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World
Survivors and aid agencies have reported widespread killings, abuse and disappearances after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized el-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, raising fears of a new humanitarian catastrophe.El-Fasher, the last stronghold of the Sudanese a...
British police said 10 people were hospitalized — nine of them with life-threatening injuries — after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train Saturday evening. Counter-terrorism officers are assisting in the investigation.British Transport Police, which oversees railway security, confirm...
The U.S. special envoy for Syria on Saturday described Lebanon as “a failed state,” highlighting Washington’s growing frustration with Beirut’s deadlocked leadership even as Syria edges toward cooperation with the United States.Speaking at the Manama Dialogue summit in Bahrai...
At least 21 people were killed and 30 others went missing after a massive landslide hit Kenya’s western Rift Valley region on Saturday, following days of heavy rainfall during the country’s short rains season.The disaster struck the hilly area of Chesongoch in Elgeyo Marakwet County, des...
National,Country
UNB, Gaibandha: In the quiet hours before dawn on Sunday, a village in Gaibandha’s Gobindganj upazila turned into the scene of a deadly episode of mob justice, as three men, suspected of attempting to steal cattle, were beaten to death by locals in Nasirabad area.According to police, the ...
City
The High Court (HC) has suspended a notice of the Bangla Department of Dhaka University for six months, which stipulated female students keep their face and ears visible during examinations and presentations.The High Court bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kuader and Justice Mohammad Ali passed the order o...
National
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) complex at Hatirjheel will be demolished in a scientific and modern way, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim said Wednesday.“It won’t be demolished manually as that may pose risk of casualty,” he t...
Sports
Belgium routed Tunisia, 5-2, in Moscow on Saturday, burnishing its credentials as a World Cup favorite. RomeluLukaku scored twice, tying Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the Golden Boot standings with four total goals. Eden Hazard also had two goals for Belgium.Lukaku now became Belgium’s all-t...
Bank & Insurance
In order to reduce poverty and inequality problem in Bangladesh, the government has to promote savings mentality.Bangladesh Bank and other financial institutes are doing good job regarding this issue. School banking and mobile banking has made a revolution in Bangladesh as 18 lakh school banking acc...
Supplement,Travel & Tourism
By the year 2036, a total 32.1 million passengers will transit through Bangladesh’s main international airports and to meet the capacity, the country needs to develop 3.6 million young professionals for sustainable growth of the industry.With the present trend of growth, the rising trade in to...
Supplement,Oil & Energy
China and Australia yesterday denied reports Australian coal was being blocked from entering the Asian country, with Canberra seeking to quell fears that worsening diplomatic tensions are damaging the nations’ crucial trading relationship, report agencies.Industry experts have noted recently t...
Sembcorp Energy India is likely to bag a tender for supply of 250 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh after it bid the lowest tariff. It wasn’t immediately known as to how much Sembcorp had bid.Sources with direct knowledge of the development said Sembcorp Gayatri Power, a subsidiary of Sem...
A total of 102 yaba traders, who have been kept at a police safe house, formally surrendered to police on Saturday.The surrender programme began at Pilot High School ground in Teknaf at 11am in presence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan as the chief guest while Inspector General of Police Dr Javed P...
Country
Farmers of different upazilas of Dinajpur including Birampur are now very busy in nurturing and selling of winter vegetables. Local farmers are benefiting from higher prices of the vegetables by selling them in advance.While visiting on spot it was seen that the farmers are tending to their fields o...
National,Front Page
The high voltage by-election in the Bhawanipur seat and two other constituencies of West Bengal Assembly - Bidhan Sobha held Thursday amid tight security and stringent Covid-19 measures.Voters’ turnout was 76.12 % at Jangipur and 78.60 % in Samserganj constituencies of Bengal. Bypoll to the Bh...
Editorial
Government has come up with groundbreaking initiatives to decentralize our economy and make the rural areas more developed for sustainable development of the nation. To maintain its position among the developing countries and become a higher middle income country by 2031, we will need strong in...
Tesla Inc has overtaken Germany's Volkswagen as the world's second most valuable carmaker behind Japan's Toyota, as the meteoric rise in the US electric vehicle maker's shares reshuffles the global market, report agencies. Tesla's stock has more than doubled in value in the ...
A first-ever study into the incidence of child grooms has found that as many as 1 in 5 boys around the globe was married before the age of 15. The data revealed that a shocking 115 million boys and men are married before reaching the legal age. Twenty-three million among them married before the age ...
There is a reserve of 5.6 crore tonnes of carbon in the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans, according to a survey of the Forest Department. This carbon worth Tk 18,816 crore could be extracted without causing any harm to the world’s largest mangrove forest, experts said calling for taking steps...
Back Page
Navy chief Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury left Dhaka for New York on Wednesday on a 4-day official visit to the United Nations (UN) Headquarters.Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operation) Rear Admiral M Makbul Hossain and Naval Administrative Authority Dhaka Commodore M Musa saw the naval chief off at ...
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