At Trump鈥檚 marathon cabinet meeting the show must go on and on
US president Donald Trump is famed as a political showman 鈥� and during a record-breaking three hour and 16 minute cabinet meeting, the show went on, and on, and on...
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Prime Bank gets Sustainability Rating award
Prime Bank PLC has received prestigious 鈥楽ustainability Rating 2024鈥� award from Bangladesh Bank for the third consecutive year in recognition of its strong and consistent commitment to sustainability practices...
Rupali Bank holds EGM, AGM
The 10th extraordinary general meeting and the 39th annual general meeting of state-owned Rupali Bank PLC were held at the bank鈥檚 conference room on Wednesday...
Qatar says 鈥榮till waiting鈥� for Israeli response
Gaza mediator Qatar said Tuesday that it was 鈥榮till waiting鈥� for Israel鈥檚 response to a proposal for a truce and hostage release deal in the Palestinian territory after Hamas agreed to the framework more than a week ago...
Govt moves to rein in airfare hike: Bashir
Civil aviation and tourism adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin on Monday said that the government has undertaken a set of firm measures to contain the abnormal rise in airfares and stamp out fraudulent practices in the ticketing sector...
Israeli forces kill 4 more aid seekers
Israeli forces killed four aid seekers traveling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City 鈥� an area regularly used by Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said...
BRAC Bank gets two sustainability recognitions
BRAC Bank has secured the Number 1 position in Bloomberg鈥檚 ESG Rating 2024 among all Bangladeshi organisations, marking the third consecutive year it has been recognised, consistently ranking within the top ten organisations...
Israel鈥檚 assassination of memory
AS ISRAEL ticks off its list of Nazi-like atrocities against the Palestinians, including mass starvation, it prepares for yet another 鈥� the demolition of Gaza City, one of the oldest cities on Earth. Heavy engineering equipment and gigantic armoured bulldozers are tearing down hundreds of heavily damaged buildings. Cement trucks are churning out concrete to fill tunnels...
Palestinians despair after UN declares famine in Gaza
Desperate Palestinians clutching pots and plastic buckets scrambled for rice at a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Saturday, a day after the United Nations declared a famine in the war-battered territory.
Local admin gives looters 3 days to return stones
The administration on Saturday gave a three-day ultimatum to local residents to return the stones looted from Sadapathar, a popular tourist destination in the Bholaganj area under Companiganj upazila in Sylhet district...
ICMAB hosts accounting educators鈥� confce
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh on Friday held the 4th Accounting Educators鈥� Conference 2025 with a theme 鈥楢ccounting Education for Sustainable Development and Good Governance,鈥� said a press release...
Chile, Argentina fans trade blame over stadium violence
Argentine and Chilean football fans traded blame on Thursday after a pitched battle in a Buenos Aires stadium involving knives, sticks and stun grenades, which left 19 people injured, three seriously.
UN declares famine in Gaza
The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming 鈥榮ystematic obstruction鈥� of aid by Israel during more than 22聽months of war, with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly dismissing the findings.
First security guarantees, then Putin summit: Zelensky
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he could meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but only after his allies agree security guarantees for Ukraine to deter future Russian attacks once the fighting stops...
GAU launches tree planting campaign
Gazipur Agricultural University on Thursday organised a tree planting campaign as part of its 50-year master plan to create a green, clean and environmentally sustainable campus...
MGBL sponsors Holy Cross Girls High School鈥檚 Platinum Jubilee registration
Meghna Bank PLC has recently participated as registration partner and silver sponsor at Platinum Jubilee registration inauguration ceremony of Holy Cross Girls High School held at the school campus, said a press release...
Locking up and torturing the resistance
IT WAS astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa at 20 years old on Aug 3, 2025 inside Israel鈥檚 Magiddo prison...
Ten hurt, 90 arrested as match abandoned following fan violence in Argentina
Ten people were injured and 90 arrested Wednesday after violent clashes between rival fans during a Copa Sudamericana match involving Argentina's Independiente and visiting Universidad de Chile in Buenos Aires, club officials and police said.
Israel pounds Gaza City as military takes first moves in offensive
Israel hammered Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said Thursday, as the military announced it had taken initial steps in its push to capture Hamas鈥檚 last major stronghold...
Probe report names 137 people
The committee formed to investigate looting of stones from Sadapathar, a popular tourist destination at Companiganj in Sylhet, submitted its report to the Sylhet deputy commissioner office on Wednesday...
Presidency University鈥檚 CSE freshers dazzle with cutting-edge game projects
The first-year students of Presidency University鈥檚 Computer Science and Engineering Department have captured attention with their ingenuity, dedication, and technical prowess...
BB relaxes credit rating rules
Bangladesh Bank has relaxed its Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS) guidelines for banks, allowing them to approve, renew, or adjust loans for borrowers with an 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� credit rating...
Switzerland, Austria say would host ICC-wanted Putin for peace talks
Switzerland and Austria said Tuesday that they would host Russian president Vladimir Putin if he came for talks on peace in Ukraine, despite the International Criminal Court鈥檚 arrest warrant...
Netanyahu accuses Macron of fueling antisemitism as France plans to recognise Palestinian state
A row between Israel and France over Paris鈥檚 plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused president Emmanuel Macron of fomenting 鈥榓ntisemitism鈥�...
Expats seek recognition in July Charter
The Bangladesh Prabashi Adhikar Parishad on Tuesday demanded the recognition of the contributions of expatriates to the 2024 July uprising and their political inclusion in the July National Charter...
Palestinian envoy calls on DU VC
Palestinian ambassador to Bangladesh Yousef SY Ramadan paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University vice-chancellor Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan at the latter鈥檚 office in the capital on Tuesday...
Recasting Bangladesh鈥檚 maritime destiny
AT THIS decisive moment in Bangladesh鈥檚 strategic course, a new vector has been set 鈥� one not drawn on land, but charted across the sea. In a nationally televised address, chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus signalled a maritime turn of historic magnitude. His proposition 鈥� that Bangladesh will 鈥榤ake the world our neighbour鈥� by turning decisively towards the sea...
On a wing and a prayer
WHEN most European countries and Volodymyr Zelensky were praying together with American neocons for the collapse of Vladimir Putin鈥檚 Alaska summit with Donald Trump, India was vocal in hoping for its success. The Indian idea was laudable, only the argument was a tad self-regarding. If the talks ended on a positive note, assorted Indian analysts reasoned, the...
2.80 lakh cft more of looted stones recovered
Nearly 2.80 lakh cubic feet of stones looted from different places in Sylhet were recovered in drives from Monday night to Tuesday morning...
Stone looting at Rangpani, Lova River continues
While the public outcry over the widespread looting of white stones from Sadapathar, a popular tourist destination at Companiganj in Sylhet, is still on, a group of unscrupulous people continues looting stones from two spots of bordering Jaintapur and Kanaighat upazilas in the district...