Entertainment & Glomour

Pinu Rahman earns honour for Bangladesh thru photography

Bangladeshi photographer Pinu Rahman has once again brought pride to the nation by clinching the Gold Medal in the Accent Category at the International Photographic Olympiad “PhotOlympic 2025” in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Competing against 96 top photographers from around the world, Rahm...

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JUCSU polls vote counting could take whole night

Md Maniruzzaman, chief election commissioner of the JUCSU polls, has said they are hoping to finish counting votes by Friday night."We hope to complete vote counting by tonight… We will then be able to formally announce the results. However, we cannot specify how long it would take. It c...

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Top listed criminal and Jubo League leader Gias held

The Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) arrested top listed terrorist and vice-president of the Dhaka Metropolitan unit of Jubo League Gias Uddin on Thursday morning.The media wing of the DMP said Gias Uddin is accused in at least nine cases filed with different police station in the capital ci...

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Government power on Nagad issue frozen, no action allowed until hearing

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the government not to proceed with the appointment of a financial adviser for state-owned Nagad Ltd at a time when a legal dispute over the company’s management is pending.Chamber judge Justice Md Rezaul Haque issued the directiv...

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FSCD organises training programme on risk of septic tank and precautions

Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) on Tuesday organised a training programme on the risk of septic tank precautions.Shanta Holdings organised the training session for construction workers of one of its 16-storey under-construction buildings located in the capital's Gulshan-2. A total of 75 co...

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July killing accused Kamal out of reach

July killing accused Kamal Hossain, who is the owner of JRK Colour and Chemical Industries Ltd in Gazipur, is still out of reach.There are allegations that Kamal, also a close aide to former chief of the Special Branch (SB) of Bangladesh Police Monirul Islam, is also accused of occupying land illega...

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DSCC, DGNM inks MoU to expand midwifery-led reproductive health services

The Department of Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) have launched a new collaboration to deliver midwifery-led sexual and reproductive health services in selected urban health centres under DSCC, formalised on Wednesday (September 3) through a Memorandum of Underst...

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Religious procession marks Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi in Dhaka

A grand religious procession was brought out in the capital on Saturday to mark 12th Rabiul Awal, the holy day of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH), commemorating the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).The “Jashne Julus” was organised by Anjumane Rahmaniya Mainiya Maizbhandaria, led by its presid...

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Mia saheb’s maidan to host Miladunnabi programme on Friday

Khanqueh-e-Shaheed (Quddsesa Sirrahul Aziz) Mia Saheb’s Maidan Khanqueh Sharif, located at 56–57, Luxmibazar in Old Dhaka, will organise a religious gathering on Friday after Maghrib prayers to mark the 1455th Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SM).The programme will feature religious discussions, Hamd ...

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6 million Ansar-VDP members ready to serve the nation: Ansar DG

The Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP), Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, has called on members of the force to enhance their professionalism and capacity to play a greater role in national service.Addressing a gathering at the Cumilla Range on Wednesday fo...

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6 million Ansar-VDP members ready to serve the nation: Ansar DG

The Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP), Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, has called on members of the force to enhance their professionalism and capacity to play a greater role in national service.Addressing a gathering at the Cumilla Range on Wednesday fo...

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RMG workers block city’s Kuril Biswa Road demanding arears

Vehicular movement on Kuril Biswa Road and its adjacent areas remained suspended since Wednesday noon as workers of a readymade garment factory blocked the road demanding payment of their dues.Witnesses said several hundred workers of the Eurozone factory took to the street around 12:30 pm and block...

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Financial crunch stalls rooftop solar programme

Despite the vast potential of rooftop solar (rooftop-based solar power) in Bangladesh, progress is mainly stalled due to lack of financing, stakeholders of the sector on Tuesday said at a discussion session.The discussion session titled “Unveiling Solar Rooftop Finance: Towards a Sustainable E...

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Wreetu and YPF push for male engagement in SRHR

Wreetu Health and Well-being Foundation and Youth Policy Forum (YPF) jointly hosted a research dissemination programme in Dhaka on Tuesday, calling for greater involvement of boys and men in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).The event, titled “Voices in Transition: Bridging Adol...

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DMP thanks BNP for its people-friendly prog scrapping foundation anniversary rally

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has thanked Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for taking up a people-friendly programme on the occasion of its 47th foundation anniversary instead of the previously announced rally considering the public sufferings.In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Dhaka Metr...

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Daily Times of Bangladesh relaunches with editorial independence

The Daily Times of Bangladesh is set to relaunch its print edition on September 1, 2025, with a commitment to independent and objective journalism.The English broadsheet, now featuring a new logo and the tagline "Window to the World," promises to provide comprehensive coverage of key local...

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Engineering students announce campus shut down until demands met

Students of engineering universities under the banner of ‘Engineers' Rights Movement’ on Thursday announced a "complete shutdown" of programme at all the engineering university campuses across the country until their three demands are met.The announcement came from the move...

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Rohingya repatriation, defence ties key topics discussed during army chief’s China visit

Support for the repatriation of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals was among the key topics discussed during the Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman's official visit to China.The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) disclosed the update in a press release through the official facebook page of ...

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Md Jahidul Islam gets Mother Teresa Award

Journalist Md Jahidul Islam has received the “Mother Teresa Award 2025” in recognition of his contribution to journalism. Noted film director Kazi Hayat and Former Information Secretary Syed Margub Morshed along with others handed over the award to Md Jahidul Islam at a programme he...

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JCD announces 25-member panel for Jucsu polls

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Thursday announced its 25-member panel for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (Jucsu) election, scheduled for September 11.The announcement was made by Abu Afsan Mohammad Yahya, JCD central senior vice-president, at a press briefing ...