National,ICT
A webinar titled ‘Empowerment of Youth with Disabilities through AI and Digital Skills’ was organised by Access Bangladesh Foundation, in collaboration with the Internet Society Foundation, to mark World Youth Skills Day 2025."The event focused on promoting inclusive digital transfo...
Business & Commerce
About 18% percent of Bangladeshis still live below the poverty line and many fell victim to inflation which totaled 30 percent over the past three years, said experts at a discussion meeting on Tuesday.They said, yet public expenditure stands at just 13% of the GDP, whereas it is around 20% in South...
Art& Culture
Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Niaz Ahmed Khan urged students to spend their time building a strong foundation in education instead of wasting it on group politics and partisan attachments.He said that students can bring glory to themselves and their institutions at national and ...
Rajshahi University (RU) observed ‘July Women’s Day’ to commemorate the contribution of women in the July Uprising.The discussion session was held at the university’s Senate Bhaban on Monday morning, marking the occasion.In his speech as chief guest, Rajshahi University Vice-...
Entertainment & Glomour
An extraordinary new film festival is poised to enchant the idyllic village of Ménerbes in Provence. The inaugural Dora Maar Film Festival, scheduled from August 29 to 31, promises to be a compelling celebration of arts documentaries, spotlighting iconic photographers and their transcendent w...
City
55 lakh low-income and poor families across Bangladesh will receive 30 kilograms of rice per month at a subsidised rate of Tk15 per kilogram from next month, according to Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder.He announced at a briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday that the government’s food-friendly...
A Dhaka court has granted a 10-day remand for Khairul Bashar Bahar, Chairman of BSB Global Network, in connection with a money laundering case filed with Gulshan Police Station.The order was issued on Tuesday by Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sanaullah, following a hearing on the remand plea...
Engineer Md Enayet Ullah joined the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) as Director General (DG) on Monday.Prior to joining the post, he served as the Additional Director General (West Region) of BWDB.He earned his BSc degree in Civil Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Techn...
National
The video showing the terrifying experiences of those injured in the July 24 attack by the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League will be screened today on an LED display at the Dhaka University VC Chattar.The screening has been arranged as part of the programmes marking the July Reawakening.On this day, ...
National,Back Page
Despite political parties claiming that they do not support extortion, murder, terrorism, or tender manipulation, whenever law enforcement catches an extortionist, party members besiege the police station to force their release, said Nurul Haque Nur, president of Gono Odhikar Parishad.Speaking to at...
Police have arrested two more people accused in the case filed over the murder of Lal Chand alias Sohag that took place in front of Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital in Old Dhaka.The arrestees were identified as Rajib and Sajib. They were detained from Dhaka and an adjacent area of the...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday ordered newspaper notices to summon 24 fugitives accused in the murder of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, who was killed during last year’s quota reform protests.Justice Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury passed the order, al...
Dr Sakhawat Hossain Sayantha, associate professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Bangladesh Medical University (BMU), has been appointed as the new dean of the Faculty of Dentistry. The information was revealed in a press release issued...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has sent a legal notice to Daily Jugantor editor Abdul Hai Sikder, demanding an apology within five days for allegedly intentionally publishing news implicating the BNP in the Sohag murder.BNP's Legal Affairs Secretary and Nationalist Lawyers Forum Secretar...
The mobile court of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has fined three establishments Tk 60,000 for various irregularities, including making bakery products in a dirty environment. Executive Magistrate of the Civil Service Commission Chaiti Sarvabidya led the operation on Sunday.During ...
Jahangirnagar University (JU) has announced admission for 12 language certificate courses under its Language Teaching Centre for the academic year 2024-2025. The admission process has already started, and interested students can apply until July 17.The university is offering courses in English Commu...
A two-day Inter-university Science and Technology Festival concluded in a festive atmosphere at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet. The event was organised by ‘SUST Science Arena’, a university-based science organisation, with students from 14 universities ac...
Bangladeshi feature film ‘Balur Nagorite’, internationally titled Sand City, has brought pride to the country by winning the Proxima Grand Prix at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. Directed by Mahde Hasan, the film was honoured with the top prize in...
National,Front Page
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate has issued a statement clarifying the intent and context behind a recently circulated letter from Army Headquarters, which had led to public speculation and concern.The letter, which referenced past incidents involving alleged harassment of army...
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