Scholars must lead the way to establish Quranic law: Jamaat leader
Dr. Helal Uddin told a Seeratun Nabi gathering in Motijheel that Islamic scholars will lead Bangladesh through an 'Islamic revolution.'
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Budget allocation to consider university rankings: UGC chairman
Prof. Dr. Mamun Ahmed says a domestic ranking system, alongside international benchmarks, is being developed for universities.
BGB detains 4 in Mahespur operations, seizes Indian cannabis and medicine
Separate raids near Chuadanga's Jibannagar border recovered contraband worth over 1.3 million taka and detained a group attempting to cross into India.
Dhaka weighing 4 conditions for India's power transmission corridor
Bangladesh wants assurances on Brahmanpur dam power, access to cheaper Nepal-Bhutan hydropower, and a cost-benefit analysis before granting the 765kV line.
Bangladesh paying more than other countries for waste-to-energy power
The Aminbazar plant's 25-taka-per-unit price dwarfs China's and India's rates, drawing environmental-group objections over tariff and emissions.
$2.455 billion in remittances in first 26 days of August
Bangladesh Bank data shows inflows up 22.3% year-on-year, with expatriates sending $115 million on August 25 and 26 alone.
Malaria kills 2 airport workers in Germany after mosquitoes arrive by plane
Six Frankfurt airport workers with no recent travel history were infected, delaying diagnosis until two fell critically ill, officials say.
World gold prices fall further
Spot gold slipped to $4,576.30 an ounce as investors await Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's closely watched Jackson Hole speech.
The dua for protection from Hellfire
A hadith narrated by Harith ibn Muslim al-Tamimi describes a short supplication to recite after Maghrib and Fajr prayers.
Analysis: Why do Nepal's roads and bridges keep losing to the river?
Experts say outdated rainfall planning, reckless sand mining and stacked hydropower dams on single rivers turn floods into cascading disasters.
World oil prices keep falling on Hormuz reopening hopes
Iran has entered talks with Qatar to reopen the strait, setting conditions including the withdrawal of the US naval blockade and lifting of sanctions.
Israeli military grappling with funding shortfall: chief of staff
Eyal Zamir says the roughly $12.3 billion budget dispute between the defense and finance ministries is hurting IDF readiness across every front.
288 Indians, 90 Americans among missing from over 30 countries
Nepal's tourism board and foreign ministries of affected countries have released a nationality breakdown of those unaccounted for in the flood.
Three journalists sue Trump administration over Pentagon firings
Stars and Stripes' publisher, editor-in-chief and a Middle East reporter allege the firings, over 'insubordination,' violated their free-speech rights.
New Nepal-China border lake overflows again, panicked residents flee to hills
China's Xi Jinping ordered an all-out search effort as Nepal declined foreign rescue help, including offers from Bangladesh, India, the US and others.
Analysis: Iran war dashes Washington's hopes, leaves Middle East in limbo
Six months on, analysts say neither Tehran's collapse nor a clear U.S. victory is coming, while regional powers hedge with new security arrangements.
Cattle-cart driver killed in Chougachha road accident
Nur Islam, 50, was crushed when his vehicle overturned on the Chougachha-Jhikargachha road; five cattle he was transporting were rescued alive.
22 million Bangladeshi children at risk from extreme heat: study
A Vrije Universiteit Brussel study in Science Advances finds 79% of Bangladeshi children aged 0-9 face at least a month of dangerous heat stress yearly.
Analysis: Is Nepal's peril hidden within the Himalayas themselves?
Melting glaciers, bursting lakes and an active tectonic collision zone combine with unplanned development to make disasters like this week's inevitable.
Asian markets rise ahead of Fed chair's closely watched speech
Investors hope Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole address, his first as Fed chairman, will offer clarity on future rate decisions amid still-elevated inflation.
Nepal flood death toll climbs to 535
More than 1,400 people remain missing, including hundreds of foreign nationals, as rescuers warn a second wave of flooding could strike.
Iran using Hormuz as its 'nuclear bomb': Al Jazeera analyst
Correspondent Ali Hashem says the strait has become a global problem extending well beyond the two countries directly involved in the conflict.
US cannot isolate Iran from the world: analyst Dareini
Tehran-based analyst Ali Akbar Dareini tells Al Jazeera the war taught Iran that concessions to Trump would be a mistake.
China on high alert over glacial lake flood risk near Tibet border
State broadcaster CCTV says the landslide-formed lake had accumulated 2.5 million cubic meters of water as of Friday, with more inflow forecast.
PM Tareque Rahman to visit Turkey in November for COP31
A meeting with Turkish President Erdoğan is also being discussed, diplomatic sources say, alongside expanded economic and defense cooperation.
Satkhira newspaper editor GM Nur Islam dies
GM Nur Islam launched Dainik Dristipat in 2000 and remained its editor and publisher until his death.
BGB captures Indian smuggler with pistol, yaba after border shootout
BGB says the smugglers attacked patrol members after being challenged at the Kumarshail border in Barlekha, prompting return fire.
BGB seizes Tk 755,000 in contraband, drugs at Jashore border
Patrol teams from three border posts recovered Indian cough syrup, sarees, cosmetics and food items in a day-long operation.
Jamaat-led 11-party alliance to march toward parliament Sunday
The march will protest the gas, power and fertilizer crises and demand swift justice in enforced-disappearance cases from the Awami League era.
84 Palestinian schools face demolition threat
The UN says schools serving roughly 13,000 students in the West Bank's Area C and East Jerusalem are under demolition or stop-work orders.
Analysis: Is India yielding to Chinese pressure on border demarcation?
A Doval-Wang Yi meeting in Beijing has diplomatic circles debating whether India has dropped its insistence on a comprehensive border settlement.
Hormuz Strait stays closed until Iran's terms are met: IRGC
IRGC spokesperson Brig. Gen. Mohebbi says hostile warships have withdrawn 400 km from the strait, a claim that could not be independently verified.
17 years of autocracy, will take time to clear the mess: Nazrul Islam Khan
The BNP standing committee member and prime ministerial adviser spoke at a memorial for former PM Kazi Zafar Ahmed.
Government trying to dodge fertilizer crisis complaints: Nahid Islam
NCP convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam says the 11-party alliance will march August 30 against a weak enforced-disappearance law.
288 Indians unreachable in Nepal
India's foreign ministry says the group includes power-project workers and pilgrim tourists from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala heading to Kailash-Mansarovar.
Iran calls on Muslim nations to boost economic cooperation
President Masoud Pezeshkian told an Islamic unity conference in Tehran that only 19% of OIC member states' exports stay within the bloc.
Indian training aircraft crashes, killing 2 pilots
Officials say the plane lost control before crashing into a wooded area near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during a training flight.
Meherpur holds discussion on building cashless Bangladesh
Bank officials discussed how the Bangla QR system lets customers transact easily and without charges at a Jhenaidah upazila seminar.
Taj Mahal, an unrivaled monument of beauty
Built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, the marble mausoleum took 22 years and 20,000 artisans to complete.
Iran’s nuclear industry is world-class: agency chief
Mohammad Eslami says Iran's nuclear program keeps pace with leading nations despite US sanctions and strikes, as Iran maintains the program is purely peaceful.
‘Red alert’ issued in Mecca
Saudi Arabia's weather agency has forecast heavy rainfall for the city, urging residents to stay away from valleys, dams and waterlogged areas.
Banks allowed to issue foreign-currency guarantees for projects
Bangladesh Bank's new directive lets local banks issue guarantees and SBLCs on behalf of foreign contractors on internationally tendered projects.
Why are so many Indians in Nepal?
More than a hundred Indian pilgrims heading to the sacred Kailash-Mansarovar site are missing after floods swept away a key border bridge.
More floods, landslides feared in Nepal
Disaster expert Basanta Raj Adhikari says a "second and third wave" of flooding could strike within days, even without heavy rainfall.
No clear evidence Iran is rebuilding nuclear sites: IAEA
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi says roughly 440 kilograms of highly enriched uranium remains exactly where it was during last year's 12-day war.
President to meet CEC today
The Election Commission may brief President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on preparations for local government elections at the Bangabhaban meeting.
Joining Mecca Pact is Bangladesh’s own sovereign matter: Dr. Shafiqur Rahman
The Jamaat-e-Islami Amir and Leader of the Opposition said any decision Bangladesh makes in its own interest needs no outside approval.
National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 50th death anniversary today
The Nazrul Institute, Nazrul Academy and Shilpakala Academy have organized programs marking 50 years since the poet's death in Dhaka.
Mother-cooked mid-day meals to launch soon in primary schools
The state minister for primary education says Bangladesh will pilot a Sri Lanka- and Tamil Nadu-style model with mothers cooking using locally sourced ingredients.
Kerala is now Keralam
India's central government has brought the state's renaming law into effect, days after President Droupadi Murmu signed the bill into law.
Rare lunar eclipse in two days — where it will be visible
NASA expects the deep partial eclipse, covering about 96% of the moon, to peak Friday morning Bangladesh time, visible across the Americas, Europe and Africa.
Nishcha condemns false death rumor about actor Ilias Kanchan
The road-safety group, which the actor leads, says he is well and undergoing treatment in London, and has urged the public not to share unverified death news.
Iran state TV airs $10 million bounty threat against Trump’s son
The Secret Service says it is investigating the video, part of what a US official calls a series of Iranian releases threatening the president's family.
Chuadanga Jamaat chief mourns death of party worker
Md Yusuf Ali Molla, 75, a longtime social worker and Islamic movement figure in Alamdanga, died Wednesday while under treatment in Dhaka.
Good news for Bangladeshis awaiting US green cards
The F2A family category's cutoff date jumped by more than a year in the August visa bulletin, opening the way for many pending applications to move forward.
Jamaat launches tree-planting drive in Sreepur
The Rajabari union program, held at Dhaladia College grounds, aimed to raise awareness on protecting the environment and preventing deforestation.
Delhi court orders 700 families to vacate slum near Modi’s residence
The high court cited national security concerns and set up a committee to oversee relocation, with residents saying the move would cost them their livelihoods.
US Senate Democrats urge pressure on Israel over West Bank violence
A letter signed by 42 senators calls on Netanyahu to rein in settler attacks and investigate the deaths of nine American citizens since 2022.
Iran’s air defense force still 100% ready: commander
Brigadier General Alireza Elhami said full surveillance is being maintained along all of Iran's borders following the downing of an enemy drone.
No water for a month in Kolkata’s Jyotinagar Muslim colony
Residents allege discriminatory treatment as taps in their mostly Muslim slum near a BJP MLA's constituency remain dry while nearby colonies have water.