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Play the ball, not the bowler, says Mushtaq Ahmed

2025-10-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh's spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed said that their batters need to play the ball rather than playing Rashid Khan, who had wrecked through their batting line-up in both the ODIs to help them clinch the three-match series with one...

People suffer as key Chandpur road near BIWTA ghat in dilapidated state

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-13 00:00:00

CHANDPUR, Oct 12: The half a kilometre road from Boro Railway Station area to Chandpur BIWTA terminal ghat has long been in a dilapidated condition and causing immense sufferings to thousands of passengers and drivers who have to use the...

Waste piles up into a hill on Bankkhali riverbank

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-13 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, Oct 12: A large hill has been created from heaps of garbage on the Bankkhali riverbank, dumped by the Cox's Bazar municipality authorities, creating environmental hazards. As garbage is dumped directly near the waterbody instead of being disposed...

What about women's mental peace?

2025-10-13 00:00:00

Discussions about women's safety are endless, yet one crucial aspect remains overlooked: women's mental peace. In Bangladesh, a girl grows up surrounded by countless 'don'ts'-"Don't go out alone," "Be careful what you wear"-which become invisible chains limiting her freedom. Constant...

HR management in the age of AI

2025-10-13 00:00:00

The working environment is more dynamic than ever, and the main focus of that change is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Automated recruitment tools, performance analytics powered by AI and many other sophisticated technologies are slowly replacing manual HRM processes in organisations....

Child marriage and sexual violence against girls

Neil Ray | 2025-10-13 00:00:00

Much as the nation strives to bring an end to child marriage, the unlawful matrimony continues in this country. The consequences of such premature marriage for underage girls with adult youths or men are devastating. It is the brides who...

How reliable are methods of measuring poverty?

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-10-13 00:00:00

Poverty has occupied the central stage of development thinking. In fact, development is about improvement in the income level and basic living standards of the common people. It should focus first and foremost on addressing poverty among the masses. It...

MDCF-2: A breakthrough in fight against child malnutrition

2025-10-13 00:00:00

It is heartening that a food supplement for undernourished children, developed by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis, has been recognised by the Time magazine in its prestigious "Best...

Ensuring accountability & human rights

Muhammad Zamir | 2025-10-13 00:00:00

This year's International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) dawned at a grim moment for Bangladesh. It, however, helped to open many windows.The Information Commission-the very body entrusted since 2010 with upholding citizens' access to public information-has been essentially...

UN peacekeeper hurt by Israeli grenade in Lebanon

2025-10-13 00:00:00

BEIRUT, Oct 12 (AFP): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country's south, the third incident of its kind in...

Hamas ready to fight if Gaza war resumes

2025-10-13 00:00:00

DOHA, Oct 12 (AFP): Hamas stands ready to fight if war resumes in Gaza and rejects proposals to leave the territory under US President Donald Trump's peace plan, a senior official told AFP on Saturday.Political bureau member Hossam Badran also...

Kremlin warns the West over 'dramatic' escalation moment in Ukraine war

2025-10-13 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Oct 12 (Reuters): The Kremlin said on Sunday Russia was deeply concerned about the possibility of the U.S. supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, warning that the war had reached a dramatic moment with escalation from all sides.U.S. President Donald...

Three Qatari diplomats killed in Egypt car crash

2025-10-13 00:00:00

CAIRO, Oct 12 (AFP): Three Qatari diplomats were killed and two injured in a car crash on Sunday near the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the Gulf state's embassy.Diplomats and official delegations had descended on the Red Sea...

French PM races to form govt before budget deadline

2025-10-13 00:00:00

PARIS, Oct 12 (AFP): France's newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Saturday scrambled to get an austerity budget approved, as more parties threatened to topple him again, after his first term lasted only 27 days.President Emmanuel Macron announced Lecornu's...

Iran out in the cold as Mideast unites in support of Gaza ceasefire

2025-10-13 00:00:00

CAIRO, Oct 12 (AP): As the Middle East broadly welcomes a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Iran finds itself at one of its weakest moments since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.Tehran has operated its self-described "Axis of Resistance" over...

July Charter signing deferred to Oct 17

2025-10-12 00:00:00

Political parties are now scheduled to sign the July Charter, also known as the National Charter, on Oct 17, two days later than initially planned.The Chief Advisor's Office announced the revised date in a statement on Saturday, citing the need...

MIST achieves global ranking for the first time

2025-10-12 00:00:00

The Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) has proudly secured a global rank for the very first time in the UK-based higher education evaluation organization, Times Higher Education (THE) 'World University Rankings 2026', reports BSS.The MIST has been ranked...

Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum inaugurates the 'Modernisation

2025-10-12 00:00:00

Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum inaugurates the 'Modernisation and Re-launch of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit' at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday. — PID

Rain likely today12-10-2025

2025-10-12 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Mymensigh, Dhaka and Barishal divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry...

Prisoner dies at DMCH--

2025-10-12 00:00:00

An inmate of Dhaka Central Jail died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in the capital on Saturday, reports UNB.The deceased is Miaz Uddin (60), son of Binod Ali.Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of DMCH police camp, said Miaz Uddin...

Bone marrow transplant service restarts at DMCH after 5 years

2025-10-12 00:00:00

Bone marrow transplant services have resumed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after five years, reports UNB.Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum inaugurated the service on Saturday at the hospital's new 10-storey building.She said, "The transplant services have restarted at DMCH. As...

Canada reaffirms commitment to empowering girls in BD

2025-10-12 00:00:00

The High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh has reiterated its strong commitment to promoting gender equality and supporting girls' empowerment as part of the country's global pledge to champion the rights, leadership, and voices of girls worldwide, reports BSS.In a...

DU to hold 'Autumn Festival' Thursday

2025-10-12 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentThe University of Dhaka will organise the 'Autumn Festival 1432' on Thursday (October 16) at 3:00 pm at Bakultala on the premises of the Faculty of Fine Arts. The festival is being arranged with the cooperation of the university's...

CUCSU election to be held using OMR system

2025-10-12 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 11 (BSS): Chattogram University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) election will be conducted using an OMR system, with ballot papers featuring candidates' names and numbers.Professor Dr Monir Uddin, chief election commissioner for the CUCSU, hall, and hostel parliament elections,...

Syed Manzoorul laid to eternal rest

2025-10-12 00:00:00

FE Desk Emeritus Professor of Dhaka University Syed Manzoorul Islam on Saturday was laid to eternal rest at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard following a namaz-e-janaza and public mourning.Earlier in the morning, Prof Manzoorul Islam's body had been kept at...

CA leaves for Rome today to join WFF

2025-10-12 00:00:00

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus is scheduled leave for Rome, the capital city of Italy, today (Sunday) morning to join the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) that began on October 10 and runs through October 17, hosted by the...

DUCSU leaders demand trial of those responsible

2025-10-12 00:00:00

Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) leaders have demanded the trial of those responsible for enforced disappearances, killings, and human rights violations 'committed under state patronage', report agencies.DUCSU raised the demand in a statement signed by DUCSU Vice President (VP)...

Arranging acceptable polls is commitment of interim govt: Sakhawat

FE REPORT | 2025-10-12 00:00:00

Former Election Commissioner and an adviser to the current interim government, Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, on Saturday said that arranging a free, fair, and acceptable election was the commitment of the interim government.He also said that it was...

CEC sees security as biggest challenge during elections

2025-10-12 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 11 (UNB): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said presiding and returning officers will be given full powers to ensure a free, fair and credible voting process as security would be the biggest challenge in the...

Badiul stresses transparency, good governance over political change

2025-10-12 00:00:00

Secretary of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SUJAN) Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar has stressed that transparency and good governance is more important than political transitions, so that a change of power does not become a change of corruption, reports UNB."The end of...