Forecast of heavy rainfall in 5 divs, flood warning for 10 dists
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in five divisions, including Dhaka, in the next three days from Sunday afternoon...
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Ex-Jamaat MP recommends jobseeker for RU lecturer
A Facebook story posted by Rajshahi University pro-vice chancellor Professor Farid Uddin Khan has sparked outrage and allegations of political favouritism in the university鈥檚 recruitment process after it featured a recommendation from a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker for an applicant for an RU lecturer post...
Woman gives birth to baby girl with two heads in Rajshahi
In a rare and medically complex case, a woman gave birth to a baby girl with two heads at Christian Mission Hospital in Rajshahi city on Saturday night...
Milestone partially reopens, classes from Aug 6
The Milestone School and College partially reopened on Sunday 12 days after a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into it, killing at least 34 people, most of them primary-level students of the educational institution located in the capital鈥檚 Uttara...
BJWT honours journalists killed, injured in uprising
The Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on Sunday honoured the families of martyred journalists and those who were injured during the July uprising past year...
JMPL begins commercial operation in N鈥檊anj
In a major stride for Bangladesh鈥檚 energy security, JERA Meghnaghat Power Limited officially launched commercial operations at one of the country鈥檚 largest and most efficient gas-fired power plants in Meghnaghat of Narayanganj on July 28...
Bdcalling IT inks MoU with British Council
Bdcalling IT Ltd, a concern of Betopia Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the British Council to provide the largest computer-delivered exam venue at the newly designated exam centre at Kaderia Tower in Dhaka鈥檚 Mohakhali area on Sunday...
Cartoon exhibition celebrates downfall of Hasina regime
Satirical cartoon exhibition titled 鈥楤idrupe Bidroho鈥� marking the fall of the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina regime is under way at the La Galerie of Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka at Dhanmondi in the capital...
July Punarjagaran Natyotsab 2025 under way at BSA
A nine-day theatre festival organised by cultural affairs ministry titled July Punarjagaran Natyotsab 2025 is under way at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital...
GAU honours uprising martyrs with photo exhibition
Gazipur Agricultural University paid tribute to the heroes of the historic July 2024 mass uprising through a solemn photo exhibition on the campus in Gazipur on Sunday...
Housing ministry abolishes contractor classifying system
The housing and public works ministry has abolished the classifying of contractors into categories during their enlistment to expedite public procurement more transparently and efficiently...
SMUCT hosts Zero Wastage Denim Exhibition
Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology hosted its first-ever 鈥榋ero Wastage Denim Exhibition鈥�, featuring innovative garments crafted entirely from recycled denim waste...
Three Flight Expert officials arrested, MD flees country
Three officials of Flight Expert, an e-commerce platform for booking flights and hotels and visa assistance, in the early hours of Sunday after its clients鈥� allegations that the company鈥檚 managing director embezzled money and fled the country...
Yunus urges navy, air force to continue to support people during crises
Bangladesh interim government fhief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday hoped that Bangladesh Navy and Air Force would continue support citizens during national crises and disasters...
Palestinians across West Bank protest at Gaza war
Thousands of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank鈥檚 major cities Sunday against the war in Gaza and in support of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons...
ACC sues ex-Gazipur mayor Jahangir over embezzling Tk聽7,500cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against Gazipur City Corporation鈥檚 former mayor Md Jahangir Alam and its former chief accounts officer Golam Kibria on charges of embezzling Tk聽7,500 crore and laundering the money abroad...
NCP vows to ensure people鈥檚 freedom, rights
Leaders of the National Citizen Party on Sunday vowed to ensure people鈥檚 freedom and rights in what they call new Bangladesh as those were not achieved in decades-long struggles...
NCP for 2nd republic, new constitution
The National Citizen Party on Sunday unveiled its manifesto pledging to introduce a new constitution and establish a second republic in recognition of the July uprising that led to the ouster of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024...
Tarique for qualitative change in politics
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chair Tarique Rahman on Sunday called for a qualitative shift in national politics and student activism, saying that the people of Bangladesh demanded change beyond the era of fugitive autocrat...
No BB action yet against 1,500 wilful defaulters
Although banks have already identified more than 1,500 wilful loan defaulters, the Bangladesh Bank remains indecisive over taking disciplinary action against such defaulters, exacerbating the country鈥檚 non-performing loan crisis...
BIIT mourns death of Professor Shamsher Ali
Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought president Professor Mahbub Ahmed and director general Professor Dr M Abdul Aziz expressed deep condolence at the death of Professor Emeritus M Shamsher Ali and prayed for the forgiveness of the soul and extended their sympathy to the bereaved family and relatives...
JICA boosts Bangladesh鈥檚 justice system with training
The Japan International Cooperation Agency, in partnership with Bangladesh鈥檚 law and justice division and Judicial Administration Training Institute, successfully concluded a two-day basic mediation training programme under its Access to Justice Project...
Assange joins pro-Palestinian protest on Sydney Harbour Bridge
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday, closing the world famous landmark...
Pope鈥檚 鈥楯ubilee of Youth鈥� ends with mass for 1m pilgrims
Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world...
Saudi Arabia executes eight people
Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the Gulf monarchy particularly over drug-related convictions...
BNP man buries businessman up to chest, extorts Tk 4cr in Jashore聽
The brutality allegedly perpetrated by a Jeshore leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was revealed on Sunday when the victim鈥檚 wife resorted to the police for remedy.
Dutch coach urges tough fight
Newly appointed Bangladesh Under-21 hockey coach Siegfried Gottlieb Aikman on Sunday urged his charges to deliver a strong performance in the 14th edition of the Men鈥檚 FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, to be held in Tamil Nadu, India, later this year...
Bangladesh-Netherlands T20I series to be held in Sylhet
The three-match T20I series between Bangladesh and the Netherlands are scheduled to take place at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, as stated by Bangladesh Cricket Board Cricket Operations Chairman Nazmul Abedeen Fahim on Sunday...
Nuclear physicist Prof Shamsher Ali dies
Professor M Shamsher Ali, an eminent nuclear physicist, pioneering educationist and a leading voice in science advocacy in Bangladesh, passed away early Sunday at a Dhaka hospital. He was 87.
Remittance inflow surges by 29pc
Remittance inflow has soared by 29.47 per cent in July compared with that in the same month in the previous year...