National
A tense situation arose at Rajshahi University on Saturday over the dependent quota issue, as students clashed with university officials.The incident occurred around 4pm in the corridor of the Zuberi Building, where students cornered the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar, Proctor, ...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday thanked all those involved in the construction of the July Memorial Museum and hoped that visitors would feel the spirit of the mass gathering at Ganabhaban on August 5 last year.“Instilling the spirit of building strong resistance against misrule ...
A Saudi expatriate was killed in a motorbike accident in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district early Saturday morning.The incident happened around 2 am at Kandi village in Sonyasir Char union, when the motorbike hit an under-construction bridge.The deceased was identified as Mezbah Morol, 30, son o...
The Bangladesh Army is conducting a long-term operation against armed hill groups in the remote Jogapara area of Panchhari upazila in Khagrachhari district.Early Saturday, during a search operation at the house of a suspected active member of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), an excha...
The University Grants Commission Chairman Professor SMA Faiz has assured that all vacant teaching positions in public universities across the country will be filled as quickly as possible.He made the remarks while delivering the keynote speech at the first day of the two-day fresher orientation prog...
Bangladesh, which depends heavily on remittances from the Middle East, is slowly losing its footing there, raising worries about falling inflows and bigger risks ahead.After the fall of the Hasina government in 2024, remittance inflows initially surged to record highs, but recent trends show the flo...
Two people, including a schoolboy, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Saturday afternoon.The victims were identified as Saif Hossain Toha, 10, a class four student from Shitlai Para in Rifayetpur Union, and Jamat Ali, 25, from Bilgathua village in Pragpur Un...
Islamic University authorities have launched an environment-friendly electric shuttle car service for students on the campus in Kushtia.IU Vice-Chancellor Professor Nakib Muhammad Nasrullah inaugurated the 14-seat electric vehicles on a trial basis on Saturday.According to the VC’s office, the...
Business & Commerce
A day-long ‘Town Hall Meeting’ of Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIBL) Sylhet Zone was held at a hotel in the city on Saturday. Khwaja Shahriar, Chairman of the Bank, inaugurated the meeting as the Chief Guest, said a media release.Md Abdul Wadud, Chairman of the Board Executive Committee, ...
A fire broke out at the main power grid line in Satkhira, disrupting electricity supply in Satkhira district since Saturday morning.According to the Fire Service sources, the fire broke out at the Binapota 132/33 KV power grid line around 11:10 am as a transformer exploded with a big bang.On informa...
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has underscored the need for stronger enforcement, institutional capacity, transparency and accountability in environmental regulation, along with an end to faulty clearances.She made the call while speaking at a seminar titled “Strengthening Environment...
An International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT) 2025 began on Saturday at UAP campus.University of Asia Pacific (UAP), the Faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University and Germany’s OTH Amberg-Weiden jointly organised the conference.The two-day conference themed “Busines...
Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Saturday warned that Awami League could make a comeback in the upcoming national election if a Proportional Representation (PR) system is used.“Under the current context, PR-based elections are not realistic. If the national election is he...
Bangladesh’s stock market endured another week of losses as all indices, share prices of most companies, and overall turnover declined, leaving investors frustrated after two consecutive weeks of downturn.According to the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s (DSE) weekly review, the benchmark index DS...
World
Director General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr Pema Gyamtsho has laid emphasis on building trust and sharing scientific knowledge and evidence among countries in the region, stressing that rivers cross national boundaries and connect people. &ldquo...
he United States (US) has said the interim government moved to make all procurements for natural resource extraction fully open and transparent, suspending all previous or ongoing direct negotiations led by the prior government.In its Congressionally-mandated 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report released...
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Saturday said spending on education is always an investment in the nation’s future.“By investing in education, we are not merely helping individual students—we are shaping the future of the country,” he said while addressing a scholarshi...
National,Business & Commerce
Bangladesh Bank’s plan to merge five weak Islamic Shariah-based banks into a single state-owned entity has been hailed as a bold attempt to stabilise the banking sector, but experts warn the move faces enormous challenges and could take years to achieve meaningful results.The five banks—...
BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday questioned why Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is trying to delay the next election through various ploys, including street agitation, if it is so confident about coming to power as its leaders claim.Speaking at a youth dialogue in the capital, he also criti...
National,Politics
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said no revolution can succeed without a strong and well-organised organisation behind it.“If there is no revolutionary organisation, a revolution cannot happen. In my personal view, a revolution succeeds only when there is a powerful...
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