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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will leave for New York next Monday (September 21) to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. He will address the UN General Assembly session on September 24.
The two warehouses remained locked during the day. No one could tell what was inside. But as night fell, illegal consignments of foreign cigarettes would leave the premises, reaching different parts of the country through courier services.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 546 people and filed 61 cases during a 24-hour anti-crime operation across the capital, police said Thursday (September 17).
The dollar’s troubles are no longer coming entirely from outside. Some of them, increasingly, seem to be coming from within the system itself. Donald Trump wants to make America great again—by raising tariffs, tightening the gates of trade and keeping the key to sanctions firmly in his hand. But global markets are a strange place. Push someone too hard, and sooner or later they begin looking for another door. BRICS is now looking for that side door.
Three organisations from the same political family, six top leaders, every one of them has been sentenced to death.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Bangladesh has been placed in a tough group in the FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival 2026 to be held in Azerbaijan. In Group ‘G’, Bangladesh is with Portugal, Wales, Indonesia, Burundi and Fiji.
The name of the historic Abahani ground in the capital's Dhanmondi has been changed as of Thursday. From now on, the ground will be known as Dhanmondi Cricket Ground. At the same time, responsibility for the ground has been handed over from Abahani Club to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Bangladesh women's football team suffered a 6-0 defeat to South Korea in the Asian Games. After conceding two goals in the first half, Bangladesh had two opportunities to reduce the deficit after the break but failed to capitalise on them. They then conceded four more goals in the final 25 minutes to suffer a heavy defeat.
Two more individuals have been banned over corruption allegations in the latest edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Earlier, at the beginning of this month, three people, including former director of Aminul Islam's board Mokhlesur Rahman, were punished. This time, Chattogram Royals owner Abdul Qaiyum and Durbar Rajshahi manager Amin Khan have been temporarily banned from all cricket-related activities.
Bangladesh advanced to the women’s cricket semifinals at the Asian Games without facing a single delivery after their quarterfinal against China was abandoned due to persistent rain in Nagoya on Thursday (September 17).
Lionel Messi added another landmark to his remarkable career on Wednesday (September 16), scoring his 100th goal for Inter Miami as the club beat Cruz Azul 2-0 to win the Campeones Cup.
The US State Department has approved a possible proposal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia worth $24.3 billion. If the deal is finalised, Riyadh will receive 48 advanced F-35 Lightning II fighter jets.
Saudi Arabia has sought China's help in exerting influence over Iran to halt the recent military advances of Yemen's Houthi rebels. Following Riyadh's request, Beijing privately urged Tehran to use its influence over the Houthis to help contain the situation.
At least 49 people have died in southern Nigeria after drinking locally made toxic liquor containing methanol. Around 100 people are undergoing treatment in hospital in the incident, according to a report in The Indian Express on Thursday, September 17.
Member of Parliament for Kishoreganj-4 and BNP leader Advocate Md Fazlur Rahman has said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah's father sold fish and his real name was 'Jinnah Punja'.
Sadia Akter, organising secretary of the National Citizen Party's (NCP) Netrokona district committee, accused in a fraud case for allegedly taking money in exchange for family cards, has been temporarily relieved of her party post.
The government is trying to import gas from Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar to address the country’s electricity and energy crisis, BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has claimed.
Former leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra Union have condemned and protested the display of a photograph of Pakistan's first Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) museum. They also demanded the immediate removal of the photograph from the museum.
Three organisations from the same political family, six top leaders, every one of them has been sentenced to death.
On August 16, 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul just a day prior. The last stage of the US military's withdrawal was still in progress. At Hamid Karzai International Airport, events transpired that day which appeared to challenge any straightforward characterization of disorder.
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.
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi has met with Mahdi Amin, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Education, Primary and Mass Education, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, and Labour and Employment.
Bangladesh has expressed interest in leveraging Norway's experience and increasing technical cooperation with the country to make the local government system more effective and stronger. The two countries also discussed local government elections, development projects and increasing women's participation at the local level.
Arijit Singh has taken a break from playback. Yet listeners cannot stay away from the magic of his voice. This time the name of this music artist has again come up in discussion after the release of the new song ‘Jai Jai Ram’ of Nitesh Tiwari’s much-discussed film ‘Ramayana’. However, the most discussion is taking place around a surprising piece of information about its recording—Arijit allegedly gave nearly 200 takes of the song to bring out the perfect emotion.
The growing social media trend of using intravenous (IV) glutathione drips to achieve lighter, brighter skin is drawing concern from doctors, who warn that the treatment has limited evidence of long-term safety or effectiveness and can carry serious health risks.
The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplied by US-based company Gunvor under a long-term contract has arrived in Bangladesh. Discharge of LNG from the cargo, which anchored at Summit's terminal at 4:12pm on Thursday, September 17, began in the afternoon. It is learned that a total of 142,400 cubic metres of LNG will be discharged from this cargo. Under a 13-year contract with US LNG supplier Gunvor, Bangladesh will import a total of 117 LNG cargoes. According to the contract, a total of five LNG cargoes will arrive in the country this year. The government signed this long-term contract with the United States to ensure an alternative source of fuel supply amid recent instability in the Middle East. In continuation of this, the ship 'LNG Geneva' arrived in Bangladesh with the first cargo under the contract. Petrobangla sources said the discharge of LNG from the cargo began yesterday afternoon. This is the first cargo supplied by Gunvor under the long-term contract. Earlier, an LNG cargo also arrived in the country on September 14. The arrival of two consecutive cargoes has somewhat improved the gas supply situation. A total of nine LNG cargoes have been confirmed to arrive this month. Of these, four cargoes—two from Aramco and one each from British Petroleum and Pasko—have already arrived in the country. Gunvor's cargo arrived on September 17. After that, four more cargoes are scheduled to arrive: one each from Aramco on September 18, TotalEnergies on September 23, Aramco on September 25 and Gunvor on September 28. Earlier, according to the latest information at 8pm on September 17, total gas supply to the national grid was 2,605 million cubic feet. Of this, 1,612 million cubic feet was supplied from domestic gas fields and 993 million cubic feet came from imported LNG.
