Vandalism at Venue: Girls’ football match to be rescheduled soon

The Joypurhat district administration has announced to reschedule a women’s football match, which was previously cancelled after being disrupted following vandalism of the tin fence surrounding the playing field.
1 February 2025, 19:23 PM

Language Movement in Faridpur

Like other parts of the country, the demand for Bangla as a state language was made also in Faridpur, where the Language Movement began in 1948.
1 February 2025, 19:15 PM

Dhaka-Rangpur highway: 25 hurt as six vehicles crash amid dense fog

At least 25 people were injured in a road accident involving six vehicles on Dhaka-Rangpur highway amid dense fog yesterday morning.
1 February 2025, 19:08 PM

Demo at Titumir college: People suffer as students keep blocking road

Private firm employee Mohammad Ekram Hossain visited Chandrima Udyan with his wife and daughter to enjoy the weekend. As evening approached, he hired an autorickshaw to head home to Madhya Badda.
1 February 2025, 18:51 PM

Death in custody: Army camp commander withdrawn

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has announced the formation of a high-level investigation committee to determine the cause of death of Jubo Dal leader Touhidul Islam in Cumilla.
1 February 2025, 18:37 PM

20 Bangladeshis feared dead in Libya

At least 20 individuals, believed to be Bangladeshi nationals, have died in a boat tragedy in the Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Libya
1 February 2025, 18:18 PM

1,500 videos, photos of July atrocities collected

Bangladesh Protest Archive, a digital platform that has been collecting videos, audio recordings, and photos documenting the state-led atrocities, including police brutality, perpetrated during the July uprising last year, announced its official launch yesterday.
1 February 2025, 18:03 PM

Ekushey spirit helped inspire July uprising

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the spirit of Amar Ekushey inspired the country’s people to wage the July uprising aiming to build a “New Bangladesh”.
1 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Likely reform proposal: Govt officials may be able to retire after 15yrs

For government employees, voluntary retirement with pension benefits currently requires 25 years of service. The Public Administration Reform Commission is set to recommend lowering the requirement to 15 years.
1 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Installation ceremony of IAB Chattogram held

The event was held at Chattogram Club's Auditorium
1 February 2025, 17:52 PM
1 February 2025, 10:52 AM

Two of a family among 3 detained at Panchagarh border

"Saddam admitted a trafficking racket had attempted to traffic Nitai and his daughter into India illegally in exchange for Tk 30,000"
1 February 2025, 10:08 AM

US fund cuts: 1,000 icddr,b staffers lose jobs

The impact of newly-elected US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt foreign aid has also reached Bangladesh’s International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b).
31 January 2025, 21:14 PM

Reforms must start from within political parties

No reform can be permanent without internal changes in the country’s major political parties, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday. They emphasised that political party reform is a prerequisite for meaningful state reform.
31 January 2025, 21:10 PM

Curtain lifts on Boi Mela today

The month-long festival of books, begins today.
31 January 2025, 21:08 PM

Hills razed to build makeshift houses for Rohingyas

At least 50 makeshift houses were being built by razing three hills in Teknaf to accommodate newly arrived Rohingyas.
31 January 2025, 20:01 PM

Upazila Health Complex: Construction of new buildings stalled for 20yrs

Over 2.5 lakh residents of Tangail’s Basail upazila are deprived of quality healthcare facilities as the construction of the upazila health complex’s new buildings remains stalled for nearly 20 years.
31 January 2025, 19:58 PM

Avoid blocking roads during protests

The Police Headquarters has urged the protesting police personnel, who were dismissed during the previous government, to refrain from blocking roads and causing public suffering while protesting for reinstatement.
31 January 2025, 19:58 PM

Tk 50cr graft: ACC sues former MP Shambhu, wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed two cases against Awami League leader and former Barguna-1 lawmaker Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, and his wife, Madhabi Debnath, for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and making suspicious transactions worth nearly Tk 50 crore through 23 bank accounts.
31 January 2025, 19:47 PM

Homeless again

Md Alam sits on the edge of a flood-protection embankment, hammering wooden planks into place for a makeshift shelter. The 50-year-old day labourer, who has been homeless twice in his life, never thought he would end up here -- again. .“I was barely surviving as a child without a home. Th
31 January 2025, 19:23 PM