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District BNP vice-president Md Obaidullah Masud has withdrawn his nomination papers from the by-election to Thakurgaon-1 constituency. As a result, the path for Mirza Faisal Amin to contest as the BNP's party candidate on the 'sheaf of paddy' symbol has become largely clear.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 439 people in raids in various police station areas of the capital in the last 24 hours. At the same time, 31 cases were filed.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested 40 active members of the banned Awami League during raids across the capital over the past 24 hours, police said Wednesday (September 30).
From the guru to artificial intelligence, education has travelled a remarkable distance. That journey has brought us to an uncomfortable question: what, exactly, is the relationship between a teacher and a student? Is education simply the free circulation of information, a matter of self-learning and acquiring useful knowledge? Or is the ability to memorise and reproduce information still regarded as the ultimate measure of intelligence?
During May 1999, I was enrolled as a student at Jahangirnagar University, and Prothom Alo, a newspaper that had graced the newsstands merely twelve months prior, had already established itself as an integral component of our daily morning routine. At that time, I served as the university correspondent for the daily publication Sangbad. Nevertheless, each morning I would proceed to the common room of my residential hall, frequently waiting for my opportunity to peruse Prothom Alo.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
A day-long Butthan training workshop has been held in Rajshahi. The workshop was held at the Evening Hall in Rajshahi on October 3 on the initiative of the Bangladesh Butthan Association.
Three Bangladesh cricketers—Saif Hassan, Towhid Hridoy and Rishad Hossain—could face fines from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for allegedly breaching team discipline during the Asian Games.
South Africa’s Lhuan-dre Pretorius has shattered Chris Gayle’s long-standing record for the highest individual score in men’s T20 cricket, smashing an unbeaten 188 for the Titans against the Knights in the CSA T20 Challenge.
Yet another special honour is set to be added alongside numerous achievements in Lionel Messi's football career. Ahead of his probable farewell match for the national team, Argentina's University of Buenos Aires has decided to award Messi its highest honorary doctorate degree.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has finalised the groupings for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Bangladesh has been placed in Group 'B'. In this group, Bangladesh's companions are England, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Along with them, another team coming through the qualifiers will be added.
Bangladesh's final group-stage match of the FIFA ASEAN Cup also turned out like a nightmare. After conceding six goals in the first half, Indonesia found the net three more times in the second half. In the end, Hamza Choudhury's team finished the tournament with a heavy 9-2 defeat.
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in the field of optogenetics.
The Yemeni army said on Saturday it killed at least 700 Houthi fighters in 257 operations across several fronts. In a statement on social media, military spokesman Col. Majed al-Nuzaili said government forces carried out the operations using warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and rocket launchers.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it launched a combined ballistic missile and drone attack on a Saudi Aramco facility in Riyadh on Saturday (October 3), claiming the strike caused fires at the site.
Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP, Jubo Dal and Metropolitan West Chatra Dal committees have been declared dissolved. At the same time 14 persons of various levels of BNP, Chatra Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Sramik Dal have been expelled.
Salauddin Ammar, general secretary of Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (RUCSU), lost the ‘Sathi’ post of Islami Chhatra Shibir one year ago over allegations of moral degradation including ‘post-trading’.
Bangladesh Youth Union has strongly condemned an "attack" at the central office of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD during a representatives' meeting and the subsequent arrest of 289 leaders, activists and supporters in a police operation.
Mirza Faisal Amin, the BNP-nominated candidate for the Thakurgaon-1 by-election, filed his nomination papers on Sunday (September 27), entering the race for the seat vacated after his elder brother, President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, left Parliament to assume the presidency.
In Bangladesh, every year we observe Daughters Day / National Girl Child Day on September 30, and Internatioanl Girl Child Day on October 11. Government of Bangladesh and other stakeholders organize different events to observe the day with due importance.
From the guru to artificial intelligence, education has travelled a remarkable distance. That journey has brought us to an uncomfortable question: what, exactly, is the relationship between a teacher and a student? Is education simply the free circulation of information, a matter of self-learning and acquiring useful knowledge? Or is the ability to memorise and reproduce information still regarded as the ultimate measure of intelligence?
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.
A Bangladeshi national named Md Sajib Hossain has been killed in a drone or missile attack by Houthi rebels on an Aramco facility in the Al Khurais area of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. The information was conveyed in a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, October 5.
Two organizations of India have demanded the release of Swami Chinmoy Krishna Das and ensuring the security of the Hindu community in Bangladesh from the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.
Singer Pritom Hasan and model, actress Shahtaj Monira Hashem have announced the end of their marriage “on mutual understanding”.
International Coffee Day is being observed on October 1, celebrating one of the world’s most popular beverages and recognising the millions of farmers, workers, producers, traders and others whose efforts bring coffee from farms to consumers.
Ahead of the upcoming Sharadiya Durga Puja, various shopping malls, markets and shops across the country will be allowed to remain open until 10pm until October 22. During this period, these establishments will remain open from 11am to 10pm.
