DU approves Tk 1,035.45cr budget for FY 2025鈥�26
Dhaka University approved a budget of Tk 1,035.45 crore for the 2025鈥�26 financial year, with only Tk 21.57 crore or 2.08 per cent of the total allocated for research.
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Ishraque warns of taking to streets
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Tuesday warned of taking the protest to the streets if the interim government did not administer his swearing-in as Dhaka South City Corporation mayor soon...
46th nat鈥檒 science, tech week begins today
The 46th National Science and Technology Week, themed 鈥榃e will win in knowledge, we will be the best in the world,鈥� will begin at the Science Complex Building in Dhaka鈥檚 Agargaon on Wednesday...
DCCI backs PTA to boost trade with Sri Lanka
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has emphasized signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to expand bilateral trade and investment...
Ex-AL lawmaker Sarwar arrested in Dhaka
Former Awami League lawmaker for Kusthia-1 constituency AKM Sarwar Jahan was arrested at Basila in Mohammadpur in Dhaka city on Tuesday afternoon...
Dhaka court attaches S Alam鈥檚 200 acres land
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday ordered to attach 200 acres of land owned by S Alam Group owner Mohammad Saiful Alam and people related to him over graft allegations.
Returning officers for DUCSU polls appointed
Dhaka University authorities on Monday appointed the chief returning officer and nine returning officers for holding the next Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union election...
Ishraque holds meeting with DSCC staff
With a banner carrying words 鈥榟onourable mayor鈥� on it, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Monday held a meeting with the Dhaka South City Corporation鈥檚 waste management staff at the DSCC headquarters Nagar Bhaban...
Woman found dead in Badda flat
The body of a 27-year-old housewife was recovered from a rented apartment in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttar Badda area Sunday night...
Stocks extend gaining streak
Both the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange on Monday witnessed an upward trend like earlier as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues amid optimism...
DCCI team off to Sri Lanka
A 22-member business delegation of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today left here for Colombo, Sri Lanka to explore new business and investment opportunities...
Glenrich wins first place at STEM Innovation League 2025
Glenrich International School, Satarkul, has recently secured 1st prize in the engineering category at the STEM Innovation League 2025 held at American International School Dhaka...
Yunus orders probe into organisers of controversial polls
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the authorities concerned to immediately form a committee to investigate the role of former chief election commissioners, election commissioners and secretaries of the election commission secretariat...
Travel ban issued on cricketer Shakib, 14 others
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday imposed a travel ban on 15 people, including former Awami League lawmaker and national cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, over allegations of corruption, embezzlement, illegal investment in the...
Law on enforced disappearance likely in a month
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said that an initiative was taken to formulate a law on enforced disappearance within a month...
AL brings out processions in Dhaka demanding cancellation of Hasina鈥檚 trial
Awami League and its associate bodies held processions in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh and College Gate areas on Monday morning defying the ban on its activities...
BMD predicts rains, thundershowers across Bangladesh
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rains in seven divisions of the country including in Dhaka in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Monday...
Dhaka鈥檚 air again turns 鈥榤oderate鈥� with AQI score of 66
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 35th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 66 at about 9:45am on Monday morning...
ACC again summons Tulip over flat acquisition
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday again summoned British Labour Party lawmaker and ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 niece Tulip Siddiq in connection with a case accusing her of accepting a luxury apartment at Dhaka鈥檚 Gulshan as an illegal reward.
Prisoner dies in custody in Dhaka
An inmate of Dhaka Central Jail was declared dead at the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday afternoon as he was taken there in critical condition.
Ex-UP chairman found hanging at Dhaka Central Jail
An inmate of Dhaka Central Jail was declared dead at the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday afternoon as he was taken there in critical condition...
Four senior officials of Bangladesh Police get new postings
Four senior officials of the Bangladesh Police have been given new postings.
Youth stabbed to death allegedly by father in Dhaka
A youth was stabbed to death reportedly by his father in the Jhauchar area of Hazaribagh in the capital on Saturday night in a feud over going aboard.
Offices, factories reopen, people still returning聽to Dhaka
After an extended 10-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday, all government and non-government offices, banks and factories reopened on Sunday with the holidaymakers still returning to the capital Dhaka.
Tailbacks, extra fare mar Eid return journey
Long tailbacks on major northern highways, charging of additional bus fares, overloading and late schedule of trains caused huge suffering to the holidaymakers on their return journeys on Saturday. 聽聽
Muggers wearing RAB uniform loot Tk 1cr from Nagad distributor
Unidentified people clad in Rapid Action Battalion uniform looted Tk 1 crore by halting four employees of the Nagad distributor who were riding two motorbikes at Sector-12 in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area on Saturday morning...
Long tailback seen on Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway
Due to road accidents and excess traffic on the Jamuna Bridge, a traffic jam of about 17 kilometers was created on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway on Saturday...
Two women die of Covid-19 in Bangladesh
At least two patients, both women, died of Coronavirus and 15 others were infected in the past 24 hours till Friday 8:00am in the country.
Rise in dengue incidence calls for effective, early response
A SUDDEN increase in dengue cases, especially outside Dhaka, warrants early and effective intervention. Directorate General of Health Services on June 10 reported a record 288 dengue cases, the highest daily tally so far. What is further worrying is the high infection rate outside Dhaka. More than 95 per cent, or 276 out of the 288 reported cases, came from outlying...
Outpatient services at NIOH resume after two weeks
Outpatient services at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in the capital Dhaka resumed on Thursday morning amid security concern after remaining suspended for over two weeks following clashes among the hospital staff, outpatients and July uprising-injured patients...