National,Politics
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed August 6 for delivering its verdict over the review petition on "the Warrant of Precedence", which sets the rank order and state protocol among the officials of the state and other dignitaries. After hearing the review, a six-member Appellate Divis...
National,Business,Travel & Tourism
Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) on Wednesday demanded revision of the Bangladesh Tour Operators and Tour Guides (Registration and Operation) Rules, 2024.It also urged the government to make the policy practical, consistent and aligned with the realities of the tourism industry.The TO...
National,Business,Politics
The government has formed a 16-member inter-ministerial committee to explore measures for boosting the export competitiveness of four promising sectors.These are leather and leather goods, jute products, agricultural and agri-processed goods, and pharmaceuticals.The committee, headed by the Principa...
Fact-checking platform, BanglaFact, operated by the Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB), has identified a misleading news on health adviser's speech regarding the tragedy of Milestone School and College, by a news portal named 'Barta Bazar'.According to a BanglaFact investigation report, He...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Wednesday called for maintaining objectivity in reporting on law, justice and the constitution.“Reporting on law, justice and the constitution is a complex and difficult matter. For this, reporters need to be more careful in verifying information,” he s...
National Consensus Commission Vice Chairman Professor Dr. Ali Riaz on Wednesday said a clearly defined list of issues on which consensus was reached for state reform will be handed over by this afternoon to representatives of various political parties.Speaking at the outset of the 22nd day of the se...
National,Education & Culture
The online application process for admission to class XI for the 2025–26 academic session began on Wednesday. The first phase of applications will continue until August 11.Students can apply only through the official website (https://www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd/), as no manual applications wil...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has urged an immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Gaza and accountability for crimes against Palestinians while addressing a high-level UN conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestine question in New York."We (Bangladesh) reaffirm our steadfa...
National
UNB, Brahmanbaria: A trader was hacked to death on his way home from a local market in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria district Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Mostafa Kamal, son of late Momin Mia of Nandypara village under Kalikachha union of the upazila.Police and locals said som...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has imposed lifetime bans on Salman F Rahman, former IFIC Bank PLC chairman and Beximco Group vice-chairman, former BSEC chairman Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, and Salman's son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, former IFIC Bank vice-chairman, from pa...
National,Politics,Country
UNB, Rangpur: Police have arrested five people in connection with the attacks on minority families in Rangpur after a Hindu youth allegedly made derogatory remarks on Islam on social media, triggering outrage.The arrests follow a case filed by Rabindranath Roy, a local man, according to a statement ...
UNB, Gopalganj: Another case has been filed against over 5, 400 leaders and activists of Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies, including the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), over the attack on an NCP rally in Gopalganj on July 16, raising the number of cases over it to 13.Police said th...
Marking the anniversary of the July 2024 protests in Bangladesh, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for accountability for the violations and crimes committed during the unrest."That accountability needs to be in line with fair trial guarantees, rooted in internat...
National,Business
UNB, Naogaon: The potato farmers in Naogaon district staged a demonstration in front of Sadar Upazila Parishad on Wedesday after dumping potatoes on a road demanding that the price of potatoes be fixed by the government. The farmers under the banner of ‘Naogaon, Bogura and Joypurhat Farme...
There is no security concern centering August 5, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday.Jahangir Alam came up with the assurance while talking to reporters at the Secretariat, a day after the Special Branch (SB) of Police issued a notice over the possibl...
National,Country
UNB, Lalmonirhat: The low-lying areas along Teesta River in Lalmonirhat district have been flooded due to rise of water level in the river amid heavy rains and onrush of upstream water.The floodwater started to submerge roads, houses and courtyards in the low-lying areas since Wednesday morning, lea...
National,Travel & Tourism,Entertainment,Country
UNB, Rangamati: Rangamati district administration has restricted the movement of tourists on Kaptai Lake hanging bridge in Rangamati as it went under water following the rise in water level in the lake amid heavy rain.Alok Bikash Chakma, Manager of Rangamati Tourism Corporation, said the restriction...
National,Health
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 81 this year.The recent fatalities occurred in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), according to the Directorate General of Health Servi...
UNB, Pirojpur: A Pirojpur court on Wednesday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for killing a man in 2019.Pirojpur District and Sessions Judge Md Mujibur Rahman handed down the punishment.The lifers were Mojibor Sheikh, son of Sekendar Ali, Forkan Hawladar, son of Mokhles Hawladar and Md Ma...
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) is moving towards final decisions on several key reform issues and the political parties will be informed of the decisions by Thursday, said its Vice Chair Prof Ali Riaz on Wednesday.“Among the responsibilities you have entrusted to us, decision-ma...
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