National,Business,City
Mobile phone retailers blocked the road in front of Jamuna Future Park on Tuesday, demanding the withdrawal of the 57% tax on unregistered handset imports and reforms to the NEIR registration system, triggering a severe gridlock on Progoti Sarani.The blockade began around 12:40pm, after which trader...
National,Business,INFRASTRUCTURE & DEV,Country
BSS, Khulna: Mongla Port, the country's second-largest seaport, is rapidly transforming into a strategic regional transit hub, strengthening connectivity with neighbouring countries while expanding road, river, and rail linkages to the Rajshahi, Rangpur and Barishal divisions.A Port Recepti...
National,Politics
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said the government has no specific information about BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's date of return, as he has yet to ask for a travel document."It will be issued as soon as he asks for it," said Touhid Hossain, the de facto fo...
National,City
A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death after being caught in the middle of a clash between two groups at Borogram Matbor Bazar in Kamrangirchar area of the capital early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Md Rocky, a worker of a factory at Borogram Chairman Intersection area.Md Faruk, In-Charge ...
National,Country
UNB, Lalmonirhat: Northern Bangladesh has begun to feel the first true grip of winter, with temperatures dipping to 13.5°C in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday, signalling a sharper seasonal shift for residents accustomed to early December’s milder chill.Between 6am and 9am, the Kurigram Weather Obse...
UNB, Chuadanga: A 25-year-old young man was found dead with his throat slit at Belgachi in Chuadanga municipality area on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Sohel, son of Asabul Haque of Bakcharpara area of the village.Md Shahidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said...
World
UK officials announced Monday that Britain has secured a three-year commitment from the United States to apply a 0% tariff on all U.K. pharmaceutical exports, in exchange for the U.K. increasing its investment in new medications.Under the arrangement, the U.S. will waive import duties on U.K.-made m...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that the revised U.S. proposal for ending the war with Russia “looks better,” though negotiations are still underway. He made the remarks in Paris after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, part of ongoing diplomatic efforts t...
National,INFRASTRUCTURE & DEV,Country
UNB, Chapainawabganj: For the residents of Shahjahanpur, Alatuli and Charbagdanga unions in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj, a 60-metre bridge over the Narendrapur–Kachrar canal is more than just concrete and steel--it is the promise of easier journeys and safer roads.But that promi...
National,Politics,Education & Culture
UNB, Rangpur: The appointed Election Commission has postponed all activities related to the Begum Rokeya University Central Students’ Union (BRUCSU) and Hall Parliament elections due to major errors and inconsistencies in the voter list.The decision was announced at a press briefing in front o...
A 28-year-old CNG-run autorickshaw driver was shot dead by local criminals in the capital’s Jurain area on Monday evening.The victim, Pappu Sheikh, was the son of Montu Sheikh of Rajoir Police Station in Shariatpur district.The incident occurred around 6:30pm in the Jurain Gas Pipe area. Pappu...
AFP, Colombo: The death toll from flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka was now 410, the Disaster Management Centre said Tuesday, with another 336 people missing following a week of heavy rains.It said over 1.5 million people were affected by the worst natural disaster to hit the country since t...
Three people were killed and seven others injured when a truck crashed into a bus on Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway over Arial Khan Bridge in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district on Tuesday.One of the deceased was identified as Munir Sheikh, 35, of Najirpur upazila in Pirojpur district.Md Sabuj, sergeant...
Jailed PTI founder Imran Khan’s son, Kasim Khan, has voiced alarm that authorities may be concealing “something irreversible” about his father’s condition.His concern follows continued protests and sit-ins by PTI leaders and Imran’s sisters outside Adiala jail, where th...
The fire that broke out in a three-storey building in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar on Monday afternoon has been brought under control.The blaze started on the top floor of the building around 4:40pm, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.Firefighters spray wat...
National,Politics,Country
UNB, Manukganj: Miscreants set the July Memorial on fire on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Paschim Seuta near Manra Bridge in Sadar upazila of Manikganj district early Saturday.Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said three people riding on a black colored private car appeared th...
National
Bangladesh must urgently introduce a comprehensive and effective road safety law to halve road crash-related deaths and injuries by 2030, speakers said at a roundtable in the capital on Monday.The discussion titled “Road Safety Law for Sustainable Development: Bangladesh Context and Priorities...
Recovery efforts intensified on Monday across Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as authorities reported new casualties from last week’s severe floods and landslides that have killed more than 1,000 people in the three countries.Officials said at least 502 people have died in Indonesia, 334 in ...
National,City,Country
A fired gutted a jhut (garment waste) warehouse in Konabari area of Gazipur on Monday morning.According to the Fire Service and local sources, the fire broke out around 5:30 am at the jhut warehouse owned by Palash Mia in Amragh Purbapara area of Konabari.Locals initially tried to extinguish the fla...
Reza Kibria, an economist and founder-convener of the political platform Gono Odhikar Parishad, has formally joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).He announced his joining on Monday (December 01) at the political office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Gulshan.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fa...
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