Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It also may occur...
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Eid Reunion -2025 of BCS Officers' Forum of Shoilkupa (BOFS) was held on Friday at Purbachol in the city, says a statement.More than one hundred BCS cadre officials along with their family members attended...
Home Affairs Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Saturday that steps are being taken to improve housing and food quality for lower-ranking police personnel, reports UNB.He made the remarks while speaking to journalists following his inspection of three police...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States has greeted Bangladesh as it has recently signed the Artemis Accords, an important international agreement on space exploration and cooperation, reports BSS.Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has...
Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb, who is also the acting head of the Posts and Telecommunications Division, on Saturday said all policies allowing internet shutdowns will be abolished, as past shutdowns have harmed freelancers and deterred investment in...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 173 at 09:05am on Saturday, reports UNB.The air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality...
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said jute bags would be provided to the public as an alternative to polythene shopping bags under a government initiative that includes subsidised distribution, reports UNB. "A project has already been undertaken in...
Visitors look at a photograph after the inauguration of a solo photography exhibition by renowned photojournalist Sony Ramani, titled "Endangered Environment and Nature" at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital on Saturday afternoon. The show...
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The Department of Social Services (DSS) plans to spend over Tk 1.94 billion for consultancy service to distribute Tk5.89 billion in cash to around 4.5 million poor people under the "Strengthening Social Protection for Improved Resilience, Inclusion and Targeting (SSPIRIT)"...
Police on Thursday night arrested a man known as the "cashier" of former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in connection with the 2015 attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's motorcade, reports UNB.The arrestee, identified as Mosharraf Hossain alias Minoty Mosharraf,...
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The Detective Branch (DB) police arrested one Awami League (AL) leader and five other leaders from its associate bodies during separate raids in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Police Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman disclosed...
The 'Anti-Discrimination Employees' Unity Forum' (ADEUF) on Saturday placed a five-point demand, including the immediate cancellation of all contractual appointments, to ensure a neutral administrative structure, reports UNB.The forum's president and former secretary ABM Abdus Sattar presented the demands at...
LALMONIRHAT, Apr 19 (UNB): Bangladeshis will not accept any election until two key demands are met-visible trial of Sheikh Hasina and essential political reforms, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said on Saturday.He made the remarks while addressing a public rally...
Vice Chairman of the National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz on Saturday said everyone needs to work together to build a new Bangladesh so that the fascism and repressive systems cannot return to Bangladesh, reports UNB."Now our task is to...
FARIDPUR, Apr 19 (UNB): Once dubbed the "golden fibre" of Bangladesh, jute is increasingly becoming a source of concern for farmers in Faridpur due to soaring production costs and stagnant market prices.Farmers in the district, which leads the country in...
CHANDPUR, Apr 19 (BSS): Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined two restaurant owners a total of Taka 13,000 in district sadar for storing and selling stale food.The restaurants are Abrar Restaurant and Orange Cafe.Abdullah Al Imran, Assistant Director...
HABIGANJ, Apr 19 (BSS): At least 15 shops including grocery and vegetable shops and a restaurant were burnt to ashes in Sutang Bazar under Shaistaganj upazila here on Saturday.On information, two units of Shaistaganj Fire Service Station and Habiganj Fire...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 19 (BSS): A student was killed as a boat capsized while crossing the Shitalakshya river with his friends in Rupganj on Friday.The deceased was identified as Jobayer Hossen, a tenth-grade student of Shaheed Smrity High School, and son...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 19 (BSS): Agricultural experts and researchers have emphasised the importance of jackfruit processing using modern technologies to preserve its value and minimise post-harvest losses.They highlighted the significance while sharing their insights with BSS, focusing on strategies for reducing...
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COX'S BAZAR, Apr 19: Fear of abduction by the Arakan Army (AA) looms large in the Naf River on the Teknaf side in Bangladesh with a sharp rise in the incidents of fishermen getting picked up by the rebel armed...
The dreaded plague of match-fixing has hit Bangladesh cricket drastically in recent times. At first, it happened during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) where there were updates of multiple games being suspicious. Just when it seemed like these allegations were...
Bangladesh refused to think of anything but a victory as they gear up to face off Zimbabwe in the two-match series opening Test, starting at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet today (Sunday), report agencies.The match, which will start at...
BOSTON, Apr 19 (BBC): For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents appearing unannounced and hauling students off in...
JERUSALEM, Apr 19 (Reuters): Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US was for now unwilling to support such a...
WASHINGTON, Apr 19 (AFP): President Donald Trump said Friday the United States will "take a pass" on brokering further Ukraine war talks unless there is quick progress from Moscow and Kyiv.Trump was speaking after Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented...
ROME, Apr 19 (Reuters): Iran and the United States was set to hold a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve their decades-long standoff over Tehran's atomic aims, under the shadow of President Donald Trump's threat...
TOKYO, Apr 19 (Reuters): Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the US over President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, Japan's Yomiuri daily reported on Saturday.With Trump's trade offensive roiling markets and...
First Security Islami Bank Rajshahi Zone holds Business Review MeetingFirst Security Islami Bank PLC, Rajshahi Zone, organised a 'Business Review Meeting' on Saturday at a local auditorium. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Chairman of the bank, was present as the chief guest....
In a first-of-its-kind move to enhance capital market investment inclusion in Bangladesh, Prime Bank Investment Limited (PBIL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zaytoon Business Solutions. The partnership aims to drive the #AccessToInvestment movement of PBIL by enabling...
UCB Investment arranges Tk 4,000m subordinated bond for ONE Bank UCB Investment Limited has successfully arranged the issuance of the 'ONE Bank Subordinated Bond V', amounting to Tk 4,000 million, for ONE Bank PLC. The closure ceremony for the bond...
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