AS A navy veteran, the naval battles of Trafalgar and Jutland have always captivated my attention. These pivotal encounters, while defining moments in maritime history, have broader implications that resonate across continents and centuries. Their echoes can be heard in the struggles for freedom across the globe, including Bangladesh鈥檚 relentless...
Today is the 130th anniversary of the birth of one of the acclaimed Bengali fiction writers Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday put business restrictions on two brokerage houses 鈥� Dhanmondi Securities Limited and PFI Securities Limited 鈥� due to a shortage in their consolidated customer accounts...
The families of the victims of enforced disappearance on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum demanding return of them who disappeared during the tenure of the Awami League government...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested a fugitive death row convict, who escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur over a month ago, at a residential hotel in Kodda area of Gazipur city...
Napoli outcast Victor Osimhen has agreed a season-long loan with Galatasaray without an option to buy, the Turkish champions and the Italian club confirmed on Wednesday.
MANY people left stranded in Feni and Noakhali for more than a fortnight in the flooding of Bangladesh鈥檚 east, north-east and south-east still waiting for relief supplies or not getting supplies enough for their sustenance is a cause of concern. People marooned in remote areas are reported to be desperately waiting for relief supplies and medical support amidst...
Around 8,000 Rohingyas had recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Tuesday...
The government will launch a special open market sale programme for three months in the 14 flood-hit districts under Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, aiming to provide the affected people with rice and flour at subsidized rates...
Victor Osimhen has been sidelined by Napoli after the team he fired to Serie A glory just a over year ago left him both off their squad list for the 2024/25 campaign and...
The death toll from the recent flood in 11 districts of Bangladesh has climbed to 54 with 2 more deaths reported in Feni district till Friday, according to disaster management and relief ministry.
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has lifted floor price restrictions off four more companies...
Southeast Bank PLC donated TK 2 Crore to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims, said a press release...
Sonali Bank PLC donated its employees鈥� one day鈥檚 salary amounting to Tk 1,91,70,000 to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund to provide assistance to the flood victims, said a press release...
Dhaka Community Hospital Trust, Community Initiative Society and Dhaka Community Medical College have stood by people of the flood-affected areas in Cumilla, Feni, Noakhali and Habiganj...
JOINT efforts aimed at building a polycentric and just world order are becoming increasingly relevant in today鈥檚 world. More and more countries on the planet are expressing their desire to live in a global community free from the legacy of the colonial system. They want to build a world based on the principles of inclusive multilateralism...
Poets and writers at a programme on Monday urged people of the country to remain alert so that no government could be a 鈥榝ascist鈥� and 鈥榙ictator鈥� in the name of development or any other issues in future...
THE victims of Aynaghar, where they were held in inhuman conditions during the Awami League regime, have started to recount the horrific ordeals that they have gone through. The victims come from different age groups as well as political and social backgrounds. The victims of enforced disappearances must now get justice...
The UN mission in Afghanistan said on Sunday it was 鈥榗oncerned鈥� about a morality law recently ratified by the Taliban authorities, criticising in particular restrictions on women...
Bangladesh's leading retail chain shop 'Shwapno' is working to distribute relief to the flood victims, said a press release...
The officials and employees of Islami Bank Bangladesh on Saturday decided to donate Tk聽5 crore, equivalent to their salary for two days, for the flood victims, according to a press release...
The ministry of information and communication technology has directed six of its officials from various departments, organisations, and companies to refrain from performing their duties amid ongoing investigations into several allegations against them...
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Wednesday urged the mass media to play an effective role to encourage the people to come forward and stand by the flood affected people as the flood situation is worsening in the country...
Today is the 88th anniversary of the birth of fiction writer and journalist Dilara Hashem...
Today is the 89th anniversary of the birth of eminent filmmaker, fiction writer, Language Movement hero and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan...
Members of the families of those killed during the quota reform movement on Wednesday held a human chain at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding trial of Sheikh Hasina and those who ordered the shooting during the movement...
Government ICT Officers鈥� Forum, in a press release issued on Monday, expressed their will to participate in the reconstruction of Bangladesh鈥檚 ICT sector.
Adviser for posts, telecommunications, and information technology Nahid Islam on Sunday said that action would be taken against the officials, involved in shutting down internet, during the recent student protests...
North Korea will move more than 15,000 flood victims to the capital, state media said Saturday, as leader Kim Jong Un insisted recovery efforts would be 鈥榖ased on self-reliance鈥� despite offers of aid from abroad...
At least six inmates died as the army opened fire to prevent an attempted jailbreak at the Jamalpur district jail on Thursday...