National,Politics
The Election Commission has sent the draft voter registration (amendment) act to the Law Ministry, seeking authority to determine a logical cut-off date for the inclusion of new voters in the electoral roll ahead of the national election."We have proposed changes in the existing law to determin...
BNP on Thursday announced a series of programmes to observe the first anniversary of the July-August mass uprising, which led to the ousting of autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina from power on August 5, 2024.BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press confere...
Sports,Football
Bangladesh slatted in the tough group in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026 Qualifiers when the 31 teams’ grouping was confrimed following the official draw ceremony held at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. Bangladesh were placed in the Group G along with t...
World
At least 62 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as Israel’s national security minister called for a “complete halt” of humanitarian aid supplies to the Palestinian territory.Local health authorities said on Thursday tha...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued a stern warning against attempts to spread misinformation using fake mobile screenshots generated by artificial intelligence (AI) software.The screenshots, which falsely implicate the NBR chairman, director general of the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC)...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday ruled out any new alliance among Bangladesh, China and Pakistan, and stressed that it was not done targeting Bangladesh’s neighbouring country – India.“We are not forming any alliance. It was a meeting at the official level, not...
National
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday.He met the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna in the afternoon, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSSChief Election Commissio...
The NBR Reform Unity Council has sought Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s intervention to help resolve the ongoing deadlock within the National Board of Revenue (NBR).The appeal was made during a press conference held on Thursday afternoon.At the briefing, the Council re-issued their ul...
World,Politics
Reuters, Dubai: Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel.Khamenei, 86, claimed victory after 12 day...
Reuters, Cairo/Tel Aviv: Israel has halted aid supplies to Gaza for two days to prevent them being seized by Hamas, an official said on Thursday after images circulated of masked men on aid trucks whom clan leaders said were protecting aid, not diverting it to the militants.Israeli Prime Minister Be...
Reuters, Taipei/Beijing: Taiwan is determined to defend itself and protect its free way of life, the island's defence minister said on Thursday discussing next month's annual exercises, as China's military vowed to boost combat readiness to stop "separatist" activities.China, w...
AP, NAIROBI, Kenya: At least eight Kenyans died and more than 80 others were receiving specialized treatment Wednesday, with some sustaining gunshot wounds, during countrywide protests against police brutality and poor governance, human rights groups said.The state-funded Kenya National Commission o...
BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said the party will begin discussions on seat sharing with its political allies once the election schedule is announced.“We’ve not reached that stage yet to talk about seat sharing. This process will begin once the election sched...
At least 29 pupils who were sitting their high school exams in the Central African Republic have been killed in a stampede after the explosion of a power transformer set off panic, the health ministry told AFP Thursday.Just over 5,300 students were sitting the second day of the baccalaureat exams wh...
Officials and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have been observing a pen-down strike for the fourth consecutive day to press their demands, including the removal of the NBR chairman, disrupting tax and customs-related activities and affecting businesses.Under the banner of the "...
The interim government so far has renamed 808 structures across Bangladesh that were previously named after ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and other members of her family.In a statement issued on Thursday, the Chief Adviser's Press Wing said the renaming ...
Country
The trend of child marriage is going on unabated in in 10 districts of the Khulna division. Consequently, a good number of children especially, girls are deprived of education and undergo severe health hazards.The information was shared at the fourth-quarter meeting of the Khulna Divisional Committe...
Ten police officials including a former officer-in-charge (OC) of Terokhada Police Station of Khulna Sarder Mosharraf Hossain were accused in an extortion case. Terokhada Jubo Dal Joint Convenour Md Golam Mostofa Bhutto filed the case as complainant at Judicial Magistrate, Khulna on Wednesday....
In addition to leaving the use of plastic,it is essential to reduce environmental pollution and growing threats for life, livelihood and ecosystem by planting lots of trees to keep our planet habitable. Officials and experts made the observation at a post-rally discussion held at the Deputy Com...
In a Divisional Committee meeting to prevent child marriage, the Additional Commissioner (Education and ICT) Debprasad Pal said that educational institutions can play a vital role in the mental and intellectual development of children to free society from the curse of early marriage.He made the rema...
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