National
Staff CorrespondentA reception was held on 28 November 2025 at the Grand Ballroom of Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The event was hosted by Engr. Kutubuddin Ahmed, Honorary Consul of Timor-Lest...
National,City
Key labour-sector stakeholders have identified significant opportunities as well as critical gaps in the recently approved amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006, calling for coordinated review, evidence-based reforms and long-term implementation planning.These observations emerged at a high-l...
National,Entertainment & Glomour,Art& Culture,Glamour & Entertainment
The activities of the Babhasi International Film Festival have resumed, with Daily Sun journalist Md Jahidul Islam joining the jury for the 2024-2025 edition. Jahidul Islam confirmed that the work of screening and selecting films is already underway.Organised as a tri-nation initiative by Bangladesh...
Healthcare,City
A strong birth and death registration law is particularly important for safeguarding women’s fundamental rights including access to education, healthcare, social protection, and justice. Although the Government of Bangladesh has committed to achieving universal birth and death registration by ...
The Tannery Workers’ Union has warned that the country’s tannery industry is plunging into a severe crisis due to the owners’ prolonged delay in implementing the government-declared minimum wage, large-scale layoffs, the spread of illegal contractor systems and an initiative to bri...
Country, Districts
The Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized a huge consignment of illegal current nets and thread reels worth Tk 39.15 crore during a special operation in Munshiganj.Coast Guard Media Officer Lieutenant Commander Syam-ul-Haq confirmed the development on Monday.Acting on a tip-off, members of Coast Guard S...
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 & Commerce,City,Entertainment & Glomour,Art& 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...
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, Districts
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...
Art& 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...
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 ...
Healthcare
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...
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