Dhaka Regency to usher in Bengali new year thru daylong event
Dhaka Regency Hotel and Resort will organise a daylong festival on April 14 comprising art, music and local cuisines, says a press release.
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Mangal Shobhajatra renamed Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra
Dhaka University has renamed the traditional Mangal Shobhajatra, which is organised to usher in Bengali New Year, as Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra, setting off controversies.
Dhaka鈥檚 air unhealthy for sensitive groups
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked eighth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 149 at 9:30am on Friday morning.
Protests continue for 4th day
Protests against Israel鈥檚 military offensive in Palestine continued for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country, demanding an immediate end to the bombardment and mass killings...
ICCR celebrates 75th anniversary
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations celebrated its 75th anniversary at the Indian Cultural Centre in Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release...
Shoriful takes six, Nurul misses hundred聽
Pacer Shoriful Islam registered his career-best figure of 6-40 to help Legends of Rupganj secure a narrow 10-run win over Brothers Union in D/L method in a rain-affected match of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday.
DCCI, S鈥檖ore team for boosting bilateral coop
Enhanced bilateral cooperation in logistics, infrastructure and investment topped the agenda during a meeting between the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a visiting Singaporean business delegation on Thursday...
Pakistan's Engro keen to invest in Bangladesh
Abdul Samad Dawood, CEO of Engro Holdings of Pakistan, on Thursday called on chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka to discuss investment opportunities in Bangladesh.
Amari Dhaka all set to usher in 1432
Amari Dhaka has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali new year 1432, with immense festivity, says a press release.
India鈥檚 trans-shipment ban not to impact Bangladesh-Maldives trade
High commissioner of the Maldives to Bangladesh Shiuneen Rasheed on Thursday said that India鈥檚 withdrawal of the transshipment facility for Bangladesh鈥檚 export cargo to third countries would not affect trade with her country located in the Indian Ocean...
Dhaka鈥檚 air in moderate zone with AQI score of 71
Dhaka ranked 42nd among the world鈥檚 cities with the worst air quality on Thursday morning, with an Air Quality Index score of 71, according to IQAir...
Two killed in mob beating in city
Two people were killed in a mob beating in the Sylheti Bazar area of Kamrangirchar in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
Pro-Gaza protests continue for 3rd day
Protests against Israel鈥檚 military offensive in Gaza continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Dhaka and other parts of the country, demanding an immediate end to the bombardment and mass killings in the besieged enclave...
Ex-VC Arefin Siddique鈥檚 memorial held at DU
A memorial in honour of AAMS Arefin Siddique, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and Professor of mass communication and journalism department, was held on DU campus on Wednesday...
Partex players threaten to boycott match
Partex Sporting Club players have boycotted practice due to not receiving their wages and have threatened to boycott their Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match against Gazi Group Cricketers scheduled to be played at the BKSP-3 today...
Controversial outs talk of the day
Two controversial dismissals of Shinepukur Cricket Club were the talk of the day as they were beaten by Gulshan Cricket Club by just five runs in their Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday...
Seizure of 1,067 decimal S Alam land ordered
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 13,067 decimals of land of S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, his family and entities connected to them over corruption allegations...
Amu, Salman, 8 others shown arrested in fresh cases
A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed arrested 10 individuals, including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu, Dipu Moni and Rashed Khan Menon, in fresh cases lodged over crimes committed during the student-led July-August mass uprising.
Pahela Baishakh to be inclusive, says adviser
Cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said on Wednesday that this year Pahela Baishakh would be celebrated with cultural inclusiveness and healing across the country...
Expatriate voting in limbo
The Election Commission is yet to finalise a voting method for expatriate Bangladeshis in the forthcoming national elections, as technical experts remain divided over the suitability of any single system...
NIMC holds workshop on role of media in flood preparedness
A workshop on the role of media in flood preparedness was held in Dhaka on Monday.
DMP restricts public within 200 yards of SSC exam centres
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has imposed a restriction on public movement within 200 yards of all Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examination centres, effective from tomorrow.
BMD predicts rains in Dhaka, four other divisions
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rains at one or two places in five divisions including Dhaka of the country in next 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Wednesday...
DB arrests Bengal Group chair Morshed Alam
A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested Bengal Group chairman Morshed Alam in the capital's Gulshan area on Tuesday night..
Eastern University stands in solidarity with Gaza
The students, teachers and officials of Eastern University on Monday gathered in front of the main campus in Dhaka to show their support for the people of Gaza...
BRICS-backed bank to lend $1b to Bangladesh
The BRICS-established New Development Bank has planned to raise its lending to Bangladesh development projects to US$ one billion this year, a vice-president of the Shanghai-based multilateral lender said in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Six police officials, including two DIGs, transferred
The home ministry transferred six police officials, including two deputy inspectors general of police rank on Tuesday.
Ousted Bagladesh PM's daughter Saima got RAJUK plot without formal application
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members crossed all the limits of irregularities while getting plots from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) as her daughter Saima Wazed (Putul) took away a 10-katha plot just at the whim of her mother.
20 dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs
Twenty dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning...
One held for stabbing couple in Dhaka
A couple was stabbed allegedly by a thief in Dhaka鈥檚 Chawkbazar area on Tuesday...