CA Yunus arrives in Doha to join Earthna Summit
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has arrived in Doha, Qatar to attend the Earthna Summit 2025 and other engagements.
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Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts
Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision.
鈥楲iving under militarisation鈥� depicts state repression of nat鈥檒 minorities
The Indigenous Community Grant 2024 winner photographer Denim Chakma on Monday in a photographic presentation depicted state repression of the people of Bawm community and other national minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts...
ACC starts inquiry into聽graft allegations against Shakib
The Anti-Corruption Commission has begun formal inquiry against national team cricketer and former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan over allegations of amassing illegal assets and money laundering.
ILO delegation meets Rizwana to discuss 鈥榡ust transition鈥�
A delegation, led by country director of the International Labour Organisation, Tuomo Poutiainen, met environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the secretariat in Dhaka on Monday...
Court orders to attach 100 acres land of Sikder Group in Purbachal
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered to attach 100 acres of land in Sector 19 of Purbachal New City Project allocated for the construction of a 100 to 142-storey Icon Tower...
UGC to hold regional higher edn confce in December
The University Grants Commission will hold a three-day regional higher education conference, involving the representatives of the UGC in the SAARC member countries, in Dhaka in December.聽
Chevron receives due payments from Petrobangla
Chevron Bangladesh has recently received its outstanding payments from the state-owned Petrobangla...
Munshiganj Journalists Forum in Dhaka gets new committee
A new executive committee for 2025-26 of Munshiganj Journalists Forum in Dhaka has been formed.
Yunnan-Bangladesh medical education, health care prog held at BMU
The Yunnan-Bangladesh Education and Healthcare Cooperation Programme was held at Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka on Monday...
BAN ON BATTERY-RUN RICKSHAWS: Drivers clash with Banani residents
Battery-run rickshaw drivers clashed with pedal rickshaw-pullers and local people on Monday morning, while protesting at a ban on battery-run rickshaws at Banani in the capital.
AIUB secures British Council TNE exploratory grants
American International University-Bangladesh in collaboration with two universities in the United Kingdom has secured two project grants from the British Council under the Transnational Education Exploratory Grant programme...
Zayed鈥檚 鈥楧arkaak鈥� selected for film festivals in France, Canada
Filmmaker Zayed Siddiki鈥檚 short film titled Darkaak has been selected for two film festivals in France and Canada...
Lecture held on聽Bangladesh facing US reciprocal tariffs: challenge or opportunity
The North South University鈥檚 school of humanities and social sciences has hosted a lecture titled Bangladesh Facing US Reciprocal Tariffs: Challenge or Opportunity as part of its SHSS lecture series.
HC seeks list of prisoners pardoned by president
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the list of the convicts whose imprisonment or punishment had been commuted or suspended by the president under section 49 of the constitution over the past 33 years should not be published...
鈥楲iving under militarisation鈥� depicts state repression of nat鈥檒 minorities
The Indigenous Community Grant 2024 winner photographer Denim Chakma on Monday in a photographic presentation depicted state repression of the people of Bawm community and other national minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Asian scam centre crime gangs expanding worldwide: UN
Asian crime networks running multi-billion-dollar cyber scam centres are expanding their operations across the world as they seek new victims and new ways to launder money, the UN said on Monday...
Russia resumes attacks on Ukraine after Easter truce
Russia launched a wave of aerial attacks on Ukraine on Monday in an abrupt end to a fragile 30-hour Easter truce between the two sides...
Himalayan snow at 23-year low, threatening 2b people: report
Snowfall in Asia鈥檚 Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday...
No reason to wait for election beyond December: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday said that the BNP saw no reason to wait beyond December for the 13th national election as the election commission was ready to conduct it after June...
Yunus mourns death of Pope Francis
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Pope Francis...
Women鈥檚 kabaddi team concede second defeat to Nepal
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 kabaddi team suffered their second defeat in the five-match kabaddi Test series after losing to hosts Nepal by 29-22 points in their second match held in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday.
Zahiduzzaman keeps Brothers alive in DPL
Zahiduzzaman Khan鈥檚 unbeaten 85 off 88 guided Brothers Union to a comfortable six-wicket win over Shinepukur Cricket Club in the Relegation League of the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.聽
Sunamganj Medical College students enforce shutdown
Protesting students of Sunamganj Medical College on Monday, the seventh day of their ongoing movement, imposed a complete shutdown on the campus pressing for their two-point demand, including immediate opening of the hospital on the college campus...
The beautiful game: Pope Francis鈥檚 passion for football
His predecessor loved Mozart, but Pope Francis鈥檚 passion was football, for him 鈥榯he most beautiful game鈥� and also a vehicle to educate and spread peace.
Home adviser urges EU states to open visa centre in Dhaka
Home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday requested the European Union ambassador to Bangladesh, Michael Miller, to facilitate the establishment of a visa centre in Dhaka for the EU member states that currently do not issue visas from Bangladesh...
Bowlers rise to the occasion again
The bowlers once again stood up to dig Bangladesh out of hole on the second day of the first Test against Zimbabwe at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Five youths arrested, sent to jail
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Pabna on Monday sent five youths, arrested in a case of killing a 7-year-old girl after rape on April 14 in a village under Chatmohar upazila in the district, to jail...
BMU holds seminar on blue economy
Bangladesh Maritime University held an international seminar titled Blue Economy: Unlocking the Potential of Oceans for Sustainable Development of Bangladesh at the Senaprangan, Dhaka Cantonment on Monday...
Sri Lanka Catholics protest on Easter bombing anniversary
Sri Lanka鈥檚 Catholics marked on Monday the sixth anniversary of the Easter bombings that killed 279 people with a silent march and demands for justice.