Ukraine timeline tells the tale
THE way to prevent the Ukraine war from being understood is to suppress its history...
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Barca defying expectations with treble fight: Flick
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said Saturday that at the start of his reign nobody expected the Catalan giants would be fighting for three trophies in March.
Juba Dal leader killed in internal clash in Sherpur
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed Juba Dal leader was killed and his two associates were injured in an attack allegedly by rivals over establishing supremacy in Sherpur Sadar on Tuesday night...
Flick upset by referee harassment
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick showed his anger at the harassment of La Liga referees on Friday, after weeks of complaints from title rivals Real Madrid about Spanish arbitration.
Faruque Ahmed joins DMTCL as managing director
Faruque Ahmed, a Bangladeshi civil engineer having experiences to work on different metro rail projects in different countries, joined Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited as the managing director on Wednesday...
DMTCL employees threaten to stop metro rail services from Friday
Some of the officials and employees of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited have threatened to stop metro rail services on February 21 if their demand for independent service rules is not met...
Two killed in Mymensingh road accident
Two passengers of an autorickshaw were killed, and its driver was seriously injured in a head-on collision between the three-wheeler and a human hauler in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh.
Dev sector jobs, services in Bangladesh hit by USAID fund suspension
Many non-governmental organisations and marginalised communities who benefit from different socio-economic services provided by these organisations in Bangladesh are already feeling the impact of the USAID fund freeze ordered by United States president Donald Trump in January...
Taiwan detects 62 Chinese aircraft as US ships transit waters
Taiwan said Wednesday it detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near the self-ruled island this week, as two US ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait...
Trump, real estate and dreams of ethnic cleansing
PRESIDENT Donald J Trump likes teasing out the unmentionable, and the Israel-Palestinian situation was hardly going to be any different. With a touch of horror and the grotesque, he offered a solution to the issue of what would happen to Gaza at the conclusion of hostilities. In a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he...
S Alam鈥檚 brother Labu embezzles Tk 10cr from Al Arafah鈥檚 CSR
Al-Arafah Islami Bank former chairman Abdus Samad Labu, brother of S Alam, has allegedly embezzled Tk 10 crore from the bank鈥檚 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund, according to a Bangladesh Bank inspection report...
India largely responsible for electoral system ruin: Odhikar
Rights group Odhikar in its yearly report has claimed that the Indian ruling party was largely responsible for destroying the electoral system in Bangladesh...
Tahsan Khan, Tasnia Farin inaugurate MICLO鈥檚 new showroom
MICLO Bangladesh inaugurated its 14th outlet at Notun Bazar Mor in Mymensingh on Saturday, said a press release.
Policeman killed in M鈥檚ingh road accident
An assistant sub-inspector was killed in a road accident in Mymensingh鈥檚 Muktagacha upazila on Saturday afternoon...
Iran warns against 鈥榚thnic cleansing鈥� of Palestinians
Iran on Monday condemned US president Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, warning it would amount to 鈥榚thnic cleansing鈥�.
US foreign aid suspension hurts global development
IN 2019, I worked with a USAID-funded project called Nobo Jatra, which was implemented across 40 unions in the Khulna and Satkhira districts of Bangladesh. One of these unions was Buri Goalini, located in Shyamnagar Upazila. Like many other villages in the southwestern region of the country, Buri Goalini suffered from high salinity levels, leading to...
US aid suspension and its consequences
THE suspension of US aid can have wide-ranging impacts both on the countries directly affected and on global dynamics. The United States has been a major source of humanitarian, economic, and military assistance to numerous countries, particularly in regions like Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America...
Media reform should address sectoral male bias
WOMEN鈥橲 rights activists and media scholars consider developing a gender-sensitive reporting strategy and an effective system to monitor journalistic practices in print, broadcast and digital media as a priority agenda for media sector reforms. They have expressed their concern at a roundtable discussion on gender-sensitive reporting and said that the...
Flick demands Barca focus more after Liga slump
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick called on his team to show more concentration in La Liga on Saturday after a dismal run of domestic form.
JP wants early inclusive general elections
Jatiya Party on Wednesday demanded early general elections in an inclusive and credible manner for the country鈥檚 democratic transition...
LICENSING AND NETWORK POLICY REFORM: BTRC committee to submit proposals by March
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has formed a network and licensing re-organisation committee that plans to submit reform proposals to the interim government by March, with an aim to make the telecom sector more competitive and cooperative...
DCCI for policy reforms for post-LDC transition
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Taskeen Ahmed stressed the need for urgent reforms and modernisation of Bangladesh鈥檚 trade and investment frameworks...
Sonali Bank, AB Bank sign deal for fee collection
Sonali Bank PLC on Monday signed an agreement with AB Bank PLC to collect challan, utility bill, pension scheme instalments and others charges-fees from AB Bank Inter Banking (AB Direct) customers through Sonali Payment Gateway, said a press release...
Dhaka, Delhi need to effectively engage in easing border tension
THE clash between Bangladeshi and Indian villagers in the Shibganj border in Chapainawabganj over harvesting crops on no man鈥檚 land adds to the ongoing border tension resulted from India鈥檚 Border Security Force trying to erect fences on the zero line in violation of laws and agreements. Hundreds of villagers from both Bangladesh and India clashed...
One arrested over medical admission test question paper fraud
One person was arrested on Thursday on the charge of fraud for selling fake question papers of the medical admission test for the 2024-2025 academic year scheduled to be held today....
TRANSITION TO NEW BANGLADESH: The good, the bad and the ugly
BANGLADESH is faced with many tricky challenges in its quest for transition to a truly democratic system of governance. The student-led mass uprising of July-August 2024 forced Sheikh Hasina to flee the country after her 15-year iron-fisted rule, albeit under the fa莽ade of a democratic system of government. In 2021, when the country reached...
Tension along聽border聽continues
The government on Sunday urged India to refrain from any provocative actions amid tensions along the border over the construction of border fencing in violation the international law at...
Attack on shrine in Mymensingh:聽Police yet to identify attackers
No one was arrested so far and police were yet to identify the attackers two days after an attack on a shrine in Mymensingh city during a congregation early Thursday....
鈥楧am鈥� disregard deepens downstream discontent
WATER disputes between nations frequently emerge from managing shared hydrological resources, mainly when an upstream riparian state exerts control over the source and implements large-scale infrastructural initiatives that may disrupt downstream flow dynamics. India鈥檚 extensive hydropower projects on the River Brahmaputra and...