3-day ICKIEL-2026 conference opens at AUST
Academics and education experts from home and abroad on Saturday called for comprehensive reforms in Bangladesh’s education system, stressing the need to combine science, artificial...
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Majority of sectors post negative returns as DSEX drops 24 points
The country’s chief capital market, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), experienced a broad-based downturn over the five trading sessions of the past week, driven by...
3 killed in Kurigram road crash
Three passengers of a battery-run auto-rickshaw were killed when a goods-laden truck rammed the vehicle in Roumari upazila of the Kurigram district on Saturday afternoon....
Gains in poverty reduction erode
Bangladesh’s progress in poverty reduction has suffered a significant reversal, with the poverty rate rising to 27.93 per cent in 2025 from 18.7 per cent...
50 hurt as Uttara protest turns violent
At least 50 people, including 20 police personnel, were reportedly injured in clashes between garment workers and police in the capital’s Uttara area on Saturday...
‘Opposition’s street dramas to hide internal rifts’
BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday accused opposition parties of staging fresh political dramas on the streets to conceal their internal conflicts...
3-day prog on Lalon’s death anniv begins
A three-day programme marking the 136th death anniversary of legendary Baul mystic Fakir Lalon Shah began at his shrine in Chheuriya, Kushtia, on Saturday, drawing...
Hormuz shut to all shipping
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has once again declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all maritime traffic following a series of attacks on...
‘BD stands with Palestine’
Bangladesh has urged the United Nations Security Council to take immediate and decisive action to end Israeli occupation, illegal settlement expansion and human rights violations...
Wife’s death staged as suicide: PBI
A man allegedly beat his wife to death and attempted to pass off the killing as suicide in the capital’s Khilkhet area, according to the...
BLAST demands justice over journo Alif’s killing
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) has demanded a swift and impartial investigation into the killing of journalist Lutfuzzaman Alif Fakir in Netrokona, calling...