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A district-level prize-giving ceremony for National Education Week 2026 and the 2025 Graffiti and Drawing Competition was held at the Meherpur Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. Outstanding teachers, students and competition winners from educational institutions…
A two-day Universal Pension Scheme fair has opened in Chuadanga under the theme "Participating in the universal pension scheme will secure your future life." National Pension Authority Executive Chairman Dr. Md. Suratu Zzaman inaugurated…
Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said saving lives was the government's paramount concern after Wednesday's twin earthquakes left at least 32 people dead and more than 700 injured. She announced that rescue teams from…
Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar claimed on social media that Pakistan's military intelligence foiled a Mossad-backed assassination plot targeting army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir during a peace conference in Switzerland. Escobar said Pakistan sent…
Pakistan warned Israel it would be erased from the map after Pakistani military intelligence allegedly uncovered a Mossad plot to assassinate army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir during a peace conference in Switzerland, the…
The Indian government has granted Dinesh Trivedi, India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, the personal rank of a Cabinet Minister, an official memorandum issued on Wednesday stated. The elevation entitles him to higher protocol privileges…
Venezuela's twin earthquakes — magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 on Wednesday — are among the strongest in that country's history, but do not rank among the ten most powerful earthquakes ever recorded globally. According to…
The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 164, with at least 971 people injured, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced on state television on Thursday. The two powerful quakes — magnitude 7.2…
Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr. A.N.M. Ehsanul Haq Milon warned on Thursday that anyone involved in leaking examination papers will face punishment so severe the entire country will remember it for…
Co-hosts Mexico and Czech Republic meet in their final Group A match at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday. Mexico, who have already guaranteed their knockout-round place with six points from two wins over South…
Morocco and Haiti meet in their final Group C match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Thursday. Morocco, who have four points from draws and wins against Brazil and Scotland, need a result to…
The upazila Project Implementation Officer (PIO) of Debiganj in Panchagarh, Babul Chandra Roy, has been transferred and attached to the Directorate of Disaster Management after a video purporting to show him taking bribes against…
A patrol of the Ramgarh 43 BGB has detained a 19-year-old Indian national, Puton Molla, from the Andharmanik border area of Bhujpur in the Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong, and handed him over to Bhujpur…
A truck helper, Monir Hossen, 21, was killed when a Shyamoli Paribahan bus and a goods-laden truck collided head-on on the Pabna-Kushtia highway at Dashmile in the Bhairamara area of Kushtia at 7 a.m.…
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir held a discussion on the historic Palashi Day, calling for resistance to hegemony and internal conspiracy. Speaking as chief guest at the National Press Club, Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam…
A case has been filed at Sonadanga police station in Khulna over the brutal beating of a nine-year-old boy at a madrasa, which left blood clotted in the child's brain and eyes. The case,…
The officer-in-charge of the Faridpur Sadar Zone of the district detective branch (DB), Syed Md Alamgir Hossen, has been withdrawn after a Chhatra League worker died in DB custody in Madhukhali, Faridpur. The Superintendent…
At least 37 students fell ill and were hospitalised after drinking water from the tubewell at Mamudnagar High School in the Nagarpur upazila of Tangail on Tuesday, with officials alleging that liquid pesticide had…
Leaders and activists of Juba Dal and other BNP affiliated and associate organisations held a protest march in Jhalakathi on Tuesday to prevent any anarchy by the banned Awami League. District Juba Dal convener…
Police in Rangpur have arrested a final-year medical student over the death of an HSC examinee who fell from the rooftop of a hotel, on a charge of abetting her suicide through an alleged…
The 18th founding anniversary of the Agomoni Samaj Unnayan Sangstha was marked with a colourful programme in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday, with a doa mahfil, a discussion and a tree-planting drive at the Mahendranagar land…
As US Vice-President JD Vance worked toward a lasting ceasefire with Tehran, President Donald Trump again threatened to bomb Iran, the latest in a series of obstacles complicating Vance's role in the US-Iran talks.…
Kunal Shah, who began life as a delivery boy and data-entry operator and became one of India's most successful startup entrepreneurs, has been appointed CEO of WhatsApp, parent company Meta announced. Meta also said…
A 35-year-old settlement was broken in a single day as 19 families were ordered by the administration to leave their homes in the Raninagar border area of Murshidabad district in India's West Bengal. The…
Pakistan has come into fresh focus in international diplomacy after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said it had mediated the 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' between Iran and the United States. Analysts say the mediation could…
A three-day mango exhibition and fruit fair has opened in Natore, inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Asma Shahin at the Kanaikhali Mini Stadium on Tuesday. The fair is displaying 14 common and 23 uncommon local…
The Leader of the Opposition, Dr Shafiqur Rahman, has expressed concern over the absence of most ministers during important discussions in the National Parliament, calling for steps to ensure the parliament's effectiveness and accountability.…
US Senator Bernie Sanders has sharply criticised a comment by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Lebanon, calling him a 'war criminal' and saying the United States should give no military…
Sri Lanka has decided to deploy the army to stop the rapid spread of the mosquito-borne disease dengue, with a special unit of army, navy and air force members to be formed to identify…
Iran's delegation walked out of high-level bilateral peace talks with the United States in Switzerland, boycotting them after fresh threats from US President Donald Trump, Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf…
The president and CEO of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Alois Zwinggi, met Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in a courtesy call in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, with fruitful discussions on tackling climate change,…
India has offered its explanation after a row over the alleged harassment of the prime minister's information adviser, Zahed Ur Rahman, at Delhi airport. The Indian foreign ministry spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said Zahed Ur…
The US technology firm Oracle laid off about 21,000 employees over the past year as part of restructuring its business around artificial intelligence, according to its latest annual report. Oracle's full-time workforce fell from…
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday for a one-day state visit, with the agenda including the implementation of the recent Iran-US understanding and regional and international issues of mutual interest. He…
On a hill slope in Saria village in the Borlekha upazila of Moulvibazar, a private-school teacher, Rezaul Karim Khondoker, has built an eye-catching orchard of 50 mango varieties and more than 100 local and…
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's resignation makes him the sixth UK prime minister to leave office in a decade, the highest rate of leadership change in nearly two centuries. Analysts trace the turmoil…
Former US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard may have received political guidance from people linked to a Hindu religious organisation she has been associated with since childhood, the Washington Post has reported, citing more than…
Under a much-discussed understanding between the United States and Iran, Iran could receive sanctions relief of up to $50 billion, allowing large amounts of previously frozen Iranian assets to be released in phases, sources…
The United Arab Emirates is set to launch its first passenger train service this month, the state news agency WAM said, after Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed inaugurated a new rail…
A severe heatwave is gripping Europe, with scientists warning that such recurring heatwaves are a clear sign of global warming and will grow more frequent and intense. France has closed more than 1,350 schools…
SpaceX shares have fallen for three straight days after a strong market debut, wiping out more than $600 billion in market value, after the Elon Musk-led company announced it would sell investment-grade bonds for…
Israel must stop relying on US military aid and build its own weapons system, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. In a speech to soldiers last week, shared in a video by his…
The number of people killed in Israeli attacks in the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza has risen to 73,039, the Gaza health ministry has said. In the latest 24-hour period, two people were killed…
A debate has erupted over the renaming of a well-known Kolkata road, 'Suhrawardy Avenue,' as 'Gopal Mukherjee Road,' a decision of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation that West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari welcomed on…
Admission to class 11 for this year will begin in the last week of July, with students again admitted to colleges on the basis of GPA, education board sources said. The fully online process,…
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has decided to launch a nationwide movement over what it described as rising incidents of mob lynchings, mosque and madrasa demolitions and bulldozer drives targeting Muslims in…
Mamata Banerjee has been removed from the top post of the All India Trinamool Congress, the party she built nearly three decades ago, with the Howrah MLA Arup Roy elected as its new chairman…
The funeral prayer of Saifullah Bari, the Islami Chhatra Shibir president of the Bonarpara union in Saghata upazila, Gaibandha, who was stabbed to death in public on Sunday afternoon, has been held, led by…
At least 14 people were killed in a devastating fire at a coaching centre in a multi-storey building in the Aliganj area of Lucknow, in India's Uttar Pradesh, on Monday afternoon, with witnesses describing…
The disappearance of Shahriar Ahmed Imon, a 22-year-old Bangladeshi student, in Larnaca, Cyprus, has turned into a murder investigation after nine days, with police recovering his body and arresting a 22-year-old foreign national who,…
A fire broke out in a Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) crane at the New Mooring Container Terminal of Chittagong port at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, but was brought under control through the joint…
India's former star cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan has landed in a major legal and political crisis over a government plot in Vadodara, Gujarat, which the BJP-controlled municipality is moving to auction…
Police have arrested 10 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations early on Monday from Satmasjid Road in the capital's Dhanmondi, while they were preparing for a flash march,…
A Jamaat-e-Islami MP, Saiful Islam Khan, has questioned ministers' absence from the budget session of the National Parliament, prompting Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad to remark that it was at least something to be thankful…
The Rajshahi University unit of Chhatra Dal has held a protest march against a planned June 23 programme of the banned Awami League, with its president, Sultan Ahmed Rahi, announcing a 10,000-taka reward for…
The army has been deployed in six districts on the basis of intelligence after subversive activities by the banned Awami League were observed, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said, adding that law and order…
A BNP member of parliament, Golam Mohammad (GM) Siraj, has urged the Indian government to rein in the West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, saying his anti-Bangladesh statements have become an obstacle to India-Bangladesh…
The municipal unit of the BNP has held a protest march and rally in Jhalakathi against what it called the terror and anarchy of the banned Awami League. Led by municipal BNP general secretary…
A former Chhatra League leader from Thakurgaon, Juwel Rana, who fell severely ill with breathing difficulty shortly after returning home with his new bride on his wedding night, has died after two days in…
The government has formed four tiers of committees, at the national, divisional, district and upazila or thana levels, to manage the posting of newly appointed assistant teachers and the transfer of serving teachers in…