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BIMSTEC reaffirms its crucial role in dealing with shared security

2025-04-06 00:00:00

Against the backdrop of an increasingly complex and uncertain global political and economic landscape, the just-held 6th BIMSTEC Summit has reaffirmed BIMSTEC's crucial role in forging regional cooperation to enable the member states to deal with their shared security and...

Waste burning is strictly prohibited: Rizwana

2025-04-06 00:00:00

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said waste must not be burned under any circumstances - whether at the Matuail Sanitary Landfill or anywhere else, reports BSS.Talking to journalists after inspecting the Matuail landfill in...

Workers of an electric goods shop were pictured unloading ceiling fans from a covered van in the city's Nawabpur area on

2025-04-06 00:00:00

Workers of an electric goods shop were pictured unloading ceiling fans from a covered van in the city's Nawabpur area on Saturday, as the ever busy business hub in Old Dhaka has got back its normal face after a nine-day...

Follow-up talks should start after Myanmar's assurance

2025-04-06 00:00:00

Foreign relations experts on Saturday observed that follow-up talks should start quickly on Rohingya repatriation as Myanmar has confirmed that out of over 1.30 million of the ethnic minority Muslim people, who took makeshift refuge in Bangladesh, 180,000 are eligible...

NCP will not accept rehabilitation of AL, says Akhtar Hossain

2025-04-06 00:00:00

RANGPUR, April 5 (BSS): National Citizen Party (NCP) Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain said they will never accept the rehabilitation of the Awami League, accusing the ousted party of committing genocide and crimes against humanity in Bangladesh. "If anyone from the...

US revokes BD student's visa over anti-Israel protest

2025-04-06 00:00:00

The United States has revoked the visa of a Bangladeshi student and detained her after she participated in a protest against Israeli actions in Gaza. In a separate incident, another Bangladeshi student was arrested even though a previous theft case...

Efforts to reinstate fascist AL won't be tolerated: Parwar

2025-04-06 00:00:00

KHULNA, April 05 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Prof Mia Golam Parwar said efforts to reinstate fascist Awami League (AL) in the country will not be tolerated.He reiterated people no longer want to see any form of autocracy in power.The...

Sramik League leader held over murder during July uprising

2025-04-06 00:00:00

FE REPORT Police have arrested a Sramik League leader for his alleged involvement in killing a shop employee during students' movement against discrimination in July 2024. The arrestee was identified as Alamgir Hossain (45), a former general secretary of the...

Bangladesh always practises secularism, says home adviser

2025-04-06 00:00:00

Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) on Saturday said Bangladesh always practises secularism as there was no difference among the people having different religious faiths, reports BSS."Bangladesh has always practised secularism. There is no such secularism like...

Teen dies from July uprising injuries

2025-04-06 00:00:00

PATUAKHALI, Apr 5 (UNB): A 17-year-old boy who sustained bullet injuries to the head during the July uprising in Dhaka died at a hospital in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Ashiqur Rahman, also known...

Yunus-Modi talks raise a ray of hope: Fakhrul

2025-04-06 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the talks between Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi created a ray of hope for the nation, reports BSS."It's a matter of great...

Judicial reform is no longer a distant aspiration: CJ

2025-04-06 00:00:00

RANGPUR, April 5 (BSS): Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on Saturday emphasised the foundational role of judicial independence in upholding the rule of law."Judicial reform is no longer a distant aspiration, it is unfolding now, he told a seminar...

Helmeted men hurl bombs as two rival groups clash

2025-04-06 00:00:00

A turf war between rival groups in Shariatpur's Zajira Upazila has turned violent as men wearing helmets hurled crude bombs from buckets in an open field, reports bdnews24.com.The scene, which resembled a war film, unfolded on Saturday morning in the...

Modi showed respect to Yunus despite Hasina's disrespect

2025-04-06 00:00:00

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep respect for Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and praised his contributions during their bilateral meeting held in Bangkok on Friday, reports UNB."We saw her (Hasina's) disrespectful behaviour towards you. But we continued to...

Why Bangladesh must invest in English media and its professionals

TANJIM HASAN PATWARY | 2025-04-06 00:00:00

Media works as an intermediary between the wheel of events and the mass people to transmit news or motion from time to time, which undoubtedly smooths the way for the thirst to know the ongoing phenomena in the world. In...

Soft quitting is real

Anindeta Chowdhury | 2025-04-06 00:00:00

We all must have imagined a scenario that someday we will just stop going to the office without even giving them notice. Guess what, the dream has become now a reality and many people are practising it in different sectors....

The next step in digital literacy

Khalid Saifullah Khan | 2025-04-06 00:00:00

Without digital literacy, we risk being left behind like medieval people, and the vision of building a 'smart Bangladesh' will remain a pipe dream, as it is right now. Even though the idea of digital literacy has been introduced in...

Magura road accident kills van driver

2025-04-06 00:00:00

MAGURA, Apr 05 (BSS): A van driver was killed in a road accident near Binodpur Bazar intersection under Mohammadpur upazila in Magura district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 45, a resident of Mollapara village in Binodpur union...

Man kills brother over fishing dispute in Satkhira

2025-04-06 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Apr 05 (UNB): A man was killed by his brother in a dispute over fishing in the Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira on Saturday.The deceased has been identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 60, son of the late Fazr Ali of Boalia...

Cox's Bazar draws mammoth crowds of Eid holidaymakers

2025-04-06 00:00:00

OUR CORRESPONDENTCOX'S BAZAR, Apr 05: Tourists from both home and abroad in their multitudes thronged the Cox's Bazar sea beach during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday since Monday (March 31) for merrymaking following the trend as ever. Tour loving people in their...

10-day Baishakhi Fair begins in Rangamati

2025-04-06 00:00:00

RANGAMATI, Apr 05 (BSS): The 10-day Baisakhi Fair begun on Saturday at Majherbosti of the district marking the 'Boisabi Utsab' (Festival), the biggest traditional event in the hill regions, and Pahela Boishakh, the first day of Boishakh in the Bengali...

New Zealand beat Pakistan to sweep ODI series 3-0

2025-04-06 00:00:00

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, Apr 05 (AFP): Pakistan's brittle batting was exposed again as a Ben Sears-inspired New Zealand won the third and final one-day international by 43 runs Saturday to sweep the series 3-0.The tourists were dismissed for 221...

Rishad excited for PSL experience

2025-04-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh's young leg spinner Rishad Hossain is chuffed to about finally making it to a franchise-based T20 tournament abroad, after missing it out on two occasions earlier, reports Cricbuzz.Rishad, who earned the spotlight after his noteworthy performance in the last...

7th round of BCL football begins today

2025-04-06 00:00:00

The seventh round of the Bangladesh Championship League (BCL), the country's second-tier professional football competition, begins today (Sunday) after the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday with three matches scheduled at different venues in the capital and its adjoining areas, reports BSS.On the day,...

Iran president fires deputy over costly Antarctica trip

2025-04-06 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Apr 05 (AFP): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday dismissed his deputy for parliamentary affairs over a costly trip to Antarctica, as the country grapples with hyperinflation amid a biting economic crisis.A photo shared on social media in recent...

Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings

2025-04-06 00:00:00

GAZA, Apr 05 (BBC): Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel's account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, killing 15 rescue workers.The video, published by the...

Modi clinches defence, energy deals in Lanka

2025-04-06 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Apr 05 (AFP): India secured defence and energy deals with neighbouring Sri Lanka on Saturday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, seen as a move to counter rival China's growing influence in the region.Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake...

Govt has sufficient food grain stocks: Adviser

2025-04-06 00:00:00

KISHOREGANJ, Apr 5 (BSS): Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder said the government has sufficient food grains in stock, so there is no concern regarding food security."The government has sufficient food grain stocks and is importing additional supplies to compensate for...

Trade through Benapole port resumes after 8 days

2025-04-06 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Apr 5 (UNB): Trade with India through Benapole land port resumed on Saturday after an eight-day suspension for Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. With the resumption of import-export activities, Benapole port has returned to its busy operational rhythm.Ibrahim Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Benapole...

US soybeans, energy: Who is hit by China's tariff retaliation?

2025-04-06 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, April 5 (AFP): US agricultural exports, fuels and manufactured goods are set to take a hit from China's blanket retaliation against President Donald Trump's sharp tariffs, with both sets of measures due to take effect next week.After Trump announced...