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Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury said that an initiative has been taken to send 10,000 workers to Malaysia free of cost. He said that importance is also being given to skill and language training before employment abroad.
In regular operations by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the capital, 501 people were arrested in the past 24 hours. During the same period, 53 cases were filed.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has arrested five members of a human trafficking gang for allegedly pocketing huge sums of money by offering lucrative job opportunities in Saudi Arabia on driving visas with a monthly salary of 2,500 riyals. They were arrested in an operation in the Sainik Club area of Banani in the capital.
Bablu Kumar Biswas, assistant professor of the Forensic Medicine Department of Rangpur Medical College Hospital, has said that there are no signs of rape on the bodies of the deceased mother and daughter of retired teacher Ganapati Chakravarty of Machuapara in Rangpur city. On the other hand, a mortuary worker (dom) has told Views Bangladesh that the mother and daughter may have been raped before the murder.
On the dawn of August 24, 1995, the lifeless, bloodied body of a teenage girl lay by the roadside in front of the BRAC office at Raniganj intersection in Dinajpur town. Her name was Yasmin Akter. According to Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and most reliable accounts, she was only 14 years old. At an age when a girl should have been carrying schoolbooks, Yasmin’s lifeless body lay on a city street in the early morning light. She had been working as a domestic helper in a Dhaka household and was travelling by bus to return to her mother in Dinajpur.
“দায় খুঁজতে খুঁজতে বছরের পর বছর পার। জলবদ্ধতা তো খালি বাড়েই ”
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has announced a 28-member preliminary squad ahead of the FIFA ASEAN Cup to be held in Indonesia. The national team camp will start from August 27 under head coach Thomas Dooley. Before that the players have been asked to join the camp tomorrow.
Bangladesh High Performance (HP) team suffered their first defeat in the Top End T20 Series, falling 21 runs short against Adelaide Strikers Academy after winning their opening three fixtures to put themselves in a strong position for a semifinal berth. Despite the setback, the red-and-green representatives remain at the top of the points table.
Bangladesh pacer Syed Khaled Ahmed has been presented with an opportunity to play in English county cricket. County side Kent have shown interest in taking him on board as a replacement for Shoriful Islam.
Even if they do not always win trophies on the pitch, Real Madrid seem to be playing in a different league in the business race. The club's brand value has increased by 25 percent in one year to €2.40 billion ($2.766 billion). Finishing second in La Liga or going two consecutive seasons without a domestic title has not had much impact here. According to the 2026 updated report by international brand valuation firm 'Brand Finance', Real Madrid have retained the crown of the world's most valuable football club brand for the third consecutive year.
English club Manchester City are spending a huge sum to bring in Moroccan rising midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi. City are signing the 18-year-old from French club Lille for 100 million euros, which amounts to approximately Tk 1,431 crore in Bangladeshi currency.
Despite widespread reports that Bangladesh Under-20 team head coach Gerard Jones has been relieved of his duties, the British coach has denied the claims. In a message on social media, Jones stated that he had not been informed of any such decision by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) .
The human rights situation in Myanmar has hit a new low. The United Nations has said that alongside widespread repression by the country's military and the Arakan Army, a conflict-driven economy built around illegal rare earth mineral extraction is further compounding the suffering of civilians, reports Reuters news agency.
The United States has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and nine other senior Iranian military and intelligence officials.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit India to attend the upcoming BRICS summit in September. The international summit is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on 12 and 13 September.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called a joint meeting on the occasion of the party’s 48th founding anniversary. This meeting will be held at 12pm on Wednesday (August 26) at the BNP central office in Naya Paltan.
Md Rashed Khan, political assistant to the Prime Minister, has commented that the leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP) now appear honest due to lack of opportunity. He claimed that after going from the government to the opposition, the leaders and activists of NCP are no longer getting the opportunities of power like before.
Bidisha Ershad, second wife of former president and founder chairman of Jatiya Party Hussain Muhammad Ershad, has been arrested by police. She has been arrested on the basis of the sentence and warrant issued by the court in a fraud case, police informed.
Maruf Ali, a Chhatra Dal leader, has been expelled from the party for illegally imposing Section 144 and making announcements through loudspeakers because he was not invited to the final match of a football tournament in Lalpur, Natore.
Bablu Kumar Biswas, assistant professor of the Forensic Medicine Department of Rangpur Medical College Hospital, has said that there are no signs of rape on the bodies of the deceased mother and daughter of retired teacher Ganapati Chakravarty of Machuapara in Rangpur city. On the other hand, a mortuary worker (dom) has told Views Bangladesh that the mother and daughter may have been raped before the murder.
On the dawn of August 24, 1995, the lifeless, bloodied body of a teenage girl lay by the roadside in front of the BRAC office at Raniganj intersection in Dinajpur town. Her name was Yasmin Akter. According to Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and most reliable accounts, she was only 14 years old. At an age when a girl should have been carrying schoolbooks, Yasmin’s lifeless body lay on a city street in the early morning light. She had been working as a domestic helper in a Dhaka household and was travelling by bus to return to her mother in Dinajpur.
Bangladesh does not need to win the global race for computing power. It needs to rediscover its own strength: organising people so that technology creates shared prosperity.
European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller has said that new horizons of opportunity have opened up in Bangladesh after the elections. The EU has expressed its intention to work towards further strengthening trade, investment and economic partnership. At the same time, he expressed deep concern that Rohingya repatriation has not yet begun.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen held a meeting with Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir.
In a decisive move to protect human creativity and artists' livelihoods, Australia’s recording industry has officially banned fully artificial intelligence (AI)-generated songs from its national music charts.
Standing in front of the mirror, we see ourselves as ordinary. Yet the neighbour's new car or a colleague's recent promotion seems extraordinary. This feeling is not unique to any one person. Psychology suggests that we spend about 10 to 12 percent of our daily thoughts comparing ourselves to others. This tendency to compare is a fundamental part of human psychology—not a product of modern life's anxieties, but rather an ancient instinct deeply rooted in human nature.
The government has issued a new ‘Import Policy Order 2026-29’ to make the import process easier and more business-friendly. In it, emphasis has been given on relaxing the existing restrictions on opening LCs as well as simplifying imports, free trade and increasing investment. At the same time, the issue of creating compatibility of Bangladesh with the global trade system in the post-LDC graduation period has also received importance in the policy.
