New political party to be launched by Feb: Akhtar
Member-secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee Akhtar Hossain said that a new political party was going to be launched in the country by February next...
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Global Sufi Organisation presents 4-point demand
Global Sufi Organisation on Thursday made a four-point charter of demands including security for Sufi institutions and a judicial investigation into recent attacks on shrines...
Madhu Fair begins today at Sagardari
A week-long Madhu Fair marking the 201st birth anniversary of great poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt will begin at Sagardari village in Jashore today...
Pakistan envoy stresses reducing trade gap
Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maruf on Thursday stressed promoting business and reducing trade gap between Bangladesh and Pakistan for the benefit of the two countries...
Dhaka, Ctg stocks fall
The Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chattogram Stock Exchange closed lower on Thursday with major indices declining as most traded companies saw share prices falling...
Army chief adorned with 鈥楥olonel of the Regiment鈥�
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman was adorned with the 17th 鈥楥olonel of the Regiment鈥� of the traditional East Bengal Regiment with befitting military status at the Shaheed MR Chowdhury Parade Ground of the East Bengal Regimental Center in Chattogram Cantonment.
Fresh look won鈥檛 mask a flawed force
THE recent decision to change the uniforms of the Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion, and Ansar reflects a misguided effort to erase the stains of past abuses. While new uniforms might provide an outward sense of change, they do little to solve the underlying problems of institutional inefficiency, corruption and public distrust. Reform that tackles...
SC stays HC bail for journalist couple Shakil, Rupa
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order granting bail to Shakil Ahmed, former head of news at Ekattor Television, and his wife Farzana Rupa, the television鈥檚 principal correspondent, in connection with the killing of garment worker Rubel during the July-August 2024 student-led mass uprising...
INCREASING INTERN ALLOWANCE: SAU vet students continue class boycott
The veterinary faculty students of Sylhet Agricultural University staged demonstrations for the second day on Wednesday boycotting academic activities to press home their five-point demand, including enhancement of an intern鈥檚 monthly allowance to Tk 20,000 from Tk 9,000...
Five DB officers injured in attack during raid in Faridpur
Five officers have been injured- three of them seriously-in an attack on a team of Detective Branch of Faridpur district police during a raid on a drug and gambling den in Madhukhali in Faridpur....
Two killed in Germany knife attack
A 41-year-old man and a two-year-old boy were killed and two other people severely wounded in a knife attack in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday...
Tanzid keeps Dhaka afloat
Tanzid Hasan smashed an unbeaten 90 runs off 54 balls to keep Dhaka Capitals afloat as they beat Chittagong Kings by eight wickets in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday...
Barishal edge past Khulna聽
Fortune Barishal strengthened their position of second place as they beat Khulna Tigers by seven runs in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday...
DBA urges CSE for withdrawal of new schedule
The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh has requested the Chittagong Stock Exchange to withdraw the decision of shifting the opening time and keep the existing schedule intact...
BGB thwarts BSF鈥檚 fence attempt at Jaipurhat border
The Border Guard Bangladesh has thwarted yet another attempt allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force to install barbed-wire fence along the Uchna border in Panchbibi upazila of Jaipurhat...
Punishment for those involved in Santal land grabbing demanded
Seventeen land and human rights organisations on Tuesday demanded punishment for those involved in land grabbing from the Santal community and the arson attack on a Santal house in Gobindganj of Gaibandha...
INCREASING INTERN ALLOWANCE: SAU veterinary students boycott classes
Students of the Sylhet Agricultural University鈥檚 veterinary faculty on Tuesday staged demonstrations after boycotting academic activities for 5-point demands, including enhancement of an intern鈥檚 monthly allowance to Tk 20,000 from Tk 9,000...
Bangladesh's Kabbo reaches semis in Sri lanka
Bangladesh鈥檚 Kabbo Gayan reached the boys鈥� singles semi-finals of the ITF Asia Under-14 Development Championship 2025 second tournament after defeating Sri Lanka鈥檚 Peiris Pattiyage Dinuga Damsath by...
Buttler wants 'alliance' with coach McCullum
England captain Jos Buttler said Tuesday he wants to build an 鈥榓lliance鈥� with new white-ball coach Brendon McCullum, as they named their side for the first of five T20s in India.
Change in uniform far from real reform,聽say politicians, rights campaigners
Politicians and rights campaigners on Monday said that the change in uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party was far from bringing in real reforms in the forces.
ATTACK ON NATIONAL MINORITY STUDENTS: Protests on as advisers say meeting all demands impossible
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Monday said that the government had all sympathy for the protesting national minority students but could not meet all their demands...
Daily intercity trains on Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route from Feb 1
Starting February 1, Bangladesh Railway will introduce permanent intercity train services on the Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route, with two pairs of trains running daily...
CPB observes anniv of bomb attack on its Paltan rally
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Monday demanded punishment for killers involved in killing party鈥檚 leaders and activists in a bomb attack on party鈥檚 January 20, 2001 rally at Paltan Maidan...
Maksudur becomes SBAC Bank audit committee chair
Md Maksudur Rahman Sarker has been appointed as chairman of SBAC Bank PLC鈥檚 board audit committee, said a press release...
New uniforms for police, RAB, Ansar VDP introduced
The government on Monday said that it introduced new uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.
No more 鈥楾om-Jerry鈥� games over hill cutting: Rizwana
Environment, forest, and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has issued a strong warning against the ongoing illegal hill cutting in Chattogram...
9 shops burnt to ashes in Ctg
Nine shops were burnt to ashes in a fire that broke out in Sayed Ahmed Tek area of Khankhanabad union under Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram early Sunday...
Bangladesh receives $1.21b in remittance in 18 days
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent over US$1.21 billion in remittance during the first 18 days of January in the 2024-25 fiscal year...
Enhanced VAT, SD to affect cigarette market: BAT
Stakeholders expressed apprehension that the sudden hike in VAT and SD would spur consumer prices, dampen demand and ultimately affect the government revenue...
Bowlers, Malan lift Barishal to second
Faheem Ashraf, Ripon Mondol, and Tanvir Islam shone with the ball while Dawid Malan hit a gritty fifty as Fortune Barishal cruised past Chittagong Kings to a six-wicket win in the ongoing...