Bangladesh Jasod urges Pakistan to offer apology
Leaders of the Bangladesh Jasod on Sunday urged the government of Pakistan to offer an apology for committing atrocities on the unarmed people of Bangladesh during the war of independence in 1971...
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NCP reinstates Sarwar Tusher as joint convener
The National Citizen Party has withdrawn its show-cause notice against joint convener Sarwar Tusher, reinstating him into all party responsibilities, according to a press release issued on Saturday...
Gono Forum demands July charter upholds liberation war spirit
Gonoforum has demanded that the July National Charter 2025, formulated by the National Consensus Commission, upholds the spirit of the War of Independence and retains the 1972 constitution in its revised form...
Karmasangsthan Bank opens 283rd branch
Karmasangsthan Bank on Thursday opened its Ishwardi branch in Pabna, which is the bank鈥檚 283rd branch, said a press release...
Huawei gets Gartner recognition for 5th year
Huawei has been recognised with 鈥楥ustomers鈥� Choice鈥� for the fifth time in a row by Gartner, a global research firm, for its Software-Defined Wide Area Network Solution, also called SD-WAN, said a press release...
Yunus hands over Purbachal plot deed to Sagar-Runi鈥檚 son
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday handed over the deed of a three-katha plot in Purbachal to Mahir Sarowar Megh, son of slain journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi...
Bangladesh Air Force observes Bir Shreshtha Matiur鈥檚 martyrdom anniv
Bangladesh Air Force on Wednesday paid tributes to the memory of the War of Independence veteran Bir Shreshtha Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman to mark the anniversary of his 54th martyrdom...
On seeing the future too clearly
I SPENT the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp counsellor in Vermont. She was headed for UC Berkeley in the fall, where she would, as she later described it, 鈥榤ajor in history and minor in rioting.鈥� Meanwhile, I was headed back to junior high school. I was already convinced that our government was...
Unrest grows at RU over ward quota reinstatement
Unrest at Rajshahi University over ward quota reinstatement is gathering heat as the agitation of the teachers and other staff demanding quota restoration gets intense, while the students launch a counter protest...
ICT orders arrest of Ex-IGP Javed, 4 others
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants for five people, including former inspector general of police Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the enforced disappearance and staged killing of seven youths on allegedly suspecting them as extremists in Gazipur in October 2016...
Ex-IGP Javed Patwary among 123 under ACC scanner
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started scrutinising allegations against 123 people, including former inspector general of police Javed Patwary, of receiving money and apartments in exchange for writing and editing the book 鈥楿nfinished Memoirs鈥�, published in the name of the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
RU teachers, staff continue demo for ward quota reinstatement
A section of teachers, officers and other employees of Rajshahi University continued demonstrations on Saturday, demanding the reinstatement of the ward quota facility for admission to the university for their children and grandchildren...
Israelis rally calling for end to Gaza war, hostage deal
Demonstrators across Israel called on Sunday for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, a push lambasted by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies...
Netanyahu becomes problem: Danish PM
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has become a 鈥榩roblem鈥�, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war as her country currently holds the EU presidency...
Trump drops ceasefire demand
US president Donald Trump on Saturday shifted his campaign to halt the Ukraine war to securing a full peace agreement after a summit with Russia鈥檚 president Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire...
Labour migration to Russia rises despite war
Labour migration from Bangladesh to Russia 鈥� a destination traditionally untapped by Bangladeshi workers and authorities 鈥� has sharply gone up in recent years, despite the continued Russia鈥揢kraine war...
World stocks higher before US-Russia summit
Stock markets mostly rose Friday with all eyes on a landmark US-Russia summit aimed at ending the war in Ukraine...
Popular Life awards successful officers
Popular Life Insurance Company Limited organised a conference and cultural programme for the officers who achieved the premium income target at Cox鈥檚 Bazar Hotel Sea Palace recently...
Japan鈥檚 emperor expresses 鈥榙eep remorse鈥� 80 years after WWII
Tens of thousands of people braved blazing heat to pay their respects at a controversial Japanese shrine on Friday, as Emperor Naruhito spoke of his 鈥榙eep remorse鈥� on the 80th anniversary of the nation鈥檚 World War II surrender...
Navalnaya urges Putin to agree release of anti-war prisoners
Exiled Russian opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya on Friday urged presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to strike a deal to free Russian and Ukrainian political prisoners held captive by Moscow for speaking out against the war...
RU teachers, staff want reinstatement of ward quota
A section of teachers, officials, and employees of Rajshahi University staged a demonstration on Thursday, demanding the reinstatement of the abolished ward quota facility for their children and grandchildren to be admitted to undergraduate courses at the university...
IUB wins Best Paper Award at IEEE QPAIN 2025
The department of electrical and electronic engineering of Independent University, Bangladesh has recently received the Best Paper Award in the Poster Paper Presentation category at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking...
Bitcoin hits record high, global stocks diverge
Bitcoin hit a record high Thursday and European and Asian stock markets diverged on the eve of landmark talks between US president Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on potentially ending the Ukraine war...
UN finds violence against Syria Alawites likely 鈥榳ar crimes鈥�
A UN commission聽investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria鈥檚 Alawite heartland documented systematic violence at the hands of government forces and allied groups,聽warning Thursday that some of the acts could constitute war crimes...
Root says Warner jibe 'all part of the fun' heading into Ashes
Joe Root has brushed aside David Warner's jibe that he will need to 鈥榯ake the surfboard off his front leg鈥� if England are to triumph in Australia in the upcoming Ashes series.
UN asks Sri Lanka to prosecute war crimes
The UN human rights chief Wednesday urged Sri Lanka鈥檚 new government to seize the 鈥榟istoric opportunity鈥� to end its entrenched culture of impunity for war crimes and other abuses...
BTEC award ceremony held at SMICT
The BTEC award ceremony 2025 of Shanto-Mariam Institute of Creative Technology has recently been held at the Shanto-Mariam University auditorium in Dhaka, celebrating the creative excellence and achievements of its BTEC students...
NZ PM says Netanyahu has 鈥榣ost the plot鈥�
New Zealand鈥檚 prime minister said Wednesday that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu had 鈥榣ost the plot鈥�, accusing him of going too far in his efforts to wage war on Gaza...
Educationist Jatin Sarkar dies
Independence Award-winning writer and educationist Professor Jatin Sarkar died while undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College on Wednesday...
Zelensky says concessions will not make Russia end war
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday warned against capitulating to the demands of president Vladimir Putin ahead of talks Friday between the Russian leader and US president Donald Trump...