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Parts of Bangladesh capital goes dark after power grid fails

Large parts of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka were plunged into darkness on Sunday night after a major power substation in Rampura went out of order, affecting areas covered by the city’s electricity distributors – Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited and Dhaka Electricity Supply Company Limited.

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Decline in science enrolment in colleges

BANGLADESH is facing an alarming decline in science student enrolment at the higher secondary certificate level and, as a result, the country now stands at a critical crossroads. While Asian nations such as Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia surge ahead on the engines of science and technology, we are witnessing a significant aversion to and...

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Govt to act soon on DSCC issue: LGRD adviser

Local Government, Rural Development and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, said on Thursday that a decision would soon be made about the Dhaka South City Corporation as the protest halting its services entered its 36th day...

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Net NSC sales plunge in July-April

The net sales of National Savings Certificates continued to decline in the first 10 months of the current financial year due mainly to the impact of prolonged inflation, changing investor behaviour, and shifting government priorities....

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US recovers $225m stolen in crypto scam

The US government said Wednesday it recovered $225 million in the largest seizure yet of money stolen in a cryptocurrency confidence scam...

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5 killed in road accidents

At least five people, including a Higher Secondary School Certificate examinee, were killed in road accidents in Nilphamari, Meherpur, Jhenaidah and Naogaon on Wednesday...

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Ishraque opens DSCC mosquito control prog sans mayoral oath

Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain, who is yet to take oath as mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporation following a court verdict, inaugurated a mosquito control programme at Nagar Bhaban, the headquarters of the DSCC, on Wednesday...

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BAEC creates bridge between societies, science: seminar

Discussants at a seminar in Dhaka on Wednesday said that the services and scientific solutions of the Atomic Energy Centre in Dhaka were playing an important role in national development, which created a bridge between society and science...

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Med rescuers saves 1,75,000 people since 2015

Maritime rescue organisations said Wednesday they had pulled more than 1,75,000 people from the Mediterranean over the past 10 years, as waves of migrants sought to use the dangerous sea route to reach Europe...

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Kate pulls out of Royal Ascot race meeting

Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, who is recovering from cancer, has pulled out of attending the Royal Ascot race meeting, her Kensington Palace office said on Wednesday...

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Govt, BNP should resolve DSCC crisis early

THE prolonged delay in resolving the crisis that has gripped the Dhaka South City Corporation and disrupted public services is unacceptable. While the government is largely responsible for the crisis with its differentiated response to court verdicts, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain, declared the DSCC mayor by a controversial Election Commission tribunal...

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Prof Badruzzaman elected as BAS fellow

Bangladesh Academy of Science, the apex organisation of eminent scientists and technologists, elected Professor ABM Badruzzaman, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, as Fellow in its 16th council meeting on May 18...

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46th nat’l science, tech week begins today

The 46th National Science and Technology Week, themed ‘We will win in knowledge, we will be the best in the world,’ will begin at the Science Complex Building in Dhaka’s Agargaon on Wednesday...

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NSC abolishes three associations merging into parent bodies

The National Sports Council of Bangladesh on Tuesday dissolved three sports associations – the Kite Association, the Para Archery Association, and the Kyokushin Karate Association – and the functions of these associations will be merged with the existing parent bodies of these sports.

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Masks made mandatory in HSC exam centres

The inter-education board coordination committee has mandated masks for all candidates and staff during the next Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations, beginning June 26, as Covid-19 and dengue cases rise nationwide.

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Govt in dilemma over money legalisation facility

The interim government is in a dilemma about whether to keep the proposed undisclosed money legalisation facility or not in the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year, finance ministry officials said...

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Former JUST VC lands in jail in graft case

Professor Md Abdus Sattar, former vice-chancellor of the Jashore University of Science and Technology, was taken into the custody of Jashore Central Jail on Monday in a graft case...

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Ishraque holds meeting with DSCC staff

With a banner carrying words ‘honourable mayor’ on it, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Monday held a meeting with the Dhaka South City Corporation’s waste management staff at the DSCC headquarters Nagar Bhaban...

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New BGMEA president cuts subscription fee by 25pc

Newly elected president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu has announced to reduce members’ subscription fee by 25 percent...

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Hubei–Bangladesh STICE conference 2025 held at DIU

The Hubei-Bangladesh Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Exchange Conference 2025 was held at the International Conference Hall of Daffodil International University at Daffodil Smart City of Savar in Dhaka on Sunday...

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Doctors demand raising BCS age limit to 34

A group of doctors under the banner of ‘PSC Reform Movement Doctors’ Council’ on Sunday raised four demands, including increasing the BCS age limit for doctors to 34 years.

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DSCC to double insecticide to prevent Aedes

Dhaka South City Corporation authority has decided to increase the volume of applying insecticide to 60 litres from 30 litres from June 14 to prevent the spread of Aedes mosquito...