Naogaon potato growers demonstrate demanding fair prices
Potato growers in Naogaon formed a human chain on Wednesday and also dumped potatoes on the road, demanding fair prices for the crop, similar to paddy and wheat...
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Waqf estates will be digitised: adviser
Religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain at a programme in Dhaka on Saturday said that all the waqf estates would be brought under digitisation to ensure their proper and smooth management.
Fair wage, security for univ journalists sought
Journalists covering different universities for the country鈥檚 media outlets should get fair wages and security, speakers said at a discussion on Sunday...
5-day hilly fruit fair begins
Chattogram hill tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Wednesday said that a hub of hill fruits would be set up in the capital to make the fruits available for city people...
Touhid urges int鈥檒 community to hold Israel accountable for aggression against Iran
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday strongly condemned Israel鈥檚 unlawful military aggression against Iran and urged the international community to hold Tel Aviv accountable for its actions that risk regional and global peace.
3-day fruit fairs begin countrywide
Agriculture adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said that the country needed to enhance production of the local fruits to meet the nutritional demand of the people...
Nvidia marks Paris tech fair with Europe AI push
Drawing high-powered tech CEOs and a presidential visit, the Vivatech trade fair opened in Paris on Wednesday with a bang as Nvidia boss Jensen Huang announced a major push into Europe...
Allocations for gender budget, women-children affairs drop
An allocation of Tk聽2,60,767 crore has been proposed for the gender-relevant budget and Tk聽5,078 crore for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the financial year 2025鈥�2026, both marking a decrease from the FY 2024-25...
Activists express frustration over allocation for culture
Although the ministry of cultural affairs receives an increased amount of Tk 45 crore from the previous year in the proposed national budget, cultural activists remain frustrated with the allocation...
Couple murdered over alleged extramarital affair in Pallabi
A man and his wife were brutally murdered allegedly by the woman鈥檚 extramarital lover in the capital鈥檚 Pallabi area on Wednesday afternoon.
Maitri Jatra for intersectional, transformative changes
AS A transnational feminist scholar of social movements, when the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission鈥檚 report came out on April 19, I became keen on reviewing the 433 recommendations under 15 thematic areas. I was initially a bit frustrated to see that the report primarily focused on 鈥榚quality between women and men鈥�...
200-year-old fair suspended for security concerns聽 聽
A traditional 200-year-old 鈥楪azi Kalu-Champabati鈥� fair at Jagannathpur union under Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia remained suspended since activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami clashed on May 20 over organising the fair.
Ruhul Alam Siddique to carry out routine works of foreign secretary
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday assigned secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique to carry out the routine works of the foreign secretary until further notice as foreign secretary left his responsibilities...
Lessons from women鈥檚 affairs reform controversy
THE ongoing debate surrounding the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission in Bangladesh has largely centered around a handful of its 433 recommendations, particularly those deemed controversial by Islamist groups, rather than the full scope of reforms proposed. Much of the coverage 鈥� whether in news reports or opinion pieces 鈥� has focused less on what the...
BUFT, Renai Group host job fair
Apparel manufacturing and technology department of BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology organised a day-long job fair, offering promising career opportunities for its students, at the Multipurpose Hall of the university in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Muslim feminist voices against patriarchal interpretations
THE recent release of the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission鈥檚 report has reignited the debate around women鈥檚 rights in Bangladesh. Several religious political parties have united in protest against the Commission鈥檚 proposal for gender-equal inheritance and other reforms, demanding its outright rejection. Ironically, the July uprising 鈥� once a platform for...
Fair price for boro paddy demanded
Bangladesh Krishak Majur Samhati on Thursday demanded the government ensure a fair price of boro paddy for farmers...
Stop opposing women affairs commission report:聽LDA
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six political parties, on Wednesday at a rally in Dhaka called on the interim government to take immediate steps to stop opposing women affairs commission report by some quarters...
50 citizens express concern over demand to cancel women鈥檚 reform commission
Fifteen citizens, including activists, academics, lawyers and journalists on Tuesday expressed their concern over some Islamist groups and parties鈥� demand to cancel the Women Affairs Reform Commission and called on the government to clarify its position immediately.
Online applications for dual citizenship certificate begins May 16
The government has decided to introduce online application for dual citizenships certificate by annulling the existing offline provision from May 16 next.
MoFA urges all not to engage with its Facebook posts as page hacked
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday requested everyone not to trust, share, or engage with any posts or messages from its Facebook page, hacked on Saturday, until its full recovery...
Ex-Maj Gen Fazlur鈥檚 remarks on India personal: MoFA
The government on Friday said that retired major general ALM Fazlur Rahman鈥檚 recent social media remarks suggesting Bangladesh to occupy seven states in India鈥檚 northeast in case India would attack Pakistan were his personal views.
Law adviser opens national legal aid fair
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday inaugurated the National Legal Aid Fair and road show.
Bangladesh agrees in principle to aid corridor for Rakhine: Touhid
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said Bangladesh agreed in principle to provide a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine in line with UN proposal.
Ministries to publish list of politically motivated cases recommended for withdrawal
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs, within the next couple of days, will start publishing on website the list of politically motivated cases recommended by a ministry-level committee for withdrawal.
EUSC holds science, technology fair
The Engineering University School and College held a three-day 13th Inter-School and College Science and Technology Fair-2025 concluded on its campus in Dhaka on Wednesday...
MIU admission fair begins
The admission fair for the summer 2025 semester of Manarat International University has started with a 50 per cent discount on admission fees...
Ways that govt should walk to bolster women鈥檚 rights
THE recommendations that the women鈥檚 affairs reforms commission, set up on November 18, 2024, put forth on April 19 for the government to effect appear assuring in that they are mostly meant to do away with the discrimination that exists in society against women. The commission has made 15 specific recommendations, which include the provision for equal rights...
Women affairs reform commission:聽Equal property聽right suggested
The Women Affairs Reform Commission on Saturday submitted 433 recommendations to the government, including the introduction of equal property rights for women, a uniform family code, and a separate and permanent women affairs commission.
Two-day remittance fair begins tomorrow in New York
The 4th Bangladesh Remittance Fair 2025 will begin in New York on Saturday with an aim to boost remittance flow from the US to Bangladesh...