Khusbu earns WFM title聽
Bangladeshi chess player Warsia Khusbu became a Women鈥檚 FIDE Master from a Women鈥檚 Candidate Master after she earned the required 2,145 standard rating points, the International Chess Federation, FIDE, confirmed on Monday.
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Yet another extension for probe report submission deadline
The deadline for submission of the probe report in a case filed over the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012 has been extended for the 120th time...
MDB wins Visa Excellence award
Midland Bank PLC has been awarded 鈥楨xcellence in Prepaid Cards (Associate Client)鈥� at Visa Excellence Awards held on August 4 at Hotel Sheraton in the capital...
Flood warning for 4 dists, heavy rainfall in 3divs
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has issued flood warning for the low-lying areas in the river basins in Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur and Kurigram districts over a 72-hour period starting at 9:00am Friday...
Islami Bank wins Excellence in Islamic Banking Card Award
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC achieved the award in the 鈥楨xcellence in Islamic Banking Cards鈥� category for issuing the highest number of VISA branded debit cards among Islamic banks in the country...
Tragedy of a forgotten report
COUNTERFACTUALS 鈥� what if so and so had happened? 鈥� are always dicey. For example; would there have been a full-scale Vietnam war if President John F Kennedy had not been assassinated? There is no way to prove that hypothesis right or wrong. In the case of today鈥檚 Middle East, one could pose the counterfactual question about a forgotten 1919 report about...
July warriors鈥� contributions led to 鈥榮econd liberation鈥�: Adilur Rahman
Industries adviser Adilur Rahman Khan on Friday said that July warriors鈥� sacrifices brought the 鈥榮econd liberation鈥� for Bangladesh.
32 citizens want Jamaat admit anti-liberation role
Thirty-two citizens in a statement on Thursday said that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami must admit that it played a role against the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971...
Trust Bank secures $1b inward remittance
Trust Bank PLC has reached a significant milestone of $1 billion in inward remittance within July, capturing a 5.70 per cent market share among the 60 scheduled banks in Bangladesh to date, said a press release...
Eight names removed from 鈥楯uly martyrs鈥� gazette list
The Liberation War Affairs Ministry has cancelled the recognition of eight individuals listed as 鈥楯uly martyrs鈥� in a gazette.
Forecast of heavy rainfall in 5 divs, flood warning for 10 dists
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in five divisions, including Dhaka, in the next three days from Sunday afternoon...
Palestinians across West Bank protest at Gaza war
Thousands of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank鈥檚 major cities Sunday against the war in Gaza and in support of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons...
11 DU students receive Kazi Motahar Hossain award
Eleven students of Dhaka University鈥檚 statistics and Institute of Statistical Research and Teaching who secured 1st place in the master鈥檚 examinations from 2017 to 2023 received the Kazi Motahar Hossain awards at a programme at the auditorium of DU Teachers-Students Centre on Wednesday...
Prosecutors seek new warrant to question ex-president Yoon
South Korean prosecutors requested a fresh detention warrant on Wednesday to forcibly question former president Yoon Suk Yeol, after he refused to appear at his summons multiple times...
SC acquits war crimes death row convict Mobarak Hossain
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Mobarak Hossain, a death row convict in a war crimes case, overturning the 2014 International Crimes Tribunal-1 verdict...
Huge quake off Russia sparks Pacific tsunamis
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia鈥檚 sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan...
PBIL wins 2 Euromoney accolades
Prime Bank Investment, investment-banking arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has been named Best Bank for Securities Services and Best Investment Bank for Mergers & Acquisitions in Bangladesh at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025, said a press release...
Unseen war for the West Bank鈥檚 future
ISRAEL is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The latest such provocations consisted of stripping the Palestinian-run Hebron (Al-Khalil) municipality of its administrative powers over the venerable Ibrahimi Mosque. Worse, according to Israel Hayom, it granted these powers to the religious council of the...
European Union resigned to 15pc US tariff
The United States and the European Union clinched a trade agreement on Sunday that will see EU exports taxed at 15 per cent, in a bid to resolve a transatlantic tariff stand-off that threatened to explode into a full-blown trade war...
Global stocks, dollar rise
Stock markets and the dollar advanced Monday after the European Union and United States struck a deal to avert a damaging trade war...
Naeem鈥檚 solo features experimental woodcut prints
A solo exhibition of Shilpaguru Safiuddin Ahmed Award 2024 winning artist Abu Al Naeem is featuring experimental woodcut prints with a post-impressionist approach...
Court issues arrest warrant against Naem Nizam, 2 others in DSA case
A special court in Dhaka on Sunday issued arrest warrants against three journalists, including former editor of Daily Bangladesh Pratidin Naem Nizam, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
Kali o Kalam lit awards handed over
The literary award 鈥楰ali o Kalam Tarun Kabi o Lekhak Puraskar鈥� for 2024 has gone to five young writers and poets at a ceremony held in Dhaka city...
ICT training concludes with award ceremony at GAU
Gazipur Agricultural University hosted the closing and certificate-awarding ceremony of the 鈥榙igital skills for students training programme at the Begum Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the university on Saturday...
Cost of politicising army
SUN Tzu鈥檚 The Art of War outlines three ways a ruler can bring misfortune upon the army (the word 鈥榓rmy鈥� in modern context implies the military forces...
Flood warning issued for low-lying coastal areas
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre on Friday warned that low-lying coastal areas might be inundated by tidal surges due to the influences of a depression over the Bay of Bengal and the new moon.
Birth centenary of Tajuddin Ahmad observed
Academics, professionals and journalists on Wednesday at a discussion meeting held in Dhaka said the late politician Tajuddin Ahmad, founding prime minister of Bangladesh, who was one of the organisers聽 of the 1971 War of Independence, wanted to establish a democratic country upholding the rights of the common聽people...
PBIL wins three accolades
Prime Bank Investment, investment banking arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has earned three accolades at the Asian Banking & Finance Corporate & Investment Banking Awards 2025, said a press release...
Israel鈥檚 expanding war, West鈥檚 silent endorsement
JUST weeks after a temporary pause in the Israel-Iran war through a fragile ceasefire, Israel has attacked Syria, under the pretence of protecting the Druze community. The Israeli attack denotes Israel鈥檚 ambition to expand and perpetuate its war in the Middle East...
SC verdict on Mobarak鈥檚 appeal set for July 30
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set July 30 to deliver its verdict on the appeal filed by Mobarak Hossain, a former Jamaat-e-Islami member and an expelled Awami League leader, challenging his death sentence for committing war crimes during the country鈥檚 liberation war...