Heathrow airport was completely shut down on Friday after a power outage due to a fire at a London electricity substation, causing travel chaos for passengers around the world and the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights from Europe鈥檚 busiest air hub....
The National Consensus Commission will hold talks with Khelafat Majlish and Bangladesh Labour Party on Saturday as part of its ongoing dialogue with political parties to build a national consensus on the reform initiatives taken by the interim government....
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday urged the interim government not to take any step that would facilitate the rehabilitation of fleeing autocrats in the country....
A young man was hacked to death in Mirpur鈥檚 Pallabi area in the capital Dhaka Friday evening allegedly over previous enmity....
India鈥檚 Border Security Force handed over two Bangladeshi nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh following a flag meeting at Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah Friday morning....
Today is the fifth anniversary of death of professor emeritus Sultana Sarawatara Zaman who died on March 22, 2020....
Protests against Israeli attacks on Palestine continued across the country on Friday as political parties and student groups demanded action against the violence....
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Dhaka Metropolitan Police jointly conducted a drive against unfit vehicles in the city on Friday....
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University ABM Obaidul Islam attended a three-day international conference titled Recent Trends in Science, Technology and Innovation concluded in Pokhara, Nepal on Friday....
Police recovered the decomposed bodies of two persons from a pond in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj, five days after they went missing....
World University of Bangladesh鈥檚 two students have been selected to participate in the 鈥楴ot-A-Boring Competition鈥� organised by Elon Musk鈥檚 The Boring Company in Bastrop, Texas in the United States....
A Chattogram court on Friday ordered to send Md Sharif Mahmud, ex-public relation officer of the home ministry to jail after rejecting his bail petition....
Garment labour leaders at a protest rally in Dhaka on Friday demanded the wages and the festival allowance of workers of Style Graft Garment in Gazipur by March 23....
A five-day painting workshop titled Swadeshnama is under way at the National Art Gallery at聽 Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka to mark International Women鈥檚 Day....
Speakers, including cultural activists, said on Friday that repression of women and destruction of the environment continued as before....
People from various strata have protested for months against the Tejgaon鈥揚lassey Crossing segment of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway that destroys Panthakunja and part of Hatirjheel, but the government remains resolute about the project....
Police in separate raids on Friday arrested four members of a fraudulent 鈥榤agnetic coin鈥� gang along with Tk 19.50 lakh in cash in Dhaka鈥檚 different areas under Adabar police station....
The Staff Association of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology organised an iftar party and general meeting at the Central Auditorium of CUET in Chattogram on Thursday....
At least 1,659 industrial units in a recent count have been found discharging untreated wastewater into canals, rivers and other open waterbodies, aggravating the condition of the already heavily polluted waterbodies....
Today is the 20th anniversary of death of Syeda Afifa Fatima, a resident of Khan Bahadur Garden, Shantibagh in Dhaka....
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year, will be celebrated this year at the national level ensuring the participation of all ethnic communities in the country, including Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Manipuri, and Garo....
The regional food controller鈥檚 office in Rajshahi on Tuesday recommended the food ministry to take punitive action against 913 rice mills in the Rajshahi division for not providing rice to the government as per agreement....
Russia and Ukraine on Friday traded accusations of massive overnight attacks, three days before both sides will hold talks with US officials on how to halt the three-year war....
Israel鈥檚 military on Thursday expanded ground operations across Gaza, after it reported missiles intercepted from Yemen and Hamas militants said they fired rockets towards Tel Aviv....
At least one man was killed and two others were seriously injured after a mob beat three suspected muggers at Swarighat in the capital鈥檚 Chawk Bazar area early Friday....
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that they had no update to share regarding a likely bilateral meeting between Bangladesh chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on the......
The social welfare ministry is moving at a snail鈥檚 pace in recognising the non-government schools for children with disabilities in the country and then providing these schools with monthly payment order facilities....
The National Citizens鈥� Party on Friday alleged that the army was intervening in politics when it referred to a recent meeting held between the party and high ranking army officials to discuss some political issues....
Political parties are divided over the question of allowing Awami League to return to politics as some of them are ready to tolerate the AL politicians with no criminal record, while others demand a complete ban on the party for its involvement in the July-August massacre.聽聽聽聽...
CONCACAF football chief Victor Montagliani played down concerns over a US border crackdown impacting the 2026 World Cup on Thursday, following a flurry of recent cases involving foreign visitors who have been detained or......
The ministry of youth and Sports has instructed the Search Committee to finalise its proposal for the formation of ad-hoc committees for the remaining sports federation and associations by April 20....
Kishoreganj District and Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan advanced to the final of the Women鈥檚 Development Cup Hockey after securing victories in the semi-finals at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Friday....
Bangladesh runner Jahir Rayhan faced a disappointing exit from the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025, as he finished last in heat three of the men鈥檚 400-meter event in Nanjing, China on Friday....
Mikel Merino鈥檚 93rd-minute equaliser earned Spain a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in Nations League quarter-final first leg action on Thursday, while Croatia have one foot in the semi-finals after beating France 2-0....
Opener Hasan Nawaz struck a record-breaking maiden century Friday as Pakistan crushed New Zealand by nine wickets in the third Twenty20 to keep the series alive....
Vinicius Junior struck a dramatic winner in the ninth minute of stoppage time to give Brazil a 2-1 win over Colombia in their South American World Cup qualifier on Thursday....
The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team will begin their training camp today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium ahead of the World Cup Qualifier, starting on April 9 in Lahore, Pakistan.聽...
Mohammad Naim hit a blistering 104* off just 64 balls in Prime Bank鈥檚 thrashing nine-wicket victory over Shinepukur Cricket Club in the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at BKSP-3 on Friday.聽...
KAZI Mohammad Idris is a notable name in the journalism and literature of Bangladesh. He was born on November 11, 1906, in Munshipara, Rangpur city, and died on March 22, 1975, in Dhaka. His journalism deeply reflected political awareness, secular outlook, and humanitarian ideals....
The recent four-day visit of United Nations secretary-general Ant贸nio Guterres to Bangladesh carries immense diplomatic and humanitarian significance. At a time of internal transition and complex regional dynamics, Guterres鈥� presence......
IMAGINE you are in a grade one or two classroom of a government primary school in a hilly district where children from Bengali, Chakma, Marma and Tripura communities are actively engaged in learning under the guidance of a teacher from......
EARLIER this month I wrote that Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 resumption of the war of genocide in Gaza was never a matter of 鈥榠f鈥�, but 鈥榳hen.鈥� The early morning massacres of over 1000 injured or murdered civilians on March 18 and 19 was described......
WATER is life. It is the foundation of human civilisation that is a central element in socio-cultural and economic activities. Water is a finite natural resource, where both quantity and quality are crucial to the environment, which......
SAVING rivers is, no doubt, an uphill task. In a situation, where rivers are encroached on, choked and strangled in all the manners that an absence of concrete plans to save the rivers allow, with all quarters, even......
AS THE government discusses the reform strategy for the health sector, it should take into account findings of the Bureau of Statistics survey on public health services that reflect people鈥檚 demands and expectations. The survey report......
Athletic footwear and apparel giant Nike on Thursday reported a 9 per cent decline in third-quarter revenues, as the company continues to navigate challenging market conditions....
During the first half of Ramadan this year, expatriates have sent over Tk 900 crore remittances through bKash, said a press release....
Xiaomi on Thursday hosted a grand launch event, celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr, to unveil Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi A5, said a press release....
Sylhet resident Kawser Ahmed has won Tk 10 lakh after he had purchased a Walton brand refrigerator under Digital Campaign Season-22, said a press release....
Russia鈥檚 central bank kept its key rate at 21 per cent on Friday, locking in two-decade-high borrowing costs as it battles rampant inflation....
Germany鈥檚 upper house of parliament on Friday gave the final seal of approval to a massive spending package to build up the military and overhaul infrastructure....
Nader says that the fear caused by president Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration policies have left the streets of his largely migrant neighbourhood in Queens, New York empty, forcing him to shutter his furniture store....
Britain鈥檚 Labour government borrowed more than expected in February, official data showed Friday ahead of next week鈥檚 fiscal update, when it is expected to announce more spending cuts....
Major stock markets extended losses on Friday on heightened concerns over the potential fallout from US president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff agenda....
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority has received a robust response from both local and foreign investors, signing new investment agreements with 26 companies in the first eight months of the current financial year 2024-25....
Dhaka stocks saw decrease in its indices in the past week, after an increase in the previous week, as a section of investors chose to sell shares to realise their gains after the recent price appreciations....
Ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, the wholesale and retail businesses in the old part of the city has gained momentum....
The prices of several vegetables increased, while most others鈥� remained high over the past week ending Friday on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka....
A severe shortage of cold storage facilities has left potato growers in the northern districts struggling to manage a space for their produce, with the price of the cash crop dropping to Tk聽10 a kilogram on the local wholesale markets on Friday....
North Korea said Friday it had test-fired a new weapons system which would boost its combat readiness, as Russia鈥檚 security chief arrived in Pyongyang for talks with leader Kim Jong Un....
New Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is expected to call a snap election for April 28, triggering an intense campaign dominated by how to react to president Donald Trump鈥檚 trade war and demands to turn the close US ally into a 51st state....
Taiwan will give pay rises to some service members in a bid to tackle manpower shortages, officials said on Friday, as the island faces intensifying military pressure from China....
The founder of a Pakistani internet media channel appeared in court on Friday on charges of 鈥榓nti-state posts and fake news鈥� under toughened legislation targeting online content....
Last year was the deadliest year for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying worldwide, the United Nations said on Friday, calling the 鈥榯ragedy unacceptable and preventable鈥�....
Sudan鈥檚 army said it recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday after a fierce battle....
US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at 鈥榚liminating鈥� the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the American right, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government....
At least seven international flights from Indonesia鈥檚 resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation鈥檚 east erupted, shooting dark ash eight kilometres into the sky and forcing thousands to evacuate....
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader said on Friday that US threats against his country 鈥榳ill get them nowhere鈥�, after president Donald Trump warned of possible military action against the Islamic republic....
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, BG-201, was forced to return to Dhaka midway after a power outage disrupted operations at London Heathrow Airport on Friday......
Two people were killed and 21 others injured as a truck hit a pedestrian and then crashed into a human hauler, locally known as Bhotbhoti, on Sherpur-Dhunat regional road in Bogura鈥檚 Sherpur upazila on Friday morning, said police......
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called for global action against racial injustice and highlighted the plight of the Rohingya people, who remain victims of racial discrimination and prolonged statelessness....
Two Awami League supporters were killed in a clash with Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters at Mohinipur village of Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Friday over establishing supremacy in the area....
US president Donald Trump demanded Thursday that courts stop blocking his agenda, edging closer to a constitutional showdown after a judge suggested the administration had ignored an order to block summary deportations....
United Nations high commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi has said brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk......
A soil trader was killed and another was injured in an attack allegedly by robbers on Boroibari-Haturia Chala regional road in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on Thursday night, said police......
A wild elephant was electrocuted near Nalitabari border in Sherpur on Thursday night, said a forest official......
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 175 at about 8: 45am on Friday morning......
A group of Dhaka University students on early Friday night staged a protest march on the Dhaka University campus demanding a ban on the Awami League....
An internet service trader was shot dead by three unidentified men near Police Plaza in Gulshan, Dhaka on Thursday night....
Students involved in the anti-discrimination student movement on Thursday detained Mohammad Sharif Mahmud Apu, the sub-regional director of Bangladesh Betar Chattogram and former public relations officer of the home ministry in Chattogram....
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant authorities have successfully conducted the hydraulic pressure tests in first of their two-unit under-built plant, a statement of its Russian builder Rosatom said....
Bangladesh Sangbadpathro Karmachari Federation and Bangladesh Federal Union of Newspaper Press Workers on Thursday urged the Newspaper Owners鈥� Association of Bangladesh to extend the Eid holidays to five days on the occasion of the next Eid-ul-Fitr....
Milon Hossain, a 23-year-old former student of Dinajpur Polytechnic Institute, was found dead early Thursday 23 days after his abduction from Thakurgaon town, despite his family paying a ransom of Tk 25 lakhs to the kidnappers....
The Israeli army on Thursday warned residents of the southern Gaza town of Bani Suheila to evacuate their homes immediately ahead of a strike in their area....
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday decided to initiate an inquiry into allegations of money laundering and bribery against Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader....
National Consensus Commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Thursday said that fascism might return if any government was formed through a fair election without completing reforms....
The Dhaka Special Judge Court聽3 on Thursday acquitted eight people, including acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, of the bribery charges....
The Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday said that the reform proposals related to the Election Commission were weak....
Preparations for welcoming Bengali New Year 1432 began with an art workshop at the fine art faculty of Dhaka University on Thursday......
Experts, including environmentalists, at a policy dialogue on Thursday emphasised the need for an increase in renewable energy use for the liveability of cities......
The proposed bifurcation of the National Board of Revenue and the future role and responsibilities of the two offices of the revenue board after the spilt are likely to get a special focus in the national budget for the forthcoming financial year of 2025-26....
Workers from four readymade garment factory units in Gazipur staged strikes and protests for payment of wages and festival allowances ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of biggest religious festivals of the Mulsims......
The interim government鈥檚 advisory council on Thursday approved amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000, introducing key changes, including the establishment of tribunal to speed up judicial and......
Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh convener Debapriya Bhattacharya on Thursday said that there were no appropriate representatives to speak for the backward sections of people in the commissions formed by the interim government to make reforms in the country......
Travel ban imposition by courts on the Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 applications on dozens of former ministers and Awami League leaders, including the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her relatives, after they left the country raises questions......
The Election Commission is going to cancel the registration of 96 local election observation organisations registered during the ousted Awami League government......
Two leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, who sustained injuries in clashes between two Bangladesh Nationalist Party factions in Sirajganj and Bhola, died Wednesday night......
The United States has welcomed measures taken by Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government to ensure safety and security for all in Bangladesh, noting that they 鈥榗ondemn鈥� any instances of violence or intolerance directed toward members of minority communities in any country......
More than 90 per cent of people in the country thinks that the government must contain the 鈥榚xtremely high鈥� expenses for affording medicines, diagnostics, surgery and doctor鈥檚 fee by setting limits on their prices, according to the public opinion survey on health sector reform 2025......
Students of different polytechnic institutes in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Thursday boycotted examinations and blocked roads and railway tracks demanding abolition of the 30 per cent promotion quota for craft instructors in junior instructor positions......