National,Sports,Cricket,Politics
Widespread criticism and controversy have soared the cricket as well as entire sports arena, when a hotel manager named Md. Sakhawat Hossain becomes a vice-president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).Reasons behind the criticism include the allegations of close relations with many officials of o...
National,Business,City,Entertainment,Education & Culture,Feature
The two-day-long 'Indigenous Food and Crop Fair-2025' began in the capital city of Dhaka on Friday morning.Development organisation Nagorik Udyog and Adivasi Suhridbrinda are the organizers of the fair.Major (Retd) Tapan Bikash Chakma, a member of the Hill Buddhist Sangha, inaugurated the fa...
Country
Residents of Assasuni upazila in Satkhira have raised alarm over the worsening crisis caused by persistent saline water intrusion and illegal sand extraction, which they say are destroying agricultural land, damaging homesteads, contaminating freshwater sources and threatening the region’s eco...
City,Country
Development organisation Leaders on Saturday observed ‘Global Action Day 2025’ in Shyamnagar upazila, calling for climate justice and urgent global action ahead of the COP30 summit.The event aimed to amplify the voices of coastal communities who continue to face the worst impacts of clim...
The Bangladesh Navy has rescued 24 fishermen along with their fishing trawler Madina-6, which had been drifting in the Bay of Bengal after its engine broke down.According to a Navy press release, the rescue operation was carried out on Monday by the naval ship BNS Aparajeya, which was conducting a r...
National,Politics
The law and order situation in the country seems to have deteriorated following repeated incidents of violence in and around the capital city as the International Crimes Tribunal is expected to announce the verdict date on November 13 in a case concerning ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ commit...
Education & Culture
The authorities of Dhaka University’s Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall have officially declared the entire hall premises as a smoke-free area. This achievement was made possible through the continuous efforts, awareness, and positive initiatives of the students. The information was shared in a pr...
Health,City
The Government of Bangladesh is committed to ensuring universal birth and death registration by 2030; however, limitations in the existing law and its weak implementation remain major obstacles to achieving this goal.Experts and journalists have emphasised the need to amend and strictly enforce the ...
Health
The Department of Primary Education has included a condition in the recruitment process for assistant teachers in government primary schools stating that candidates who smoke or consume any addictive substances will not be eligible to apply. This condition was formally announced in a notification si...
City
Residents and traders of Tongi have issued a stern warning that all vehicular movement along the Tongi–Abdullahpur route will be stopped if a permanent RCC bridge over the Turag River is not constructed soon.They called upon the interim government to immediately start the bridge’s constr...
His Eminence Cardinal Michael Felix Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Vatican City State, visited the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to observe ongoing humanitarian work and express solidarity with the displaced community.Cardinal Czerny wa...
Ahammad Parvej KhanThe Embassy of Algeria in Bangladesh hosted a solemn ceremony to mark the 71st Anniversary of the Glorious Liberation Revolution, a defining event in Algeria’s history and its quest for independence and human dignity.The ceremony took place at Le Méridien Dhaka, drawi...
The Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a man posing as a customs officer while attempting to commit fraud near the Customs House at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday.The arrestee, identified as Md Sabur Khan, 25, was caught red-handed wearing a fake customs jacket...
The Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday night for attempting to smuggle 6,378 pieces of Yaba tablets concealed inside his stomach.The arrestee, Md Pannu Hawlader (30), a resident of Amtali upazila in Barguna district, was d...
Staff CorrespondentCancer experts have called for making cancer screening mandatory in certain cases to ensure early detection and reduce mortality rates. The demand came on the concluding day of the two-day Bangladesh International Cancer Congress 2025, held at the Radisson Blu Dhaka, organized by ...
National,City
Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain said the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock will work in close coordination to protect Bangladesh’s waterways and conserve its valuable fisheries resources.He made the remarks during a meeting with Fisheries a...
Speakers at a workshop in Dhaka have urged the authorities to strictly enforce the ban on selling edible oil in open drums and to make quality packaging mandatory to ensure nationwide access to vitamin-fortified safe cooking oil.They warned that the continued sale of open-drum oil violates governmen...
Business
Staff CorrespondentThe country’s largest tourism fair, the 13th Biman Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair (BTTF) 2025, will begin on Thursday (October 30) at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in the capital Dhaka.The three-day international fair is being organized by the Tour Op...
Hazrat Shah Jahangir Tajul Arefin Sayid Moulana Muhammad Areful Hai (QSA) breathed his last on Friday.As Sajjadah Nashin of Mirzakhil Darbar Sharif, he upheld a legacy that for over 200 years has been known as the “Ship of Learning”.His Namaz-e-Janazah held on Saturday at Mirzakhil Darba...
National,Oil & Energy
A legal notice has been served on Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources for taking action against Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) General Manager (Finance) Morshed Hossain Azad, who is also a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra ...
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