The Islamic conference at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka, Bangladesh concluded with the announcement of a nine-point demand, including justice for the 2013 Shapla Chattar killings and the withdrawal of all false cases against Islamic scholars.
The government has reconstituted a 13-member jury board for awarding national film award 2023.
A seven-day Jatra Utsab, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, began on Friday on the the Mukta Mancha stage of the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
M Rashidul Hasan has become the new president and Mostafizur Rahman Sohel senior vice-president of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services...
Nine waves of flash floods hit Bangladesh in the past five months, affecting millions, many of them repeatedly, according to a presentation made by the Flash Flood Warning Centre at a discussion on Wednesday...
The mood of German consumers is improving as they head into November but remains 鈥榚xtremely low鈥� amid war in Europe and corporate crises at home, a key survey showed Tuesday...
SHOULD Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami be permitted to engage in politics without first addressing its role in the 1971 liberation war? This question takes on heightened significance in light of the 2024 mass uprising. If Jamaat is sincere about its desire to participate in the current political landscape, offering an apology appears essential. Without such...
THE war and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, Palestine and Israel, and others 鈥擝angladesh鈥檚 own political situation for the last couple of months, as it appears 鈥� turned the Rohingya refugee crisis a 鈥榣ess important鈥� concern. But the situation of the Rohingyas in Cox鈥檚 Bazar is dire. On the one hand, the number of Rohingya has been increasing...
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte strongly defended his deadly drug war as he testified on Monday at a senate probe of the crackdown...
The American International University-Bangladesh has recently been honoured with the Asia-Pacific Quality Network award in Model Internal QA category at the APQN academic conference 2024 held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, said a press release on Sunday...
India on Sunday opened an integrated check post, passenger terminal building and a joint cargo gate named Maitri Dwar at the Petrapole in West Bengal to improve cross-border trade and immigration infrastructure...
Forward Tohura Khatun smashed a hat-trick while captain Sabina Khatun scored twice as defending champions Bangladesh stormed into the final of the SAFF Women鈥檚 Championship 2024 with a thumping 7-1 win over Bhutan in the semi-final in Kathmandu on Sunday...
Dressed in a pristine white knit top, Robyn Qiu cut an incongruous figure in her parents鈥� dusty, hangar-like metal hardware factory in eastern China as she gestured excitedly while an assistant filmed her on a smartphone...
THERE are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog and pony shows orchestrated by the Israeli military. They can, on rare occasions, be escorted by Israeli soldiers on lightning visits to Gaza, where they are shown alleged weapons caches or tunnels the military says are used by Hamas...
A team of the Bangladesh army on Saturday arrested one more person at Chakaria upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar in connection with the murder of lieutenant Tanjim Sarwar Nirjon...
IN RECENT times, Israel鈥檚 geopolitical calculus has taken even more aggressive steps and strategies, executing the high-profile assassinations of Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah鈥檚 Hassan Nasrallah. These killings are part of a broader strategy rooted in Israel鈥檚 longstanding policy of targeted assassinations 鈥� once covert but...
Veteran David Warner's lifetime ban on any leadership role within Australian cricket imposed after a 2018 ball-tampering scandal was lifted Friday.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Wednesday 鈥榥ow is the time鈥� to end the conflict in Gaza, and urged Israel to avoid further escalation with Iran.
Home adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday requested all to hold meetings and rallies at Suhrawardy Udyan instead of Shahbagh crossing considering people鈥檚 sufferings.
Criticising sections of people perceiving the interim government as 鈥榮oft to illogical demands鈥�,聽 power, energy, and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan claimed on Sunday that the incumbent government is the strongest in the history of independent Bangladesh.
AG Industrial Solutions, a subsidiary of Anwar Group, recently announced its appointment as the exclusive authorised distributor for Otis Elevator Company in Bangladesh, according...
Hamas vowed on Friday it would not release the hostages it seized during its October 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar.
The killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar brought no respite for Palestinians in Gaza, as Israeli air strikes and shelling continued unabated in the territory already devastated by...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan emphasised the importance of adopting healthy habits for a brighter and more resilient future on Friday.
Israel conducted raids on Gaza on Friday after killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Freedom fighter and artiste of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Shujeyo Shyam passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka at midnight past Thursday.
AS URBAN dwellers become more accustomed to the bustle of city life, they find that cultivating their own food can be both difficult and incredibly rewarding. While urban farming is not a new notion 鈥� it dates back to the ancient Mesopotamian people who set aside land for growing crops, as well as the American Victory Gardens that were established to...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government has ruled out the Indian allegation of damaging temples and deities in Bangladesh during Durga puja terming those as baseless.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Sunday urged the interim government to announce the specific timeframe for the...
