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JU students seize 7 buses after assault on fellow student

A group of Jahangirnagar University students on Wednesday night seized seven buses of a private transport company plying on the Dhaka-Aricha highway, alleging that one of their fellow students had been physically assaulted by the transport company’s staff...

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NSU SEPS hosts Sports Fest 2025

North South University’s School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (SEPS) successfully concluded its inaugural SEPS Sports Fest 2025, held under the vibrant theme ‘Where Energy Meets Excellence,’ says a press release.

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Govt charts roadmap for EV industry

The government has, for the first time, drafted the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Policy 2025, aiming to transform the country’s transport system, reduce carbon emissions, and establish a globally competitive electric vehicle industry...

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Only radical transport sector reform can make roads safe

AS BANGLADESH observes National Road Safety Day 2025, the grim reality on its roads exposes the hollowness of official slogans and failures of successive governments to make meaningful changes. Despite repeated promises and millions of takas spent on awareness campaigns, roads remain death traps — chaotic, corrupt and criminally neglected. Over the past...

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Sad story that a weak passport speaks of

The Global Passport Ranking 2025 comes as a reality check for Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi passport, ranked 100th among passports of 106 countries, now stands among the world’s weakest. It appears to have increasingly become a source of suspicion and even stigma at foreign borders. The decline in global confidence in Bangladeshi passports is not sudden but..

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Five cops hurt in Sylhet transport workers’ attack

At least five members of the police were injured in Companiganj upazila town of Sylhet district on Sunday when a group of transport workers attacked them to snatch away a truck seized by the police for not having valid documents.

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Paris fans watch fashion shows like sports games

A giant screen, lots of cheering and applause: the scene inside La Caserne venue in trendy northeast Paris might feels like a sports bar. But the crowd there were watching live fashion, not football...

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MSC make winning start, Kings held

Ghanaian forward Samuel Boateng struck a treble as Mohammedan Sporting Club made a winning start in the Federation Cup after beating Police Football Club 3-2 in their Group B match at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla, on Tuesday.

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Football season kicks off with Challenge Cup

Mohammedan Sporting Club and Bashundhara Kings will lock horns in the season’s curtain raiser, the Bangladesh Challenge Cup, at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla today.

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Govt, too, is indifferent towards road safety issues

PUBLIC transports remains fatally unsafe for passengers as the interim government has so far kept the sector off its reform agenda. The Passengers Welfare Association of Bangladesh on September 13 reported that at least 86,690 people died and 153,257 became wounded in 62,619 road accidents in 11 years. The number of fatalities, however shocking, is not surprising as...

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Mohammedan, Kings placed in same group

Mohammedan Sporting Club and Bashundhara Kings have been placed in Group B of the 10-team Federation Cup that will be played at two venues across the country from September 23, 2025, to April 10, 2026.

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No scope for govt not to save Dhaleshwari from pollution

THE High Court’s recent directive to restore the River Dhaleshwari and hold encroachers and polluters accountable is a welcome step. The river is under severe threat from unchecked encroachment and industrial pollution. The High Court directed the National River Conservation Commission, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka and the Inland Water Transport Authority...

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BIWTA demolishes Nasrul Hamid’s bungalow

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Wednesday demolished an illegally constructed bungalow of former state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu on the banks of the Buriganga River...

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India seeks to ban online gambling

India's government introduced a parliamentary bill on Wednesday to ban online gambling, citing concerns over addiction, financial harm, and potential links to money laundering and terrorism financing.

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Effective enforcement is all for road safety, not law after law

THE government’s going ahead with a new law on road safety whilst the Road Transport Act 2018 is in force has created the scope for doubt, especially regarding its enforcement. The Road Transport Act 2018, made on September 19 that year, after a countrywide road safety movement in July 2018 was set into force on November 1, 2019. But the road transport minister...

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Lack of awareness hurdle to ensuring traceability: experts

Lack of awareness about digital product passports, the latest European Union regulations and circular supply chains among the country’s manufacturers, especially small and medium-sized ones, is a significant challenge in ensuring traceability of exportable goods, said experts...