- Adviser Asif asks students to place allegations to govt through college authorities
- Ukraine claims to hit Russia fuel facility
- Iraqi resistance strikes back at Israeli targets
- A key organizer detained over ‘gathering people under guise of offering loans’
- Multiple incidents parts of conspiracy: Adviser Nahid
- Over 5 lakh filed tax returns through online till now
- Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming
- Saudi Ambassador meets Khaleda Zia
- 17 missing after Red Sea tourist boat sinks
- Lebanon ceasefire hinges on enforcement: Israeli FM
- 110 flood-hit families to get new houses in Feni
- Hockey players form ad hoc committee for BHPWA
- ILO to provide €3m to Bangladesh to upskill migrant workers
- Ship allowed to operate on Cox's Bazar-St. Martin route
- ‘Attempts to incite and create divisions will be thwarted’
- Blinken heads to last G7 meeting of Biden presidency
- Court imposes permanent travel ban on former lawmaker Henry, her husband and children
- 'Wicked', 'Gladiator' make way for one of the most successful weekends of the year
- Case filed against 8,000 students over Jatrabari clash
- 12-year-old reunites with family after missing for two months
Plastic pollution talks must not fail: UN environment chief
Talks to agree the worlds first treaty to curb plastic pollution cannot fail and must tackle both production and consumption, the UNs environment chief told AFP on Monday. Negotiators are deeply divided on issues including whether to limit new plastic manufacturing and phase out some chemicals,...
Bangladesh committed to sweeping labour reforms: Chief Adviser
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday said the interim government is committed to carrying out sweeping labour reforms in an effort to attract more foreign buyers to the country. The chief adviser made the comments when a big United States labour and brand delegation called on him to...
Ecnec approves five projects worth Tk 5,915 crore
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved five projects on Monday, with a total estimated cost of approximately Tk 5,915.99 crore, reports UNB. Of the amount, Tk 1,095.94 crore will come from the government, Tk 4,787.50 crore will be financed through foreign...
Status quo issued on banning battery-run rickshaws for a month
The Supreme Court on Monday (November 25) issued a status quo for one month on the High Court order that asked the government to take steps to stop the plying of battery-run rickshaws and auto-rickshaws on Dhakas roads. Chamber Judge Md Rezaul Haque issued the order after hearing the states...
Auto rickshaw drivers meet DMP commissioner
A group of 15-20 rickshaw and easy-van drivers has met with Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzad to discuss and address the ongoing chaos in Dhaka surrounding the ban on battery-run rickshaws and auto-rickshaws. The drivers under the banner of Rickshaw-Van-Easy Bike...
Afsana Mimi to star with Mithun Chakraborty
Bangladeshi actress Afsana Mimi will appear alongside renowned Indian actor Mithun Chakraborty in an upcoming film. Directed by Indian National Award-winning filmmaker Manas Mukul Pal, the movie is based on a novel by legendary Bangladeshi author Humayun Ahmed. According to Kolkatas Anandabazar,...
BPL begins on Friday
Countrys most prestigious 10-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, begins on Friday at three different venues in the capital and adjoining areas, reports UNB. Three matches will be held in three different venues on the opening day. Defending champions Bashundhara Kings will play...
Govt to appeal against HC order over battery-run rickshaw movement
The government will appeal to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the High Courts (HC) order for preventing the movement of battery-run rickshaws on Dhaka city streets within three days. The government has decided to appeal before the Appellate Division of the Supreme...
Govt plans to integrate 'Three Zero' theory with SDG activities
The government is exploring the incorporation of the Three Zero theory, developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to government policymakers, applying this theory at both public and private levels could significantly...
Bangladesh joins Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
Bangladesh has played a pivotal role in the global fight against hunger and poverty as a founding member of the newly launched Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty. This landmark initiative was unveiled at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 18 November under Brazils presidency, according...
Excelerate Energy supplies two LNG cargoes to Petrobangla
Excelerate Energy, Inc. has announced the delivery of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes to Petrobangla in November, using the companys two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) stationed offshore Moheshkhali Island. Excelerate Energy is pleased to help fuel Bangladeshs economy...
Dismissed employees of S Alam-owned banks block roads in Chattogram
Hundreds of employees recently dismissed from three banks owned by the S Alam Group staged a one-hour road blockade in the Moijjartek area, near Shah Amanat Bridge, on Sunday morning. The protest caused severe traffic jams and disrupted the Chattogram-Coxs Bazar highway. The protestors demanded...
Calls grow to save Thailand's free medicine policy
A civil society group has expressed deep concern over the Medical Council of Thailands legal action against the National Health Security Office (NHSO) regarding its free medicine policy for universal healthcare cardholders, reads a Bangkok Post report. The policy, introduced in 2022, allows...
BIDA chief encourages Chinese investors to explore opportunities in post-US election era
Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), has extended an invitation to China-based manufacturers to invest in Bangladesh following recent developments in the post-US election landscape. In an open letter to Chinese investors,...
82 killed in three days in sectarian clashes in Pakistan: Officials
Local officials said that three days of bitter sectarian gunfights in northwestern Pakistan have killed at least 82 people and wounded 156, reports BSS. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a local administration official in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan said: Among...
ACC identifies corrupt institutions and individuals
State run Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified more than a hundred individuals and institutions involved in money laundering abroad. Of these, only 10 institutions and four individuals have laundered $80 billion, 9 lakh and 52 thousand crore in Bangladeshi currency, various countries...
Money launderers thrived under Sheikh family’s backing
The government is now taking a tough stance against individuals who have laundered money abroad funds earned through the hard work and sweat of ordinary Bangladeshis. In response, the government, along with authorized agencies investigating and probing money laundering, has been actively working...
Who will account for the 17 lakh crores of smuggled funds?
The nations economy is grappling with the detrimental effects of smuggling, while expatriates continue to send their hard-earned money back home. Meanwhile, corrupt officials and bribery networks are siphoning off the countrys wealth, leading to extravagant lifestyles abroad. These dishonest...
Leveraging Yunus's reputation to recover laundered funds
The first thing I would like to say about money laundering is that there is no opportunity to take large sums of money out of Bangladesh. I know this firsthand from my experience at the Bangladesh Bank. While I am aware of what I have observed as a consultant or economist, the individuals directly...
Canada apologizes to indigenous group for sled dogs killing
The Canadian government officially has apologized on Saturday to an Indigenous community for the killing of sled dogs, reports AFP. Police has killed those several hundreds of sled dogs more than half a century ago. Minister of crown-indigenous relations Gary Anandasangaree delivered the...
CA orders probe into harassment of Journalist Nurul Kabir
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has directed the authorities concerned to conduct a probe into the incident of New Age editor Nurul Kabirs harassment at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. Eminent editor Nurul Kabir has said he was harassed at the Hazrat Shahjalal...
Fresh sectarian clash kills at least 32 in Pakistan
Officials said that at least 32 people have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in northwestern Pakistan, reports agencies. The clash erupted on Saturday at Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, just a day after another deadly...
OpenAI invests in research on ‘AI Morality’
OpenAI is funding academic research focused on developing algorithms capable of predicting human moral judgments. In a recent filing with the IRS, OpenAI Inc., the for-profit arm of OpenAI, revealed that it had granted funding to researchers at Duke University for a project titled Research AI...
Kings defeat Mohammedan 3-1 in season opener
Bashundhara Kings bounced back from a goal down to defeat Mohammedan Sporting Club 3-1 in the curtain-raiser of the 2024-25 domestic football season. The match, part of the Bangladesh 2.0 Challenge Cup 2024-25, Powered by Bashundhara Group, was held at the packed Bashundhara Kings Arena on...
Bangladesh keen to work with Orbis to expand eye care services: Prof Yunus
Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus has expressed Bangladeshs eagerness to work and collaborate with global nonprofit Orbis International to expand eye care services in the country, reports BSS. Speaking at a meeting with Orbis International President and CEO Derek Hodkey, he said Bangladesh...
Auto-rickshaw drivers protest by blocking roads and railways in Jurain
Battery-run rickshaw drivers are protesting by blocking the Jurain rail gate in the capital. Train services on the Dhaka-Padma Bridge route have been suspended since 11 am on Friday. Kamalapur Station Master Anwar Hossain said, The battery-run rickshaw drivers in the Juran area have occupied the...
10 killed in attack on Sufi shrine in Afghanistan
At least 10 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Sufi shrine in Afghanistans northern Baghlan province, an interior ministry spokesman confirmed to AFP on Friday A man fired on Sufis taking part in a weekly ritual at a shrine in a remote area of Nahrin district, killing ten people,...
Cyberbullying awareness program Held in Charfesson
Bashundhara Shuvosangho has held a discussion on cyberbullying at a college in Charfesson upazila of Bhola to make students aware of the social menace. Shuvosanghos Charfesson upazila unit organised the programme at Fatema Matin Mohila Collegeon Thursday afternoon. Cyberbullying is a type of...