National,World
Reuters, Washington: The New York police officer killed in a mass shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday was described by the city's mayor and police commissioner as a heroic Bangladeshi immigrant who saved lives while "putting his life on the line."A gunman opened fire on M...
National,Education & Culture
The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has taken an initiative to fill the vacant posts of head-teachers in primary schools immediately to accelerate the educational activities of government primary schools. To this end, the ministry has already sent the demand letter to the Bangladesh Publ...
National,Politics
BSS, Tangail: National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday said great political figures like Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq and Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani are the architects of Bangladesh."Excluding these figures, only one individual was declared the Father of the Nation and...
Consensus on key July Charter points needs to be reached by 31 July: Ali RiazNational Consensus Commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Tuesday stressed the need to finalise at least the agreed points of the July Charter by July 31."By July 31, we must finalise the charter's outline,...
National,World,Politics
Bangladesh has welcomed the announcement of immediate and unconditional ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia.Bangladesh praised Malaysia, the ASEAN Chair, for mediating the fruitful talks between the two sides at the highest political level, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.It also...
National
As the world observes Global Tiger Day on Tuesday, forest officials and conservationists in Bangladesh have expressed cautious optimism over a gradual rise in the number of Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans.According to the Forest Department, the number of tigers in the Bangladesh part of the Su...
National,Health,Politics,City,Country
UNB, Barishal: A group of people staged a sit-in in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall on Tuesday, demanding nationwide healthcare reforms and an end to irregularities at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.The protestors, led by Mohiuddin Ronny, who is well-known for his bold stance against mismanageme...
National,Business,Politics
The government on Tuesday approved a proposal in principle for signing agreement between Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) and SABIC Agri-nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia for importing urea fertiliser under G2G arrangement the current fiscal year (FY26). The approval came f...
National,Business,Oil & Energy
The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals including one for procuring some two cargoes of LNG to meet the growing demand for the country.The approvals came from a meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase held at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at the Secretar...
National,Country
UNB, Patuakhali: Six fishermen went missing while nine others were rescued four days after a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal. Quoting fishermen, Mahmud Hasan, officer-in-charge of Mahipur Police Station, said Abdur Rashid Majhi along with 14 others went to the Bay of Bengal for fishing o...
National,Travel & Tourism,Country
UNB, Chapainawabganj: Bus services which remained suspended on Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route from Monday morning resumed on Tuesday afternoon.Khalekuzzaman Shamim, general secretary of Chapainawabganj District Road Transport Owners Group, said a meeting was held with the leaders and activists of Ra...
National,Politics,Education & Culture
The elections to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and the hall unions will be held on 9 September.Chief Returning Officer Prof Mohammad Jasim Uddin made the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon at the conference room of the Nawab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Sen...
Bangladesh and Pakistan have expressed deep concern over the ongoing Israeli aggression and the worsening humanitarian crisis in Palestine, reiterating their unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just cause.The message was conveyed during a meeting between Pakistan’s Depu...
UNB, Khulna: Academic activities at the Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (Kuet) resumed on Tuesday after a suspension of over five months, breaking the longstanding deadlock on the campus and bringing relief to its students.The decision to resume the academic activities follows afte...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered a forensic test of the passport, mobile phones, MacBook, and laptop seized from model Meghna Alam, the winner of Miss Earth Bangladesh 2020, in a case filed over alleged fraud and extortion.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam passed the order after the acc...
Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain has said that the youth of Bangladesh are not merely the future but the present force behind the country’s democratic transformation, crediting their leadership for turning a nationwide unrest into a movement for justice, equity, and systemic reform.“It...
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said China supports Bangladesh’s interim government in its governance and backs the country’s efforts to hold the general election smoothly and successfully, and pursue a development path that suits its national conditions."Banglad...
National,City
The body of a woman who went missing after falling into an open drain in Tongi was recovered on Tuesday morning, nearly three days after the incident.Md Shahin Alam, senior station officer of Tongi Fire Service, said the body was retrieved from a waterbody in Haydarabad area of Tongi around 9am.The ...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said reforms and structural changes in the State must lead to real improvements in public life, especially for children.“We want a change in the state structure and we want reforms. But if these reforms and changes don’t help e...
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) on Tuesday started its 21st session of second-round dialogues with political parties to reach decisions on several important reform issues.The session began at 11:30am at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital with NCC vice chair Prof Ali Riaz presiding.In...
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