Macron turns to politics on 2nd day of UK state visit
French president Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 state visit to Britain turned to politics Wednesday as London is expected to press Paris for new measures to curb undocumented immigration...
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Kenya鈥檚 president warns against bid to 鈥榦verthrow鈥� govt by protests
Kenyan president William Ruto warned Wednesday against attempts to 鈥榦verthrow鈥� the government through 鈥榰nconstitutional means鈥� and ordered police to shoot violent protesters in the leg, days after 31 people were killed in nationwide anti-government demonstrations...
EC gets approval for voter registration in five countries
The Election Commission has received approval to begin the voter registration process and issue national identity cards in five countries, including the United States.
1,607 more held in countrywide operations
In the countrywide ongoing operations, 1,607 more crime suspects were arrested in the past 24 hours...
National Tree Plantation Campaign, Tree Fair preparatory meeting held in Kushtia
Kushtia District Administration and Social Forestry Department jointly held a preparatory meeting to organise the National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair at the deputy commissioner conference room in Kushtia on Monday...
UN troubled by Kenya protest killings
The United Nations on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the deaths of at least 10 people in Kenya where police and protesters clashed during anti-government demonstrations the previous day...
Citizens Bank celebrates 3rd anniversary
Citizens Bank PLC has befittingly celebrated 3rd anniversary of its rolling out of commercial operations recently...
SC begins hearing Mobarak鈥檚 appeal against death sentence for war crimes
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of Mobarak Hossain, an expelled Awami League leader and a former Jamaat-e-Islami member, challenging his 2014 death sentence for war crimes committed in the Brahmanbaria area during the 1971 Liberation War...
Walton launches car battery series 鈥楪raviton鈥�
Walton Mirco-Tech Corporation has released seven models of 鈥楪raviton鈥� series car batteries to be used mainly in private cars, microbuses, pick-up vans and CNG-run auto-rickshaws, said a press release...
Prof Yunus for presenting true history of War of Independence
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday stressed presenting the true history of War of Independence impartially through the activities of liberation war affairs ministry.
IUB bags 2 championship and 3 runner-up titles at Inter-University Squash
Squash players from Independent University, Bangladesh have secured two Championship and three runners-up titles in the recently concluded 2nd Inter-University Squash Tournament 2025, organised by the Bangladesh Squash Rackets Federation and sponsored by Mark鈥檚 at the Army Squash Court in Dhaka on July 4, 2025.
July declaration, trial of massacre demanded
Politicians, academics, professionals, July uprising martyrs鈥� family members and injured on Friday called on the interim government to announce the July declaration within July and to hold trials of the killers of students and people during the uprising.
BFF removes Shahin from nat鈥檒 teams committee
The Bangladesh Football Federation on Friday dismissed executive committee member Shakawat Hossain Bhuiya Shahin from his role in the national teams committee, just weeks after he publicly called for the resignation of national team coach Javier Cabrera.
IFC ramps up investment amid global uncertainty
While the world economy faces instability from US president Donald Trump鈥檚 threats of a global trade war, the International Finance Corporation is dramatically ramping up its investment activities.
Authorities in dispute over routes
A dispute among different authorities concerned over the initiative to launch company-based bus operations in the capital Dhaka under the bus route rationalisation project has surfaced...
RUET students protest at discrimination against BSc engineering graduates
Students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday staged demonstrations, demanding an end to the alleged discrimination against bachelor of science in engineering graduates in government job recruitment and promotions...
BADC renews fertiliser import agreement with Morocco
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture renewed the fertiliser import agreement with the OCP Nutri Groups in Casablanca, Morocco on Wednesday...
JICA recalls Japanese consultants killed in Holey Artisan attack
Japan International Cooperation Agency on Wednesday organised an annual memorial ceremony to pay tribute to the seven Japanese consultants who lost their lives during the Holey Artisan attack on July 1, 2016...
MASS UPRISING:聽Students鈥� Federation ex-leader Shakil鈥檚 body exhumed for autopsy
The body of a former leader of the Students鈥� Federation of Bangladesh, Julfikar Ahmed Shakil, was exhumed for autopsy on Wednesday, about 11 months after he was shot to death during the student-led mass uprising in August 2024....
Judge blocks Trump from ending Haitians鈥� protected status
A federal judge in New York has ordered a halt to the Trump administration鈥檚 bid to revoke temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants...
Tech integration can boost SME sector:聽Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday laid emphasis on ensuring greater financial access, technological integration, and global market connectivity for the country鈥檚 small and medium enterprise sector...
FBCCI polls deferred
The election to the board of directors of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry for 2025-26 and 2026-27 terms has been deferred by another 45 days by the Ministry of Commerce...
Trump admin threatens new Harvard cuts over Jewish rights
The Trump administration on Monday accused Harvard of violating the civil rights of its Jewish and Israeli students and threatened to cut off all federal funding if the university does not take urgent action...
Dhaka University Day celebrated
Dhaka University vice-chancellor Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan on Tuesday said that the historic events of the Language Movement in 1952, the mass uprising in 1969, the War of Independence in 1971, the anti-autocracy movement in 1990s and the 2024 student-mass uprising complemented each other...
SAD to work afresh to press for July declaration, charter
The newly elected leaders of Students Against Discrimination on Tuesday said that they would take forward their organisational activities prioritising the demands for the July Declaration to uphold the spirit of the July uprising and the July Charter for reforms in various sectors...
DNCC to operate urban healthcare service
The Dhaka North City Corporation has taken the responsibility for operating urban healthcare services with an aim to make the primary healthcare more affordable and ensure better quality for its residents...
Students鈥� Federation leaves Democratic Students鈥� Alliance
The Bangladesh Students鈥� Federation on Tuesday left the Democratic Students鈥� Alliance, a combine of seven left student organisations, formed in 2022 to uphold their 13-point charter including the resignation of the then Awami League government and to establish a people鈥檚 government...
14m people may die from US aid cuts: study
More than 14 million of the world鈥檚 most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration鈥檚 dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday...
Street protests again if July declaration, charter delayed: NCP
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday said that any delay or evasion concerning the July Declaration and the July Charter would lead the students and people to take to the streets once again...
Expats likely in Bangladesh camp for AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers
Technical director of the Bangladesh Football Federation Saiful Bari Titu hinted on Tuesday that some expatriate players are expected to get call-ups for the AFC Under-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers camp starting later this month.
