Frequent spells of rainfall over the last couple of months have created ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes. While all three genera of mosquitoes---aedes, anopheles and culex---have proliferated due to the favourable conditions, the most dreaded one is aedes that causes...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-10-06 00:00:00
Analysts from different parts of the world have been monitoring very closely the impact of climate variability and the need for international governance of environmental challenges. Stacey Azores has used her participatory experience in UN climate negotiations and reflected on...
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC (IBBL) is facing a severe financial and managerial crisis, stemming from years of irregular recruitment under the previous management linked to S Alam Group, officials say.The current management has started assessing the competency of thousands of...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Day and night...
Members of Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued 39 abductees and detained two traffickers in a joint drive in Kachchhpia hills in Baharchara Union under Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar recently. — ISPR
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
The admission test for the 2025-26 academic session at Rajshahi University (RU) is likely to begin on January 16, 2026, much earlier than previous years, university sources said.The decision comes as the authorities want to adjust the test schedule ahead...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has greeted the members of Buddhist community in the country and across the globe on the occasion of the Shubho Probarona Purnima and Kathin Chibar Dan, a religious festival of the community, reports BSS.In...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
Teachers, students, and human rights activists under the banner of the University Teachers Link (UTL) formed a human chain at Dhaka University (DU) protesting the Israeli attack on the 'Global Sumud Flotilla', an international humanitarian mission carrying food, relief, and...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
Ban on use of one-time or single-use plastic (SUP) items at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital is coming into effect from today (Sunday). The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has informed the development in a circular, and...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
As many as 417 people, including 49 students, were killed and 682 others injured in 446 road accidents across the country in September this year, said the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) on Saturday.The RSF in its report released on Saturday...
People from all walks of life gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Saturday to pay their final respects to language movement veteran Ahmad Rafiq, according to agencies.His body was brought to the Shaheed Minar at around...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
Dhaka Metro Rail passengers have been facing a renewed shortage of Rapid Pass cards across all 16 stations of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6, with the crisis persisting for the past 15 days.Commuters say the scarcity has left them...
SAVAR, Oct 4 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested three people, including a former leader of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) with 22 Yaba pills, in Bhabanipur of Savar in the early hours of Saturday. The arrestees is Mazedul Islam...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has praised renowned photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam for joining the Gaza flotilla, calling his move a symbol of Bangladesh's stand against oppression and injustice, reports UNB."By carrying Bangladesh's flag, he reminds the world...
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) has reviewed preparations for the final phase of deliberations on the July Charter, as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure the effective implementation of the charter's objectives, reports UNB.A meeting in this regard was...
Anisul Islam Mahmud, chairman of a faction of the Jatiya Party(JaPa), has said Bangladesh has seen a breakdown in law and order, pointing to daily killings and bodies found in rivers as signs of 'deepening' unrest, reports bdnews24.com.At a memorial...
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has expressed hope that the country's Islamic scholars, known as Ulama, will provide leadership not only in mosques but also in national affairs, reports bdnews24.com. On Saturday, he said involvement of ulama in societal governance could...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has criticised India for displaying 'poor taste' by depicting Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus as the demon 'Asur' in an idol during Durga Puja celebrations, reports UNB."We have seen that in India,...
BNP Standing Committee MemberSalahuddin Ahmed speaking at a programme, organised by National Democratic Party (NDP) at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in the capital on Saturday, marking its 36th founding anniversary. — bdnews24.com
Astronomers have predicted that Ramadan will begin on Feb 19, a Thursday, in the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries, reports bdnews24.com.Ibrahim Al Jarwan, chairman of the Emirates Astronomy Society, said, according to preliminary calculations, the new moon for Ramadan...
Bangladesh has been placed in Tier 2 in the US Department of State's 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, recognizing the country's significant and sustained progress in combating human trafficking despite ongoing challenges linked to governance transitions and global migration...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Oct 04: At least 11 people were infected with anthrax after slaughtering a sick cow in Sundarganj Upazila of Gaibandha. Of them, five were admitted to Gaibandha District Hospital. The rest were receiving treatment locally.Sundarganj Upazila Health and Family...
KHAGRACHHARI, Oct 4 (BSS): Jumma Chhatra Janata has lifted the blockade that was suspended in Khagrachhari.In a statement issued on their Facebook page Saturday morning, the organisation announced the lifting of the blockade, expressing optimism that the local administration would...
BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday, in an oblique reference, accused Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami of siding with a vested quarter trying to create political unrest and obstruct the next national election, reports UNB."We are suspecting that this political party (Jamaat)...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
The government has decided to form a multistakeholder reform committee aimed at enhancing the country's tax-to-GDP ratio. Economists, trade experts, business leaders, civil society members, and journalists are expected to be included as committee members.The move comes after the dissolution...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
Rice prices continue to rise in Bangladesh despite record local production and high imports, increasing hardship for ordinary consumers.In Dhaka's retail markets, coarse rice sells at Tk 58-62 per kg, medium quality at Tk 65-72, and fine rice at Tk...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
The government is struggling to find buyers for the gas discovered in Bhola, as no international firms have shown interest in converting it into liquefied natural gas (LNG) and transporting it to the industrial belt near Dhaka. The Energy and...
FE Report | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H. Mansur has said that finding qualified managing directors (MDs) in the country's banking sector has become a major challenge.Addressing as a special guest a programme marking the 15th anniversary of Financial Excellence Ltd, at The...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-10-05 00:00:00
Six years already lost in the labyrinth of procrastination, the Japanese funding agency has now reminded government authorities of Bangladesh about the urgency of expediting implementation of the mainline MRT-1 and MRT-5 metro-rail projects in Dhaka.Officials said Saturday the Japan...
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