Rangpur to get 560-bed hospital for kidney, cancer patients: health adviser
The government has approved the plan to construct a 560-bed specialised hospital in Rangpur for treating kidney, cancer and cardiac patients...
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Gono Forum demands July charter upholds liberation war spirit
Gonoforum has demanded that the July National Charter 2025, formulated by the National Consensus Commission, upholds the spirit of the War of Independence and retains the 1972 constitution in its revised form...
Ex-EC Mahbub Talukdar鈥檚 3rd death anniversary today
Today is the third death anniversary of former election commissioner, freedom fighter and writer Mahbub Talukdar...
Firing along border panics Teknaf locals
At least 12 Bangladeshi fishermen were kidnapped and taken to Myanmar from the Bay of Bengal, and more than 60 Rohingyas were prevented from entering Bangladesh through the Naf River in the past two days.
鈥楳ass people鈥� disappear after July mass-uprising: discussion
Writers, teachers and activists said on Saturday that 鈥榤ass people鈥� disappeared after the July mass-uprising and the safety of people鈥檚 life and property are not on the July Proclamation priority list...
Youth injured in transformer blast dies in Dhaka
A 28-year-old man, who sustained burn injuries following a transformer blast at Gendaria in Dhaka, died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Friday afternoon...
Weeklong arts exhibition begins at RU
A weeklong arts exhibition began at the fine arts faculty of Rajshahi University on Saturday, showcasing nearly 200 artworks by students...
Efforts for four polls alliances under way
Political parties of Bangladesh are consolidating their positions and pursuing at least four election alliance initiatives ahead of the national elections likely to be held in mid-February, 2026.
Missing youth鈥檚 body recovered from river in Khulna
The body of a youth, who went missing following a ferry-trawler collision on the Rupsha River on Thursday night, was recovered on Saturday morning...
Police officer withdrawn as bribery video goes viral
The Chattogram Metropolitan Police on Friday withdrew sub-inspector Shahin Bhuiyan from duty as a video showing him taking bribes from a lawyer inside a courtroom office went viral on social media.
High potato production raises concern over looming surplus
The country鈥檚 potato production in the financial year 2024-25 witnessed a record high of 1.15 crore tonnes, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics report...
3 more factories obtain LEED certificates
Three more Bangladeshi readymade garment factory units have obtained the United States Green Building Council鈥檚 (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, boasting the total number of LEED-certified factories in the country to 261...
Centuries-old bamboo craft fading away
The centuries-old tradition of bamboo craft in the northern districts of Bangladesh is fast fading, as modern lifestyles, high prices and declining demand drive artisans away from their ancestral trade...
Less tax, more luxury: millionaires flock to Dubai
Rich people are flocking to Dubai in record numbers, drawn to the desert city by its zero income tax policy and easy luxury lifestyle that has become harder to maintain elsewhere...
Chinese tiger, French berets, space cannons mark Gamescom 2025
A new instalment in Chinese action saga 鈥楤lack Myth鈥�, a long-awaited indie favourite and stereotypically French cosplay have all marked the vast Gamescom trade fair this week in Cologne...
Rinky sets two nat鈥檒 records
Bangladesh Navy鈥檚 Rinky Biswas set a new national record in the women鈥檚 3,000-metre race, following her success in the 5000-metre during the National Summer Athletics Championships 2025 at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.聽
Prime Bank hosts training on AML, CFT compliance
Prime Bank PLC has recently organised a daylong training programme on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism compliance in Sylhet, said a press release...
Dhaka Bank, Mastercard launch card for IAB members
Dhaka Bank PLC, in collaboration with Mastercard, has recently launched an exclusive co-branded credit card for members of the Institute of Architects Bangladesh, said a press release...
Arifur elected Premier Bank chairman
Arifur Rahman has been elected chairman of Premier Bank during its 314th board meeting on Thursday, said a press release...
Jamuna Bank among BB鈥檚 top 10 sustainable banks
Jamuna Bank PLC has been recognised among the top 10 sustainable banks of 2024 by the Bangladesh Bank, said a press release...
ABTI opens 30-day foundation course
Agrani Bank Training Institute on Saturday commenced a 30-day foundation course for senior officers of 166th and 167th batches, said a press release...
Hamdard holds board of trustees meeting
Hamdard Bangladesh on Saturday held a meeting of its board of trustees at its head office at Banglamotor in the capital, said a press release...
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...
NCC Bank gets BB honour as sustainable bank
NCC Bank has been recognised as one of the top 10 sustainable banks in Bangladesh, based on 鈥楽ustainability Rating 2024鈥� conducted by the Bangladesh Bank, said a press release...
Preparing for cloudburst disasters
PICTURE a tranquil afternoon in a Himalayan village. The mountains are draped in mist, the air feels crisp and the clouds seem to drift without purpose. Then, in an instant, the heavens rupture. Sheets of water cascade with an intensity that defies belief. Rivers rise like unleashed beasts, hillsides collapse, homes vanish and people flee for their lives. This is no ordinary...
Local path to climate resilience
BANGLADESH lives with the harsh reality of climate change every day. In recent years, the country has faced more intense floods, heatwaves, storms and droughts. Climate change is not some distant threat; it is already here, reshaping millions of lives. In rural communities, farmers are struggling to grow crops, coastal families are losing their homes, and children are...
Big brother never left
鈥楤IG brother is watching you.鈥� What George Orwell wrote in聽1984聽as a work of dystopian fiction has, for many, come uncomfortably close to reality in Bangladesh. The sense of being watched, tracked and recorded is no longer just paranoia. It is institutionalised, systematised and, most alarmingly, legalised. Surveillance in Bangladesh has not only survived political...
No respite from plastic pollution
THE earliest few steps that the environment adviser to the interim took were about reducing plastic pollution, but the pollution continued unabated. A photograph that 抖阴精品 published on August 23 shows how the original channel of the River Buriganga is clogged with plastic wastes at Islambagh in Dhaka. Most of the city canals, meanwhile, lost their water flow because...
India sues tycoon Anil Ambani
India鈥檚 national investigative bureau opened a criminal case against tycoon Anil Ambani after receiving a complaint from the country鈥檚 biggest bank alleging fraud, the agency said Saturday...
Rubya, Nishita, Sumaiya earn maiden call-ups
Rubya Haider, Nishita Akter, and Sumaiya Akter made the cut as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 15-member squad for the forthcoming ICC Women鈥檚 Cricket World Cup on Saturday.