City
Consumers in vast areas around the capital have been experiencing low gas pressure from Wednesday. People are finding it difficult to cook at homePetrobangla authorities said that due to adverse weather conditions, it has not been possible to load LNG cargo ships into the Floating Storage and Regasi...
Business
The Institute of Chartered Accounts of Bangladesh (ICAB) urged the government to keep trust on chartered accounts for statutory audits, despite demand raised to reform the auditing institutions.President of ICAB Maria Howlader FCA said this in a press conference on ‘Safeguarding Audit for Nati...
Education & Culture
The American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) has secured the 2nd position among all public and private universities in Bangladesh in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2025. The announcement was made recently, marking a significant milestone for the institution in promoting ...
The 17th Annual Senate Meeting of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) was held on 19 June at the university’s Bijoy Auditorium in Dhaka.BUP Vice Chancellor and Senate Chairman Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam presided over the meeting. At the beginning of the session, he expressed grat...
National,Politics
Secretariat employees on Thursday threatened to lay siege the Ministry of Finance on Sunday if Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 is not scrapped within the next 48 hours.The announcement came during a brief rally on Thursday in front of Building No 4 at the Secretariat, where leaders of the...
Secretariat employees staged fresh protests on Thursday again, demanding immediate repeal of the Public Service Ordinance, threatening a tougher action programme if their demands are not met.The employees were seen gathered beneath the buildings of the Cabinet Division and the Ministry of Public Adm...
From now on, August 5 will be observed as a public holiday in honour of the Student-People’s Uprising Day, Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki announced on Thursday.Speaking at a press conference held at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital, Farooki said the decision to decla...
National,Politics,City
Referring to BNP leader Ishraque Hossain, Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said the tenure of Dhaka South City Corporation mayor has ended, and therefore, there is no opportunity for administering an oath.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday at the m...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday expressed the hope that the interim government will quickly implement the promises it made regarding the national election.“We hope that the government will soon live up to its pledge to hold the election (in mid-Februa...
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Gono Forum staged a brief walkout from the ongoing National Consensus Commission dialogue on Wednesday, protesting what they claimed was preferential treatment towards Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.However, the two political parties returned to the...
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said his party does not support a proposal for the formation of National Constitutional Council (NCC) to recruit some key constitutional posts and bodies as the proposed council has no accountability.“We as a democratic party can&rsqu...
Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) Nahid Islam on Wednesday said his party does not support appointments to constitutional institutions under previous rules and practices.He made the remark during a break in the second phase of talks between political parties and the National Consensus Com...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s decision to skip the first day of talks with the National Consensus Commission (NCC) was a ‘symbolic protest’against the interim government, said party Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher on Wednesday.Speaking to reporters after joining the se...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has reconstituted the jurisdictions of 49 benches of the High Court Division as the Supreme Court is set to reopen next Sunday following its annual vacation.Of the reconstituted benches, 28 are division benches comprising two judges each, while the remaining 21 are si...
BNP leader Ishraque Hossain on Wednesday accused the government of deliberately obstructing the services of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) amid ongoing protests.While speaking at Nagar Bhaban, Ishraque alleged that despite efforts to serve the city's residents, the government itself is hamp...
National,Back Page
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started careful safety checks on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft after a recent crash involving an Air India Boeing 787-8. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad International Airport in Gujarat on June 12 while flying to London. There were 24...
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has organized three special workshops over three days to enhance cybercrime investigation and social media monitoring capabilities.CTTC Additional Commissioner Md. Masud Karim inaugurated the workshop as...
Rainfall has increased across the country as the monsoon is active. It has been raining in the capital Dhaka since Tuesday morning. This rainfall may continue till June 22 (Sunday). After that, the rainfall may gradually decrease.Meteorologist Hafizur Rahman confirmed the matter to media on Tuesday ...
‘Team Ababil’ from Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh (AAUB) has brought pride to the nation by securing the 16th position among 40 international finalist teams at the prestigious 20th Annual CanSat Competition held in Virginia, USA from June 5 to 9, 2025.The globally recognis...
Entertainment
The popular folk theatre play ‘Paicho Chor-er Kichchha’ made a colourful return to the stage on Monday evening at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.After a long break, Dhaka Padatik staged this lively production, marking its 35th presentation. Written and dir...
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