Miscreants kill auto-rickshaw driver, steal the vehicle
Unidentified miscreants murdered an auto-rickshaw driver before stealing his vehicle at Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Saturday...
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Eight dead in knife attack at China school
Eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect was arrested at the scene, police said...
Experts emphasise political consensus for constitution reforms
Leading legal and constitution experts and dignitaries on Saturday emphasised the necessity of political consensus for amending or rewriting the constitution, aligning it with people鈥檚 aspirations, particularly in the spirit of the July-August Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination...
Milestone School holds annual prize distribution
The annual cultural and prize distribution ceremony of Milestone School and College was held on Tuesday.
Primary schools empty as smog persists in Delhi
Residents in India鈥檚 capital New Delhi again woke under a blanket of choking smog on Friday, a day after authorities closed primary schools and imposed measures aimed at alleviating the annual crisis.
Street performance Laal Majlum at DU tomorrow
A street performance titled Laal Majlum will be held at the base of Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture of Dhaka University on Saturday afternoon...
Siblings of Abu Sayeed quit job of Bashundhara
Ramzan Ali and Abu Hossain, two brothers of Begum Rokeya University鈥檚 martyred student Abu Sayeed, who was shot dead by the police during the anti-discrimination student movement, left the jobs of Bashundhara Group...
Anti-discrimination students clash in Sunamganj, 8 injured
A programme of the Sunamganj district chapter of the Student Movement Against Discrimination was foiled on Thursday as supporters of two factions of the platform clashed, leaving at least eight of the both groups injured...
India鈥檚 river linking project puts Sunderbans in peril
Unlike Steinbeck鈥檚 defamed 鈥榮alt-water-eating bushes鈥� of the Sea of Cortez, the Sunderbans is an excellent forest treasure for Bangladesh, India鈥檚 West Bengal, and the rest of the world. In 1997, UNESCO awarded the Sunderbans the accolade 鈥楢 World Heritage Site,鈥� with the obvious implication that everything should be done to preserve this incredible...
Chip giant TSMC sued for alleged discrimination
More than a dozen US-based employees of Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC have sued the company for apparent discrimination against non-Asian workers, according to a recent lawsuit...
Russia shuts gulag museum in Moscow
Russian authorities ordered the closure from Thursday of Moscow鈥檚 award-winning Gulag History Museum.
Police exhume bodies of two killed during student movement
The police on Wednesday exhumed bodies of two people killed during protests led by the Students Movement Against Discrimination from their graves for post-mortem examinations in Mymensingh...
Milestone School holds annual prize distribution
The annual cultural and prize distribution ceremony of Milestone School and College was held on Tuesday...
Kids feel less family support, more school pressure: WHO
Youths in Europe, Canada and Central Asia feel less family support and more school pressure than before, the World Health Organisation warned Wednesday, urging countries to improve teens鈥� social environments...
DU students demand dissolution of syndicate
Several student organisations on Wednesday evening staged a protest procession and sit-in at Dhaka University, demanding the dissolution of the existing Dhaka University syndicate body, labeling it illegal and complicit in fascism...
Fakhrul cautions against India鈥檚 harmful campaign
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused India of hatching conspiracies against Bangladesh while it gave shelter to 鈥榯he mastermind of fascism鈥�...
British Council gives awards over O level results
The British Council on Tuesday organised Scholars鈥� Award 2024 distribution ceremony to honour 36 students who achieved excellent results in their May-June 2024 Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel Qualifications conducted by the British Council for UK Exam Boards...
Anatomy of AL鈥檚 complaint to ICC
THE name 鈥楤angladesh鈥� is not stranger to the International Criminal Court. It was one of the earliest signatories to the ICC Rome Statute and ratified the same on March 23, 2010. Publicly available information shows that the ICC received at least four communications containing complaints (institutionally known as Article 15 Communications or...
Scholz says ready to hold confidence vote this year
Germany鈥檚 embattled chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he would be ready to ask for a confidence vote this year to pave the way for snap elections.
Sultan Ahmed Choudhury Gold Medal Award ceremony held
An initiative of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Professor Emeritus Dr Sultan Ahmed Choudhury Gold Medal Award ceremony was held at the auditorium of the National Science and Technology Complex in Dhaka on Saturday.
Govt officials demand end to inter-cadre discrimination
Government officials belonging to 25 Bangladesh Civil Service cadres pressing for the elimination of inter-cadre discriminations on Saturday iterated that promotions...
Two thirds of German voters want prompt new elections: poll
About two thirds of German voters want snap elections as soon as possible after this week鈥檚 collapse of chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 ruling coalition, a poll showed on Friday.
Biman provides stretcher ticket on Bangkok route for injured student
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has provided a courtesy ticket with a stretcher on the Dhaka-Bangkok route, including an attendant, for the treatment of Nabil Ahmed, who was seriously injured in the anti-discrimination student movement.
Scholz under pressure to call early vote after coalition collapses
Germany鈥檚 conservative opposition heaped pressure on chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 crisis-hit government Thursday to allow for speedy elections by calling a confidence vote next week...
Students form human chain demanding removal of Feni DC
Students on Thursday formed a human chain demanding removal of Feni deputy commissioner Musammat Shahina Akter, accusing her of being an 鈥榓ccomplice鈥� in killings during the anti-discrimination student movement in Feni.
Punjab shuts schools in smog hit main cities
Pakistan鈥檚 most populated province of Punjab on Wednesday ordered schools closed in smog hit main cities, shifting them to online learning until November 17, a minister said, as the...
Can fascism be defeated with draconian laws in force?
FOR more than half a century, Bangladesh has grappled with the promise of democracy, caught in a cycle of progress and regression, and聽 hope and suppression. The country鈥檚 journey...
BSCIC holds training on fire drill
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation on Monday in Dhaka inaugurated the two-day training and drill course on fire prevention, extinguishing, rescue and emergency evacuation.
Experts debate constitutional reforms, call for consensus
Legal and academic experts at a discussion on Monday underscored the need for a constituent assembly and a national consensus to amend the constitution, raising questions about聽the...
Discussion addresses role of pvt univ students in mass uprising
Literary magazine Agnisetu on Saturday at Dhaka University organised a discussion to address the role of private university students in the July-August student-led mass uprising that...