Education & Research
Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon today.The meeting was held at the minister's office at the Secretariat.During the meeting, the two sides discussed the overall development ...
Diplomachy
A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night on his maiden overseas visit after assuming office, at the invitation of his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim.A special Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister, his wife Dr Zu...
Opinion
Adolfo Franco: US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025 [Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/Reuters]There is a partic...
Barry Malone: There are children in Gaza who shake when they hear that unmistakable buzzing sound, a buzzing sound that many of them have become horribly used to.It's the sound of Israeli drones, a foreboding hum that has become a daily soundtrack for an entire generation of traumatised Pal...
Editorial
The government's decision to establish five specialised 200-bed children's hospitals in Khulna, Barishal, Rangpur, Rajshahi, and Cumilla marks a landmark step in strengthening paediatric healthcare services in Bangladesh. At a time when access to quality healthcare for children remains uneve...
National
The Board of Governors of the Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) has stressed the importance of making research programmes more innovative, action-oriented and responsive to emerging challenges facing the fisheries sector.The observation came at the 46th meeting of the BFRI Board held &n...
Football
Japan's Ayase Ueda, center, scores their fourth goal with a header against Tunisia during the World Cup Group F soccer match in Guadalupe, near Monterrey, Mexico, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Ayase Ueda struck twice as Japan hammered Tunisia 4-0 in their Group F match on S...
World
During a two-day visit to West Bengal, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the Bangladesh-India border, the history of undivided Bengal, and the Noakhali riots in his speech.He said this at a public rally held in Tarakeswar on the occasion of West Bengal Day on Saturday, June 20, 2026.Mo...
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least six people on Saturday, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman, Palestinian health officials said.The latest attacks came despite a ceasefire reached in October between Israel and the militant group Hamas. According to Gaza's Healt...
Environment & Nature
Bangladesh's capital Dhaka ranked 13th on the list of cities with the worst air quality on Sunday morning at 9:15am, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 92.With the score, Dhaka's air quality was classified as "moderate", indicating an acceptable level of air quality, alt...
The deposed Awami League's activists have filed a case against four leaders and activists, including National Citizen Party (NCP) chief organiser (Southern Region) and Cumilla-4 MP Hasnat Abdullah, for allegedly “beating AL activists” during their recent visit to the UK.The other acc...
World,City
The US military said Saturday it remained "present and vigilant" in the Strait of Hormuz, shortly after Iran announced it was closing the critical shipping lane."US forces remain present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in...
World,Middle East
UNB- The Iranian central military command announced on Saturday that it was closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel's deadly attacks in Lebanon, while the death toll from Israeli strikes across the country climbed to at least 32 amid renewed hostilities.In a statement carrie...
Israel's military said Friday its forces struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight as Hezbollah reported intense fighting in the area, threatening the nascent agreement between Iran and the United States to end their war.Talks planned for Friday in Switzerland between Iran and the Uni...
The government is set to launch five 200-bed specialised children’s hospitals in Khulna, Barishal, Rangpur, Rajshahi divisions and Cumilla district within the next six months, significantly expanding pediatric healthcare services across the country.According to the Health Ministry, all necessa...
The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has warned government primary school teachers against using social media in ways that violate government regulations and harm the image of the government, public institutions and the primary education system.In a directive issued today, the DPE said strict ...
People living in Gaza deserve to regain their "dignity" rather than merely survive, the UN aid chief said Thursday, as he criticized Israeli obstructions to the distribution of humanitarian assistance. Tom Fletcher, addressing the United Nations Security Council, acknowledged the flow of aid has ...
Welcoming newly appointed representatives of PPD, WFP and IOM, Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman on Thursday underscored Bangladesh’s interest in deepening cooperation with their organizations across shared development and humanitarian priorities, and wished them success in their assignments...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday that he had approved a deal with the United States to end the Middle East war despite having a "different view", without elaborating."In principle, I had a different view (about the memorandum of understanding), but...
Art& Culture
Leading cultural figures from South Asia and the United Kingdom have observed that the concept of a single cultural capital is becoming increasingly outdated as creativity, cultural exchange and artistic innovation increasingly flourish across networks of cities, communities, and cultures.Speaking a...
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