Country
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 20,10,505 tonnes of clean Aman rice (30,15,757 tonnes in terms of paddy) from 6,20,430 hectares of land for Rangpur agriculture region. "Farmers are preparing their seedbeds for Aman rice to start planting seedl...
Science Technology
Top executives and innovators from the technology world gathered at the Mobile Broadband Forum in Shanghai this week to discuss how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the mobile industry. According to a press release from Huawei Bangladesh on Thursday, the discussion focused on the hu...
Redington Limited, a leading technology provider, is partnering with Google Cloud to help businesses across Bangladesh grow by using modern digital tools. While Bangladesh is quickly adopting technology, many companies still find it hard to expand and compete globally. This new partnership aims to c...
World,Politics
Reuters, Bangkok: Thailand's foreign ministry said on Friday it was taken aback by an unprecedented public attack on the Thai premier and her family by Cambodia's influential former leader, but stressed the need for diplomacy to resolve an escalating bilateral dispute.In a televised address ...
National,Politics
The government has formed committees at the district level to observe the students-people uprising days in July-August throughout the country.Deputy Commissioner will lead a 35-member committee in each district, according to a gazette notification issued on Thursday by Additional secretary of the Ca...
National
A total of 1,616 people with cases and warrants were arrested across the country in the ongoing special police operations in 24 hours.Among the arrestees, 1,060 were wanted in various cases, while 556 others were arrested for other criminal charges, Police Headquarter AIG (Media and PR) Enamul Haque...
National,Country
Water levels at 73 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 43 stations recorded fall.Among the 119 monitored river stations, water levels at five stations have remained steady while no stations are flowing above the danger level, a bulletin issu...
National,Education & Culture
The authorities at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) expelled three female students from the university’s Taposhi Rabeya Hall over allegations of ragging.The accused, all from the Faculty of Agriculture, were handed the penalty in line with Section-7 of the university's ‘Ordin...
National,World,Politics
The Malaysian police arrested 36 Bangladesh citizens this week, who were found to be directly involved in a “radical militant movement” centred on extremist beliefs and terrorism ideology, Malay Mail reports quoting Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, the Home Minister of the country o...
A coalition of leftist parties and organisations on Friday began a road march from Dhaka to Chattogram to protest foreign control of ports as well as other demands centred on national sovereignty and anti-imperialism.Under the banner of "Anti-Imperialist Patriotic People", the march kicked...
UNB, Sylhet: India’s Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 31 people, including 14 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through two border points in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).BGB sources said 14 Rohingya nationals were pushed in through the Lalakhal Bagchh...
World,Business
AP: President Donald Trump has announced that the United States and China have signed a trade agreement, and expressed optimism about reaching a similar deal with India in the near future.Speaking late Thursday, Trump confirmed, “We just signed with China the other day,” though he provid...
BNP Chairperson’s Advisory Council Member Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday said they believe the interim government is preparing to hold the national election before Ramadan in line with the Chief Adviser’s commitment.“Our humble request to Dr Muhammad Yunus is that you kindly...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday criticised 'vested quarters' as they are trying to create chaos in various offices, including the Income Tax office, by carrying out movements in BNP’s name for their personal gains.“Those who are carrying out movemen...
National,World
Reuters: Many airline services remain disrupted in the Middle East arising from the 12-day air war between Iran and Israel that ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that took hold on Tuesday.Air space closures and safety concerns continue to weigh on airline traffic in the region.Below are some of t...
World
Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, leaving at least eight dead, as the nationwide death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 18 over the past 24 hours, officials said.Nearly 100 rescuers were deployed to search for missing t...
AFP, New Delhi: India has launched an investigation after an endangered tigress and her four cubs were found dead in a protected forest in the southern state of Karnataka, an official said Friday.State forest minister Eshwar Khandre said the "unnatural" deaths were "extremely tra...
World,Feature
AFP, Tokyo: Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable.The rainy season usually lasts from June to July, but for a large swath of the country -- ...
AFP, JERUSALEM: Defence Minister Israel Katz told media that Israel would have killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the war between the two countries if the opportunity had presented itself."If he had been in our sights, we would have taken him out," Katz told Isr...
AP, Nabatieh, Lebanon: Israel’s air force carried out intense airstrikes on mountains overlooking a southern Lebanon city Friday in an attack that the Israeli military said targeted underground assets of militant Hezbollah group. Shortly afterward, another strike hit an apartment building...
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