20 missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas
Rescuers were racing against time to search for more than 20 construction workers missing after an avalanche in India鈥檚 Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Friday following heavy snowfall, the army said.
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BNP delegation joins Jatiya Nagorik Party鈥檚 launch event
A two-member delegation from the BNP attended the launching event of the newly formed Jatiya Nagorik Party formed by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee.
BNP vice-chairman Abdullah Al Noman laid to rest
Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman and former minister Abdullah Al Noman was buried at his family graveyard in Chattogram鈥檚 Raozan upazila on Friday evening.
Mahtab鈥檚 book 鈥楤eyond Bottom Lines鈥� unveiled
Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, the president of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh and founder of BuildCon Consultancies Ltd., has launched his latest book, Beyond Bottom Lines: Leading Today, Inspiring Tomorrow.
CPA directs lighter vessels to leave port within 72 hours
The Chittagong Port Authority has ordered the lighter vessels to exit the port boundary within 72 hours after loading imported goods from larger vessels at the outer anchorage...
Farmer killed in elephant attack in Rangamati
A farmer was killed in an attack by a wild elephant at Kaitakpara village under Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati district Thursday morning...
2 arrested for attack on police
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested two youths allegedly engaged in drug dealing for attack on police in Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka city on Thursday...
Arsenal 'lack spark', says Arteta as title bid fizzles out
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta conceded his side lacked the creative spark to break down Nottingham Forest after a 0-0 draw on Wednesday dealt a fresh blow to the Gunners' Premier League title bid.
Buttler to weigh captaincy future after Champions Trophy flop
England's Jos Buttler on Wednesday said he will discuss his future as white-ball captain with team management after his side lost to Afghanistan to crash out of the Champions Trophy.
1,690 held as patrol intensifies amid rampant crimes
The police, joint forces, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and Armed Police Battalion intensified patrolling and setting up more checkpoints across the country on Wednesday to curb crimes...
BNP holds extended committee meeting today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will hold an extended committee meeting today at the LD Hall premises of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban...
Stock market exploited politically: Amir Khasru
The stock market was politically exploited under the previous Awami League-led government, claimed BNP Standing Committee member and former commerce minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury...
Pro-culture mothers can gift better society: PRSTU VC
Vice-chancellor of Pirojpur Science and Technology University Professor Md Shahidul Islam said that an art and culture-loving mother could gift them a better society...
Workshop on software development held at CUET
The computer science and engineering department of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology organised a workshop titled Roadmap to Successful Products: Software Engineering Best Practices at the Academic Council Room of CUET in Chattogram on Monday.
Real doing well despite 'absurd, unsustainable' schedule: Ancelotti
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Tuesday his team were doing a good job given their packed fixture list, describing the football calendar as 鈥榓bsurd鈥� and 鈥榰nsustainable鈥�.
Students鈥� new political party to be launched on February 28
The Student Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagarik Committee announced on Monday that they would launch their political party at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital on February 28.
BEA expresses concern about attacks on its office
The interim committee of the Bangladesh Economic Association expressed concern over a wave of attacks on its office...
Forex reserve nears $21b amid high remittance
Bangladesh鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserves, calculated under International Monetary Fund guidelines, neared $21 billion again, driven by strong remittance inflows...
About $2b remittance received in 22 days
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent near US$ 2 billion in remittances during the first 22 days of February in the fiscal 2024-25...
KUET ATTACK: Students give memo to CA
A group of students from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday offered a memorandum to chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus demanding the arrest of attackers on KUET students on its campus on February 18 and the resignation of the university鈥檚 vice-chancellor...
Loan disbursement to CMSME drops by 16pc
Loan disbursements to the Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) sector dropped by 16 per cent in the July-September quarter of FY25 compared to the same period in FY24, due to political turmoil and economic instability during the period...
Firm govt action needed against attacks on women
A SERIES of attacks on and harassment of women and the government鈥檚 failure to attend to the issues are a worrying sign. A significant number of women, especially players, athletes, celebrities and sex workers, have been attacked by people and groups with Islamist bent, weaving a pattern of the right wing rearing its head in the absence of deterrent government action...
Man murdered by wife after 5th marriage
In Chattogram鈥檚 Halishahar area, a woman, allegedly driven by rage upon discovering her husband鈥檚 secret fifth marriage, took matters into her own hands, ending his life in a violent attack on Saturday.
CMCH, KMCH interns start 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� over five-point demand
Medical interns at Chattogram Medical College Hospital and Khulna Medical College Hospital started a 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� on Sunday, demanding the fulfillment of their five-point demand, including reforms in the healthcare sector...
Chef鈥檚 Avenue begins its journey in Uttara
Chef鈥檚 Avenue opened its doors to food lovers on Thursday, said a press release.
Poetry recitation event in Chattogram halted midway over poem mentioning Mujib
A poetry recitation event marking the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day was abruptly halted near the Chattogram鈥檚 Central Shaheed Minar area on Friday after objections were raised over a poem mentioning the country's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.聽
Imported fruit prices surge by up to Tk 100 per kg ahead of Ramadan
The prices of imported fruits have surged by Tk30 to Tk100 per kilogram following the imposition of higher supplementary duties on all types of imported fruits since 9 January 2025.
ICT CASES AGAINST 12 EX-LAW ENFORCERS: Prosecution gets time for probe
International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal that the investigators had found primary evidence of enforced disappearances and torture against two detained former Rapid Action Battalion officials...
Attack on bookstall: Revisiting the Taslima Nasrin affair
IN 2009-2010, I was on research leave from the University of Dhaka to do a postdoctoral stint at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. I was going to work on a project titled 鈥楩rom Rokeya to Taslima: Trends in Muslim Feminism in South Asia鈥� 鈥� a topic related to my doctoral research completed at the University of Portsmouth, UK, in 2007 under the supervision of...
Collection of poems 鈥極simer Vela鈥� launched
A collection of poems titled 鈥極simer Vela鈥� was launched at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro on Wednesday.