated in areas under its jurisdiction actually came from outside Dhaka...
Cultural programme calls for unity in diversity
Speakers at a cultural programme on Saturday called for unity in diversity to establish a discrimination-free society in the country...
Ganosamhati for new political settlement
Ganosamhati Andolan chief coordinator Zonayed Saki said on Saturday that along with abolishing the fascist system, a new political settlement was a must to transform Bangladesh into a democratic state...
Mascherano favourites to become new Inter Miami coach
Lionel Messi鈥檚 new coach at Inter Miami will be announced 鈥榠n the coming days鈥�, the club鈥檚 co-owner Jorge Mas said on Friday, with reports suggesting Javier Mascherano is in pole position.
Trump names Scott Bessent as Treasury chief
US president-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs...
More schools needed for students with special needs
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have not been able to open the school for students with visual impairment in Pabna in seven years after its construction. The two-storey Integrated Visually Impaired School was constructed with public funds in 2017 in the district, where there are about 6,225 visually impaired people and at least 25 per cent of them...
School for visually impaired not opened in 7 years
The school for persons with visual impairments constructed about seven years ago at a cost of over Tk 1 crore on the Pabna-Chatmohar road in Pabna has yet to be opened.
Student Movement Against Discrimination forms 18-member central committee
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination has unveiled its 18-member central executive committee, making a significant step in the organisational structure of the movement.
UK former deputy PM John Prescott dies
Britain鈥檚 former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and helped him transform the country鈥檚 Labour party, has died aged 86, his family said on Thursday, prompting tributes from across the political spectrum.
July uprising injured Murad sent to Thailand
Mohammad Murad Islam, an injured in the anti-discrimination student movement, was sent to Vegthani Hospital in Thailand on Wednesday for better treatment...
RCC dismisses 159 employees
Rajshahi City Corporation dismissed its 159 master-roll employees and served show cause notices on 38 other officials and employees on various allegations including irregularities, corruption and taking a stand against student-led anti-discrimination movement...
JL activist files case against Hasina, 186 other AL leaders
A Juba League activist has filed a case accusing 187 individuals, including several top Awami League leaders, of orchestrating and carrying out attacks during the anti-discrimination student movement and mass uprising in Chattogram...
Students clash halting traffic for hours
Student of Dhaka College and Dhaka City College, popularly known as City College, on Wednesday locked in a violent clash in the Science Laboratory area in the city over the allegations from both sides of beating of their fellows, halting traffic movement for more than three hours in the busy...
Coffin march held at DU demanding ban on AL
鈥楢nti-Fascist Students and Citizens鈥� on Wednesday organised a symbolic 鈥楥offin March of Fascism鈥� at Dhaka University, demanding a ban on the fascist forces, including the Awami League and Jatiya Party...
Commonwealth expects free, fair polls in Bangladesh
The Commonwealth assistant secretary general, Professor Luis Franceschi, on Tuesday said that his organisation expected a fair and participatory national election in Bangladesh...
Political parties obstructing measures to ban AL: adviser
The adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan said that political parties were hindering efforts to ban the Awami League from doing politics on charge of mass killing during the recent anti-discrimination movement...
Reading demands for change
THE political avalanche that swept the electoral landscape due to the demand for change was unprecedented. In some electorates the majority achieved by the NPP exceeded 70 per cent. The overall majority in the country was 61 per cent. The avalanche swept aside many who had earned names for themselves on account of their long years of...
Gvardiol helps Croatia reach Nations League quarter-finals
Josko Gvardiol continued his scoring streak to earn Croatia a 1-1 home draw with Portugal on Monday that allowed them to squeak into the Nations League quarter-finals.
Schools closed in Beirut after deadly raid
Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after rare strikes on central districts of the Lebanese capital killed six people including聽 Hezbollah鈥檚 spokesman, the latest senior figure slain by Israel.
PSC decides to republish results of 46th BCS
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission on Monday decided to republish the results of the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service examination...
Workshop on Iodised Salt Act held in Rajshahi
With the support of Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, a development partner, the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation organised a workshop on 鈥業odised Salt Act-2021鈥� at the conference room of BSCIC Rajshahi regional office on Sunday...
Desh TV MD Arif remanded in attempted murder case
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday placed Arif Hasan, the managing director of private television channel Desh TV, on聽 a two-day remand in a case filed over...
Hold next general election as early as possible: discussion
Politicians on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to give the next general election as early as possible...
Chinese delegation calls on DU pro-VC
A three-member delegation led by Professor Gan Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences called on Dhaka University pro-vice-chancellor Professor Mamun Ahmed at the DU VC鈥檚 Meeting Room on Saturday...