National
Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk E Azam Bir Pratik has said the government has attached priority on an ‘early warning system’ to make people aware about their safety during thunderbolts.“Lightning occurs naturally. We are trying to inform the people through an early war...
Religious Affairs Adviser Dr A F M Khalid Hossain on Saturday underscored the need for reaching healthy culture and religious values to the doorsteps of people through books. “We want to reach a healthy culture and religious values to the doorsteps of people through books…Books are...
Bangla Academy Director General (DG) Prof Mohammad Azam on Saturday said the education sector should be given priority for fundamental reforms across all sectors of the country.He made the remarks while speaking at a discussion organized by the Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement at the Inter...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday called for prioritizing ecological balance and biodiversity conservation, saying the survival of human society is deeply linked to the rights and safety of animals and wildlife.Speaking as the chief guest at the 'Animal and Life Fair' virtually ...
Somonnito Shikkharthi Jote, a panel backed by Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, has swept the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) elections, winning 20 out of 25 posts.The election results were formally announced by Chief Election Commissioner Prof Dr Md Maniruzzaman and Com...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed is currently on an official visit to Brazil at the invitation of Chief Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin of the National High Court of Brazil to attend a high-level judicial exchange programme.The programme titled 'Exchange of views on issues of mutual judicial inte...
BSS, LAKHSMIPUR: Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board chairman Prof Mia Mohammad Nurul Haque on Saturday said the previous fascist regime had made all arrangements to destroy the madrasah education system. "Due to irregularities and mismanagement, the quality of the madrasah education...
Business & Commerce
Adviser to the Ministries of Finance, Science and Technology Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Saturday said that investment must be increased further in education and research in concerned sectors and thus promote adaptive technologies to secure agricultural future."Bangladesh has achieved food self-suff...
A Dhaka court on Saturday sent former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police AKM Nahidul Islam to jail in connection with a case filed with International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police produced him before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Dilruba Afroz ...
National,Politics
Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday reaffirmed that the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections will be held by February 15, 2026, as per the schedule set by the interim government, despite differing views among political parties.Speaking during a visit to the ancestral home o...
The Advisory Council in a meeting on Thursday decided to form an independent investigation service for the Bangladesh Police.Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus chaired the meeting held at his office in the city Tejgaon area, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam at a pre...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin has said that expatriate Bangladeshis possessing National Identity Cards (smart cards) will be able to exercise their voting rights through postal ballots in the forthcoming Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections.To facilitate this, an app titled "Post...
National,Politics,Art& Culture
The long-awaited elections to the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) and hall unions began on schedule at 9 am on Thursday. Voting will continue without interruption from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at 21 centres, comprising 224 booths in 11 male and 10 female residential halls...
A delegation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called on Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle at her residence in the capital.During the meeting, the two sides discussed various bilateral and national issues, including the forthcoming national elections, the proportional re...
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has said that the government is making all-out efforts to ensure the safe return of the Bangladesh national football team currently in Nepal.A statement of Ministry of Youth and Sports has said, "The government is making all-out efforts to ensure the safe return...
Foreign affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has stressed the urgency of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, accountability for the atrocities committed by Israel, and the need for lasting peace in the region.He made the remark when visiting Chief Justice of Palestine Dr. Mahmoud Sidqi Al-Habbash, called o...
National,Business & Commerce,Travel & Tourism
Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Wednesday suspended its Dhaka-Kathmandu-Dhaka flights after the Nepal government extended the temporary ban on all flight operations to and from the country until 6:15 pm (local time).The national flag carrier was compelled to halt operations in compliance with the Nepal...
Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman and National Citizens Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam will give depositions against Sheikh Hasina and two others before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Monday.The ICT-1, headed by Justice Golam Murtoza Majumder, today fixed next Monday for recording t...
Home Adviser Lt Gen Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retd) has sought cooperation from the European Union (EU) to check illegal immigration alongside ensuring border security. “Bangladesh expects EU’s cooperation in border security and preventing illegal immigration,” he sai...
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) will sit with political parties on Thursday to determine the methods for implementing the reform recommendations to be incorporated in the "July National Charter 2025".The meeting will take place at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital from 10....
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