- Govt to appeal against HC order over battery-run rickshaw movement
- Zimbabwe stuns new-look Pakistan in rain-affected 1st ODI
- Chief Advisor will announce election date at a convenient time: Deputy Press Secretary
- ‘BNP believes in multi-party democracy’
- Schengen visa rejections rise as Ankara urges EU for visa liberalization
- Turkey to help Bangladesh resolve Rohingya crisis: Ambassador
- CEC, 4 ECs visit injured students admitted in NITOR
- SB apologizes for airport harassment of New Age editor Nurul Kabir
- Movement of battery-run rickshaws: Govt to appeal against HC order
- DSEX drops 51 points as stocks plunge on large-cap weakness
- Govt plans to integrate 'Three Zero' theory with SDG activities
- Bangladesh receives $172.63cr remittances in 23 days of Nov
- Far-right candidate targets breakthrough in Romania’s presidential election
- Rishabh Pant becomes most expensive IPL cricketer as Lucknow confirm him for Rs. 27 crore
- China is Bangladesh’s big priority in creating scope for trade cooperation: Commerce Adviser
- Bangladesh records highest 11 dengue deaths in a single day
- Bangladesh joins Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
- Hezbollah kills two Israeli soldiers, injures 10
- Tk10, 000cr development cost cut in 4 months
- Govt committed to enhancing hajj management: religious adviser
Students demonstrate in front of DNMCH over alleged medical negligence
Students from more than 35 colleges gathered around Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital (DNMCH) in Old Dhaka, demanding justice for the death of a student from Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (DMRC) and accountability for those responsible for the assault on them. The protesters...
Bangladesh records highest premature birth among 103 nations
The Business Standards reported the country records 488,600 premature births annually, the highest among 103 countries. Despite countrys growth in neonatal care facilities in last decade, quality concerns persist. Three newborns die every hour in Bangladesh due to prematurity and low birth...
Dengue takes 9 lives in 24 hrs
9 people died in dengue in last 24 hrs. In the same period, 214 people got admitted to hospitals due to this mosquito-menace. This information was shared in a press release on dengue sent by the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services...
JU suspends deputy registrar, 3 others following student’s on-campus death
The deputy registrar of Jahangirnagar University (JU), among four officials, has been suspended following the death of Afsana Karim Rachi, a student from the 53rd batch of the Department of Marketing at the university. The administration also declared today (November 20) as a Day of Mourning in...
Tarique pays homage to Maulana Bhasani on his death anniversary
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday paid rich tributes to late politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, popularly known as Majlum Jananeta (the leader of the downtrodden) on his 48th death anniversary on Sunday, reports BSS. Maulana Bhasani will...
Fakhrul pays tribute to Maulana Bhasani on his death anniversary
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday paid rich tributes to Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, popularly known as Majlum Jananeta (the leader of the downtrodden) on his 48th death anniversary on Sunday, reports BSS. Maulana Bhasani will...
The state's attire has changed, not its essence
Emeritus Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury said, There has been no change in the character of the state. If a monkey wears human clothes, does it become a human? The state remains that same monkey; only its attire has changed. There has been no true transformation in the state. On Sunday, at a...
29 children may be sentenced to death in Nigeria
A number of twenty-nine Nigerian children could be facing the death penalty as they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the countrys record cost-of-living crisis, reports AP. Four of them collapsed in court due to exhaustion before they could enter a plea. 76...
Dengue takes 4 more lives in 24 hrs
Four more deaths due to dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 314 this year. In the recent fatalities, two were reported in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and one each in Dhaka...
Laguna driver stabbed to death in Rampura
A laguna driver was stabbed to death and another was injured in Dhakas Rampura by alleged extortionists on Tuesday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Hasan, 22, and injured Nurul Alam, 23. Both were Laguna drivers. Injured Nurul said around 10:15 pm he and Hasan were operating...
Man stabbed to death at Savar
A 38-year-old man was stabbed to death by hijackers on the Savar New Market area highway early Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Md Asaduzzaman, son of Abu Bakar Siddique of Taraganj in Rangpur. Savar Model Police Station Sub-inspector Mahbub Ullah Sarkar confirmed the...
Five awarded death sentence over Jahid murder case in Khulna
A Khulna court has awarded a death sentence to five people in a case filed over the murder of Zahid in the Khalispur area of the city. The court also fined each of the convicts Tk1,00,000. Justice Md Jewel Rana, a judge of the Tribunal for Prevention of Offenses Disturbing Public Safety in...
Philippines races to assist stranded as storm death toll grows
On Thursday, rescuers in the Philippines rushed to reach residents stranded by flooding in the hard-hit Bicol region after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Trami submerged villages and resulted in more than 20 deaths. Schools and government offices were shuttered across the northern Philippines...
70th death anniversary of Jibanananda Das
Today commemorates the 70th anniversary of the passing of Jibanananda Das, a celebrated Bengali poet. Renowned as the Ruposhi Banglar Kobi (Poet of Beautiful Bengal), he was born on February 17, 1899, in Barishal. Jibanananda Das is widely revered as the purest poet of melancholic nature of...
Ayub Bachchu’s 6th death anniversary today
The nation commemorates the sixth death anniversary of Bangladeshs iconic rock superstar, singer, guitarist, composer, and music director Ayub Bachchu on Friday. Unanimously revered as one of the most coveted rockstars in the country, Ayub Bachchu passed away on this day in 2018 at the age of 56...
Mob Attack: Teenager beaten to death in Tongi
A teenager was killed and another got severely injured as mob beat them accusing of robbery, reports Dhaka Tribune. At Wednesday evening, the incident took place in Dattaparas Haque Mor area of Tongi, Gazipur. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hossain, 18. He died at midnight while...
32,733 accidents in Bangladesh result in 35,384 deaths since 2019
A report by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) indicates that in the past five and a half years, accidents on roads, railways, and waterways in Bangladesh have resulted in human resource losses amounting to Tk 87,884.12 crore. From 2019 to June 2024, a total of 32,733 accidents were reported...