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BNP leader Dr Shahadat Hossain, who was recently declared the mayor-elect of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) through a court order, will take oath on Sunday.AF Hassan Ariff, Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives, will administer the oath at 11AM in the Lo...
Japan has promised to keep funding relief and rehabilitation initiatives for Bangladesh’s impoverished and impacted communities. Speakers at a views-exchange meeting, jointly hosted by the NGO Affairs Bureau and the Dwip Unnayan Sangstha recently, expressed hope that Japan's support w...
Leaders of ‘Dhoritri Rokkhay Amra (We for Protecting Earth- Dhora)’, a civic platform on environment and climate change issues; visited Sadapathar tourist area at Companiganj in Sylhet on Saturday to observe the latest situation of white stone places there. Sharif Jamil, member secr...
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Readymade garment workers of different factories in Gazipur and Savar went on separate strike programmes on Saturday to press home their various demands.Of them, workers of two factories located at Konabari in Gazipur went on a strike on Saturday to press home their various demands.Police and local ...
Over 1,700 journalists worldwide were killed between 2006 and 2024, with about 85 percent of these cases never reaching the courts, according to a report by UNESCO.This grim statistic underscores the risks journalists face, particularly highlighted each year on November 2, the International Day to E...
National
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed his party’s opposition to banning any party by the interim government.“Who are we to ban political parties? It’s the people of the country who will take the decision in this regard,” he said.Fakhrul made ...
Japan has promised to keep funding relief and rehabilitation initiatives for Bangladesh's impoverished and impacted communities.Speakers at a recent view exchange programme hosted by the NGO Affairs Bureau and the Dwip Unnayan Sangstha expressed hope that Japan's support would not waver in t...
As part of beefed up security measures, a huge number security forces have been deployed in and around the central office of Jatiya Party located at Kakrail in the capital city of Dhaka since the morning on Saturday.Inspector Pavel Hossain of Ramna police station said, "Jatiyo Party already can...
Readymade garment workers of two factories located at Konabari in Gazipur went on a strike on Saturday to press home their various demands.Police and local sources said, workers of Islam Group and Tushka Group suspended works and gathered in front of their factory gates at 8:00am, reports our Gazipu...
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The Bangladesh Bank issued a cyberattack warning for banks and non-banking financial institutions, asking them to enhance malware surveillance and apply different security tools to secure financial information of banks.The central bank also suggested that banks and financial institutions take 17 spe...
Amid escalating tension, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Friday prohibited all meetings, gatherings, processions and demonstrations in front of Jatiya Party's central office in Kakrail and surrounding areas. To address the recent situation and maintain public order, the DMP in a public not...
Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested former Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury from Mirpur area in the capital.The arrest was made on Thursday night, but the information was revealed on Friday morning. Reazul Karim Mallik, additional police commis...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; on Friday said that canals and rivers are national properties, and no one has the right to occupy or pollute them illegally. She mentioned that a canal cleaning campaign i...
Culture & Entertainment
The Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has officially launched the registration process for Class IX students, starting on Saturday. Students can fill out registration forms and submit fees for the 2024-25 academic year until November 30. This process will take place online.Accordi...
A group of unidentified people set ablaze the central office of Jatiya Party at Kakrail in the capital on Thursday for assisting the ‘fascist’ Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.Witnesses said a group of people wearing helmets and armed with sticks entered the JP office through it...
Two shot at Two army, police vehicles torchedGarment workers were locked in a clash with the members of Bangladesh Army and Police in the capital’s Kafrul and Kachukhet areas on Thursday, leaving several people injured, including two by bullets.Witnesses said t...
The High Court has scrapped proceedings of separate cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman.The High Court bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain issued the orders on Thursday, declaring ‘absolute&rsqu...
Backtracking from an earlier decision to limit applicants to three attempts, the government has decided that a job seeker may now sit for the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination up to a maximum of four times.“A candidate will now be able to sit for the BCS examination up to a maximum of...
Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman has raised questions regarding the incident of arson on army and police vehicles during protests at Mirpur in the capital.He said that if the arson was aimed at fulfilling a specific agenda, or if there is a plan to destabilize the country and i...
A separate facility will be set up at Dhaka University (DU) to carry out administrative work of seven colleges affiliated with the university. “The representatives of the seven colleges today talked to Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud and Youth and Sports Advisor Asif Mahmud Shoji...
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