DU teacher relieved over niqab remarks
An associate professor of the University of Dhaka’s Department of English has been relieved of teaching duties following complaints from students over alleged derogatory remarks...
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CoU healthcare gets just Tk102 per person annually
Comilla University (CoU) has allocated just Tk7 lakh for healthcare in its 2026-27 budget, translating to an annual allocation of Tk102.54 per person, or Tk8.55...
Witness alleges killings, staged probes under Ziaul
An investigation officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday that staged administrative inquiries and fabricated post-mortem reports were used to give legitimacy to extrajudicial...
Thief identified tourist’s devices still unrecovered
A German tourist, Krill Lender Kredil (18), who came to visit Bangladesh’s historic sites, has reportedly had a bag containing a laptop and camera stolen...
Ctg port workers announce hunger strike
Chattogram Port workers protesting the handover of New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) operations to Dubai-based DP World have announced a two-hour hunger strike on 12...
Bangladesh, Germany commit to widen ties
Bangladesh and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening bilateral relations, with both sides putting greater emphasis on trade and investment, skills development, renewable...
“Bangladesh can’t bear migration burden indefinitely”
Bangladesh cannot sustain this migration pressure indefinitely, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam. She also called for actionable and predictable international support...
Durga Puja ‘acid test’ for govt: DMP boss
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has said that this is the first time Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu...
Ruins, displacement and struggle to survive
Three years after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered a devastating war in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave has been transformed in ways...
Kagan, Soai win 2026 Nobel chemistry prize
Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis,”...
Rizvi warns of ‘fallen collaborators’ destabilising country
BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said that “fallen collaborators” of the ousted regime are working in various ways to destabilise the...