World
At least 89 people were killed in the southern Syrian province of Sweida as clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters raged for a second day Monday, a monitor said.As the violence escalated, Israel -- which had previously warned that it would intervene in Syria to protect the Druze -- ...
National,Business,Chattogram
Chattogram Customs House has begun the auctioning process for 475 containers of goods that have been left at the Chattogram port for an extended period. This initiative has been taken to reduce the cargo congestion at the port following the direction of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). ...
National,Politics
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said freedom of expression is a right to all, urging them not to malign any person or party."Freedom of expression is certainly your own right. In this regard, protest against injustice should be decent, in the language of protest. Critici...
National,Politics,City
Police on Sunday in a special operation in Mohammadpur Thana area, arrested 35 individuals for their alleged involvement in various crimes such as extortion, drug trafficking and mugging. The arrested have been identified as Palash (28), Hridoy Ali Raj (25), Nadim (30), Shahadat (23), Tashir (...
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a platform of pro-BNP lawyers, on Monday said no member of their organisation will defend the accused in the case lodged over the barbaric killing of scrap metal trader Lal Chand Md Sohag."The culprits behind the monstrous killing should be identifie...
National,Business,Politics
Former commerce minister and BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said that all the capital market related institutions and stakeholders must function ‘hand in hand’ to yield much better outcomes in the share market.He also stressed the need for bringing n...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recommended filing two cases against former Kushtia-3 lawmaker and Bangladesh Awami League joint general secretary Md. Mahbubul Alam Hanif on charges of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income and money laundering.At the same time, the commission has ...
BSS, PATUAKHALI: National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam today said all forces in Bangladesh must unite against external enemy. "Divisions have been created within the forces of the uprising. We have always said the enemy is not within Bangladesh, but outside," he made the c...
South Korea has,expressed keen interest in strengthening bilateral trade and investment ties with Bangladesh, particularly in the textile and garment sectors.Park Young-sik, ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bangladesh, held a meeting with Mahmud Hasan Khan, president of the Bangladesh Gar...
National,INFRASTRUCTURE & DEV,Politics,City
The July Memorial Museum will be inaugurated on August 5 as the work of the museum is almost at its final stage. "Preparations are underway accordingly (to open the museum on August 5)," Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki told a press conference at Ganabhaban on Monday.He...
National,Politics,Country
BSS, COX’S BAZAR: Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has asked the law enforcing agencies to mobilize their efforts to capture the ‘godfathers’ of the drug trafficking.“Not only the carriers, but also the godfathers of the drug trafficking must...
National,Business,CORPORATE & BRAND,Politics
Business community has expressed satisfaction over negotiation progress with the United States (US) on reciprocal tariff imposed by US President Donald J. Trump.The government is treating the tariff negotiations with the United States as a top priority, they said. The members of the business co...
The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain as to why it shall not pass order to declare July-August Mass Uprising martyrs like Abu Sayed and Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho as national heroes.A High Court division bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Sayed...
National,Business,Travel & Tourism
Japan Airlines (JAL) has expressed keen interest in assessing the feasibility of operating direct flights on the Dhaka-Narita route to cater to the rising demand driven by expanding trade, business, and people-to-people ties between Bangladesh and Japan.The interest was conveyed during a meeting bet...
National,Politics,Education & Culture
Gruesome experience of the injured who were severely attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the banned student wing of the Awami League (AL), during the July mass uprising will be showcased through LED screen on the premises of Vice Chancellor (VC's) of Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday.The...
Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Monday said that the work for constructing "July Smritystambha" has started in all the 64 districts of the country to commemorate the memories of the martyrs of July uprising.The Adviser informed this at a press conference organised on the...
Sheik Moinuddin, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, has now also been entrusted with responsibility for the Ministry of Railways alongside the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges. In accordance with the Rules of Business, the Cabinet Division issued a notification on Tuesday , con...
National,Business
The newly formed Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit has uncovered revenue evasion worth Tk 1874 crore in the preliminary investigation of tax evasion of 183 individuals/organisations based on intelligence activities in the seven months since December last year.Tk 117.43 crore has al...
National,Education & Culture,Art & Glamour,Art & Life Desk
Bangladesh’s award-winning architect Marina Tabassum has stressed the urgency of preserving Cox’s Bazar’s environment, noting that while environmental challenges persist, meaningful experiences for tourists have been lacking.She made the remarks at the first-ever ‘Discourse B...
Bangladesh and Nepal on Monday discussed and exchanged views on bilateral issues of mutual interests in the existing areas, including business and trade, energy and power, stressing a robust engagement between the two countries.The two sides also explored new avenues of collaboration in the field of...
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