World,Politics
Israeli attacks have killed at least 51 people in the Gaza Strip, including 14 Palestinians who were waiting near aid distribution centres, medical sources told Al Jazeera, even as United States President Donald Trump said “great progress” was being made to bring an end to the war.Source...
National,Politics
BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said, his party agreed to the proposal limiting an individual's tenure as prime minister to a maximum of 10 years in their lifetime."We agree that the prime minister's tenure should be limited to a maximum of 10 years over a li...
National
Bangladesh must retain at least 6.2 million hectares of paddy land to sustain its current level of rice production, said Md Rafiqul Islam, director for research at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI).At present, the area under paddy cultivation stands at about 11.7 million hectares, he add...
National,Country
Over 90 per cent of working women in Bangladesh are employed in the informal sector, which was particularly hard-hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has revealed.The findings were shared at a seminar titled "Strengthening Systems for Pandemic Preparedness among Working Women Living in...
National,Business,Politics
Academics, financial experts, and industry professionals on Tuesday called for a comprehensive and strategic digitalisation of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to enhance efficiency, ensure transparency, and support Bangladesh’s long-term economic growth.They made the call at a seminar titl...
National,Health,City,Chattogram
UNB, Chattogram: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday arrested 21 people from Chattogram Medical College and Hospital for their alleged involvement with a gang of brokers.Tipped off, a team of Rab-7 conducted a drive in the Chattogram Medical College and Hospital and arrested t...
AFP, Jerusalem: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that "great progress" was being made to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as a new ceasefire push began more than 20 months since the start of the conflict."I think great progress is being made on Gaza," Trump told reporters...
World
AFP, MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday said Washington was not yet ready to remove barriers to the work of their respective embassies, as efforts to normalise relations between the two countries stall."Despite some progress, the American side is not yet ready to seriously address the diffic...
AFP, MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin will not travel to Brazil for next month's BRICS summit due to the outstanding International CriminalCourt (ICC) arrest warrant on the Russian president, the Kremlin said Wednesday."The president will participate via video link. This is due to certain diffi...
AFP, Celaya, Mexico: Gunmen killed 10 people in an attack on a house in a central Mexican city plagued by gang-related violence, authorities said Wednesday.Several others were wounded in the shooting on Tuesday night in Irapuato in Guanajuato state, the municipal government said in a statement....
AFP, The Hague: President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday he had discussed a ceasefire in Ukraine with US leader Donald Trump on the sidelines of NATO's summit in The Hague.Zelensky said on social media that the meeting was "long and substantive" adding: "We discussed how to ach...
Country
A joint force of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Army seized smuggled goods worth about Taka 3.5 crore from Haripur area under upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday.Sylhet BGB Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Md. Nazmul Haque confirmed this saying: "A large quantity of Indian...
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Administrator Md. Firoz Sarkar said human trafficking is a criminal and heinous act, and those involved in such crimes must be brought to exemplary punishment.Lack of awareness is a major reason for people becoming victim of trafficking, he said, laying emphasis on incr...
Education & Culture,Literature
Renowned poet, journalist and essayist Prodeepto Mobarook has joined Stamford University, Bangladesh as the Head of the Public Relations Department (HOD-PRD).A well-known Bangladeshi communication and public relations professional with a strong literary inclination, Mobarook previously served as the...
Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Uddin on Wednesday said, numerous unnecessary projects, including foreign-funded ones, have been undertaken over the past 15 years, leading to the wastage of thousands of crores of taka of citizens."I support scrapping these unnecessary projects, as they have yielded ...
Iran on Wednesday branded NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's gushing note to President Donald Trump on US strikes targeting key nuclear sites as "disgraceful, despicable and irresponsible".On Tuesday, Rutte hailed in a pre-NATO summit note to Trump what he called his "decisive ac...
NATO leaders on Wednesday committed to a significant increase in defense spending following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump while reiterating their “ironclad commitment” to defend one another if attacked.In a joint statement, all 32 members pledged to invest 5% of their GDP ann...
Tension is running high at the Bangladesh Secretariat following a clash between two rival groups of employees over the control of its canteen operations.The clash centering the management of canteens inside the Secretariat took a violent turn on Tuesday night when members of one group attacked their...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said mob violence has become a serious threat to humanity and it can badly damage the environment needed for democratic values to develop.In a message issued on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, to be observed tomo...
National,Business,Politics,Chattogram,Country
Leaders of different left leaning parties called on the interim government to cancel its plan to hand over the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of Chattogram Port to UAE-based firm DP World.Speaking at a press conference at Boithakkhana Hall in Chattogram on Wednesday morning, they also demanded...
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