West Bengal Elections: Analysts cite SIR, security and anti-incumbency for record turnout
West Bengal has set a historic benchmark in Indian democracy. In the first phase of the 2026 Assembly Elections held on Thursday, the state recorded...
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JU to host 4-day theatre festival
A four-day theatre festival will begin at Jahangirnagar University (JU) on April 28, bringing together leading theatre groups in a programme that runs until May...
UN-backed Study: BD among core countries in global food insecurity
A United Nations-backed report released on Friday (24 April) has revealed that nearly two-thirds of people facing severe food crises last year were concentrated in...
SUNERAH writes on social media: It’s unreasonable to write whatever you want about someone’
Talented actress of present generation Sunerah Binte Kamal has clarified her stance on unverified writing and its negative tendencies on social media. In a post...
Higher fuel costs drive daily hardship
People had high hopes that the newly elected government would take swift steps to ease public hardship during a fragile economic transition. However, political changes...
Supplies reach Afghans cut off for weeks by Pakistan war
Afghan villagers in isolated mountain areas, cut off from the world by the conflict with neighbouring Pakistan, finally saw relief this week after nearly two...
NCP broadens political base with high-profile joins
The National Citizen Party (NCP) continued to widen its political footprint on Friday, formally welcoming a series of high-profile figures, including expelled BNP leader Ishaq...
Iran FM speaks to Pakistan military chief, Iraqi Kurdistan president
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held phone calls with Pakistan’s powerful military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and the country’s top diplomat, Ishaq Dar, as...
Norway to ban social media for under-16s
Norway said Friday it will present a bill this year making it the latest country seeking to ban social networks for under 16s, adding that...
Measles surge raises WHO alarm
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised serious concern over the evolving measles outbreak in Bangladesh, assessing the national risk as “high” amid widespread transmission,...
US soldier allegedly bet on Maduro operation using intel
A US soldier faces charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the US operation to capture former Venezuelan president...