Youth鈥檚 hanging body recovered from hotel room in city
The police recovered the hanging body of a 20-year-old youth from a hotel room at Jatrabari in the capital on Wednesday morning...
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Green activists demand noise pollution law upgrade
Green activists and academics at a discussion on Wednesday urged the government to update the current noise pollution control law and strict enforcement to control the ever worsening impact of noise pollution on public health...
Fire service provides safety training to 40 DRU members
The Fire Service and Civil Defence has provided two-day training on fire safety to 40 members of Dhaka Reporters鈥� Unity concluded on Tuesday...
JCD panel demands manual vote counting
The panel backed by Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal on Wednesday pressed for a six-point demand, including manual ballot counting, to avert 鈥榙igital manipulation and election engineering鈥� in the coming student union polls...
鈥楢 Drawing Room鈥� encourages children to pursue art
Children depicted their imagination on walls in a nine-day solo interactive art exhibition titled 鈥楢 Drawing Room鈥� that concluded at La Galerie of Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka in Dhanmondi on Wednesday...
NSU holds freshers orientation programme
North South University hosted its fall semester orientation programme on its campus in Dhaka on Wednesday...
BMU VC committed to providing safe healthcare in Bangladesh
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme at the BMU in Dhaka on Wednesday said that BMU was committed to providing safe healthcare services across Bangladesh...
River erosion at 33 points in Kurigram, hundreds of houses devoured
River erosion has intensified at 33 points along the Teesta, Brahmaputra, Dharla and Dudhkumar rivers in Kurigram, affecting thousands of people and devouring hundreds of houses and vast areas of agricultural land over the past two months...
NBR imposes 20pc RD on rice bran oil exports
The National Board of Revenue imposed a 20 per cent regulatory duty on the export of rice bran oil from Bangladesh...
Trump鈥檚 UK visit lands AI, pharma, nuclear pledges
President Donald Trump鈥檚 state visit to the UK has delivered pledges from US tech giants to invest a combined $42 billion to help drive Britain鈥檚 AI sector...
Bangladesh Commerce Bank celebrates 26th anniv
Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited recently celebrated its 26th anniversary at its head office, said a press release...
British drugs giant GSK vows $30b US investment
British pharmaceutical group GSK plans to invest $30 billion in the United States over the next five years, it announced Wednesday as President Donald Trump began a UK state visit...
TECNO to launch POVA Series
Global innovative technology brand TECNO is set to launch its POVA series on the Bangladeshi market, said a press release...
JnU to hold first-ever central student union elections
For the first time since its establishment, Jagannath University is set to hold the long-awaited Central Students鈥� Union (JnUCSU) elections.
Arif becomes EPB vice-chair (chief executive)
Mohammad Hasan Arif on Monday assumed position of vice-chairman (chief executive) of the Export Promotion Bureau, said a press release...
Parveen gets SAFA lifetime women leadership award
Parveen Mahmud has received lifetime women leadership award 2025 of South Asian Federation of Accountants, said a press release...
Experts stress stronger village courts to ensure grassroots justice
Justice sector experts on Wednesday called for raising public awareness to strengthen village courts for resolving minor disputes at the local level.
King gives Trump royal welcome on UK state visit
Donald Trump was welcomed by King Charles III to Windsor Castle Wednesday with a royal spectacle featuring gun salutes, mounted horses and bagpipes as the US president鈥檚 historic second state visit got into full swing...
Poison killed Putin critic Navalny, wife says
The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated at an Arctic prison in February 2024...
E Timor axes plan to buy SUVs for MPs
East Timor鈥檚 parliament has bowed to public pressure and dropped a plan to buy SUVs for lawmakers in one of southeast Asia鈥檚 poorest nations, but sceptical protesters returned to the streets on Wednesday...
Regulatory failure keeps risky vehicles on road
AN INCREASING number of illegally modified covered vans plying the road is another example of a regulatory failure in the transport sector. A Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh report shows that 23.33 per cent of the road accidents in 2024 involved covered vans, trucks and pickups. The modified bodies of the vehicles, usually illegal extensions in length and width...
Bangladesh interim govt chief to leave Dhaka Sept 22 for UNGA
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka on September 22 for New York to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where he is scheduled to deliver Bangladesh鈥檚 national statement and hold a series of high-level bilateral meetings.
Hasina鈥檚 2 more bank lockers seized
The National Board of Revenue intelligence cell seized two lockers belonging to the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, at Agrani Bank on Wednesday...
'Genius' De Bruyne leads Napoli in emotional return to City
Kevin De Bruyne will return to Manchester City on Thursday with the wind in his sails after a fast start with Napoli, who return to the Champions League full of confidence following a perfect start to the Serie A season.
Certain forces trying to delay polls: Yunus
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said that although certain forces were still attempting to delay the polls, the interim government remained resolute in ensuring they proceeded as scheduled...
Arsenal, Madrid win, Juve snatch dramatic draw
Arsenal won 2-0 away to Athletic Bilbao as the league phase of this season's Champions League kicked off on Tuesday, with two Kylian Mbappe penalties giving Real Madrid a narrow win over Marseille while Juventus and Borussia Dortmund drew an eight-goal thriller.
DIU VC Prof Kabir elected IEB 鈥楨thics Board鈥� chair
The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh has constituted a new 鈥楨thics Board鈥� and elected Professor MR Kabir, vice-chancellor of Daffodil International University, as its chairman recently.
474 collect CUCSU nomination forms, 589 for hall unions
For the Chittagong University student union elections, total 474 aspiring candidates have collected nomination forms for the central students鈥� union polls, while 589 students collected forms for the residential hall union polls.
RUCSU ELECTIONS:聽2,000 cops to be deployed on polling day
At least 2,000 police personnel would be deployed on the Rajshahi University campus on September 25 during the long-awaited student union elections, said the police.
SC adjourns hearing in govt鈥檚 plea to stay HC order
The Appellate Division on Tuesday adjourned for one week a hearing in the government鈥檚 plea seeking a stay on the High Court order that had halted the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel in Dhaka.