The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to organise a small-scale opening ceremony for the inauguration of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Sylhet on December 26, reports BSS.Cultural programmes will be held either before the start of the match...
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (AP): At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department's public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein - including a photograph showing President Donald Trump - less than a day after they were posted, with...
TEHRAN, Dec 21 (AFP): Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has spoken by phone with his British counterpart Yvette Cooper, an Iranian foreign ministry statement said on Saturday, in a rare case of direct contact between the two countries.The ministry said...
BEKKERSDAL, Dec 21 (AFP): Nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early Sunday, police said, in the second such shooting in South Africa this month.Ten more were wounded in the early morning attack at...
MOSCOW, Dec 21 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin's top foreign policy aide said on Sunday that changes made by the Europeans and Ukraine to U.S. proposals for an end to the war in Ukraine did not improve prospects for peace.The...
MIAMI, Dec 21 (AFP): The United States was joined Saturday by Qatar, Egypt and Turkey in urging parties in the Gaza ceasefire to uphold their obligations and exercise restraint, the chief US envoy said after talks in Miami.Top officials from...
It is time to recognise a simple truth. Bangladesh's business world is no longer shaped by billboards, TV commercials, or flyers. It is shaped by digital content. However, many companies still treat social media as a hobby instead of a...
Bangladesh's banking sector is witnessing a sharp escalation in non-performing loans (NPLs). According to news report, some banks are currently reporting NPL ratios ranging from 50 per cent to 99 per cent, indicating severe structural and governance deficiencies. These high...
Neil Ray | 2025-12-22 00:00:00
The ransacking and torching of the Prothom Alo and The Daily Star office buildings in Dhaka add a new dimension to the mobocracy. Similar acts of vandalism and arson in the Chhayanaut building exposes a gross volte-face of the movement....
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-12-22 00:00:00
The latest survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows an impressive rate (98.9 per cent) of penetration of mobile phones at the household level in Bangladesh in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (2025-26). In comparison,...
The sufferings of the Bangladeshi female migrant workers abroad, and the social isolation and depression many face on their return home, often hit the headlines and evoke widespread public concern. Driven by the hope of entering the workforce, improving their...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-12-22 00:00:00
We have recently celebrated Human Rights Day in Bangladesh. In this context, several legal analysts as well as social icons have underlined the importance and significance of transparency, culpability and accountability. There have also been references throughout the world pertaining...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 12:00:00
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Liberation War and former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal AK Khandkar, Bir Uttam passed away on Saturday morning.An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) release said that the war hero breathed his last...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 12:00:00
Mass-uprising warrior and national electoral candidate martyr Sharif Osman Bin Hadi was laid to eternal rest beside National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam following mass funeral in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, amid a renewed pledge for building an equitable Bangladesh. His...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), according to the Met office.Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during midnight to morning.The highest temperature of the...
Admission aspirants sit for entry test for Spring 2026 graduate programme at North South University in the capital on Friday. Prof Abdur Rob Khan, treasurer and pro-vice-chancellor (IC) of NSU, and Prof MN Islam, director of Graduate Studies, along with...
Following the state mourning on the death of Shaheed Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, all activities including programs and exhibitions at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will resume today (Sunday), reports BSS.Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy confirmed it in a press release on Saturday.Chief Adviser...
SAVAR, Dec 20 (UNB): A doctor of Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar has been temporarily dismissed for allegedly making objectionable comments about Shaheed Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and a prospective candidate for Dhaka-8.Dr Tajin Afroz...
Journalist Anis Alamgir has been sent to jail after the remand ended in an Anti-Terrorism Act case filed with Uttara West Police Station in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasan Shahadat passed the order on Saturday, confirmed Prosecution...
Udichi Shilpigosthi has hit out at the government's failure to provide security despite alerting authorities to prior threats of an attack on its central office in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.The cultural organisation made the allegation at a rally held on Saturday...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a statement has expressed deep gratitude to all concerned for ensuring the peaceful and dignified funeral and burial of Shaheed Sharif Osman bin Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancha, reports BSS.The namaz-e-janaza and burial were held...
Education Adviser CR Abrar has said some 'extremist, reckless groups' are trying to create anarchy and lawlessness across Bangladesh by taking advantage of the murder of Inqilab Moncho Convener Sharif Osman bin Hadi, reports bdnews24.com.He also condemned the attack and...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
The admission tests of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the 2025-26 academic session will begin today (Sunday), amid presumably stiff competitions.A total of 219,399 admission-seekers have applied against 1,842 seats, meaning an average of 119 students will compete for each seat,...
A Dhaka court on Saturday again granted a four-day remand for three people, including Shaheda Parvin Samia, wife of main accused Foysal Karim Masud alias Rahul Daud, in connection with the murder of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, reports...
Well-wishers burst into tears after the burial of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi beside the grave of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam near the Dhaka University Central Mosque on Saturday. — FE Photo
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and ARTICLE 19 have expressed grave concern over violent attacks on leading Bangladeshi media houses and cultural institutions following recent unrest in the capital, report agencies. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it...
A total of 529,091 voters have so far registered through the 'Postal Vote BD' app to exercise their franchise in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad election and referendum, according to Election Commission (EC) sources on SaturdayExpatriate Bangladeshis from different countries...
Gonotantrik Sangskritic Oikya brought out a torchlight procession at Topkhanka Road in the capital on Saturday condemning the attacks, vandalism and arsons at the offices of the leading dailies Prothom Alo and The Daily Star and cultural institution Chhayanaut and...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir suddenly fell ill on Friday night and is currently receiving treatment at home, reports UNB."The BNP Secretary General developed a viral infection Friday night. Following doctors' advice, he is receiving treatment at home,"...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 20: Unidentified miscreants have set fire to the village home of former minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.During the arson attack, a private car was burned in the incident and a two-storey house was...
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