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BNP has emphasised organisational restructuring by raising nationwide public awareness to prevent dengue and filling vacant posts at the grassroots level. Important decisions on these matters were taken at a meeting of the party's highest policy-making forum, the National Standing Committee.
Police recovered the buried body of a businessman in Lalbagh early Friday (September 11), two days after he went missing, in a case believed to have stemmed from a dispute over a Tk 300,000 loan.
Police recovered the bloodied body of a young man from a roadside in the Santek area of Jatrabari on Friday morning (September 11), with a stab wound found on his chest.
BNP has emphasised organisational restructuring by raising nationwide public awareness to prevent dengue and filling vacant posts at the grassroots level. Important decisions on these matters were taken at a meeting of the party's highest policy-making forum, the National Standing Committee.
A video showing a young Sonali Bank employee in tears and visibly distressed has gone viral on Facebook. In the video, someone is seen interrogating her in what appears to be a police-style manner. The person is not merely asking questions but also appears to be using leading and coercive language to blame her or pressure her into admitting an allegation.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Alex Marshall, head of the independent committee formed to investigate spot-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), has said that nine cricketers, including Anamul Haque Bijoy, who were dropped from the auction list of the twelfth edition of the BPL over fixing suspicions, have not been banned. He said the investigation report advised remaining cautious about those cricketers, but did not recommend formally accusing any of them.
Joe Root has set the record for most catches in a Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston, surpassing Steve Smith. In the same match, he set another record with a half-century. The England batter now holds the record for the most fifties in Test cricket.
Pakistan has faced extreme failure in the Test series on the soil of England. Babar Azam’s team has been whitewashed by losing 3-0 to the hosts in the three-match series. Although they won the practice match at the beginning of the tour, Pakistan could not build resistance in front of England in the main series.
Franco Mastantuono has made a strong start to his loan spell at Fiorentina from Real Madrid. The young Argentine scored a hat-trick in Friday's (September 11) 4-2 win over Venezia, setting a new landmark.
FIFA has banned two former national football federation presidents for life after its ethics committee found them guilty of serious financial misconduct and abuse of office.
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by four wickets in Dubai on Friday (September 11) to reach the Asia Cup final for the third straight time, setting up another title clash with India.
Iran-backed Houthis have taken control of the strategically vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait following a major military offensive on Yemen's western coast. This has created a major risk to global maritime trade and energy security.
Commenting on the conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the ongoing war in West Asia is not in favour of the common interests of the international community. He also commented that this war is bringing serious damages for the people of that region.
Gender-based violence (GBV) knows no borders, whether in Africa, Asia or across the globe. Women of the entire world face some form of violence against them, inequality and inequity in their lives. So gender-based violence remains a critical human rights and public health crisis. Research indicates that nearly 45 percent of women across 25 sub-Saharan African countries experience at least one form of intimate partner or non-partner violence in their lifetime.
BNP has emphasised organisational restructuring by raising nationwide public awareness to prevent dengue and filling vacant posts at the grassroots level. Important decisions on these matters were taken at a meeting of the party's highest policy-making forum, the National Standing Committee.
The by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 constituency will be held on October 29. With this goal, after collecting and submitting party nomination forms, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will finalise its candidate for the by-election on September 18 according to the decision of the party's nomination board.
BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has questioned whether any conspiracy is underway to obstruct the government’s development and public welfare programmes.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 32 people for allegedly taking part in a rally of the banned Awami League in the capital’s Gulshan area, police said on Saturday (September 12).
When questions arise about the conduct of those responsible for auditing government funds and detecting financial irregularities, the issue goes beyond the administrative decisions of a particular office. It raises fundamental questions about accountability for public money, transparency in the distribution of responsibilities and the use of administrative authority. Multiple allegations against Md Mashuk Billah Aref Khan, Controller of Accounts (Revenue) at the Controller of Accounts (Land) office, have now brought precisely such questions to the fore.
On the morning of August 26, 2026, a massive glacier and rock collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed a wall of water down the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems, obliterating villages, hydropower plants, and the Gyirong border crossing with China. More than a week later, Nepal's death toll has climbed past 1,300, with thousands still unaccounted for — making it the country's deadliest disaster since the 2015 earthquake that killed roughly 9,000 people. But beyond the human tragedy, the flood has become entangled with Nepal's fragile post-uprising politics, its relationship with global powers, and a young, still-untested government's fight to control the narrative.
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.
Bangladesh has strongly condemned Israel's plan to expand settlements in the E-1 area of the occupied West Bank.
India attaches high importance to its military and strategic ties with Bangladesh and wants to deepen defence cooperation through stronger communication between the two countries, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi said on Wednesday (September 9).
A major theft has taken place at Bollywood actress Amisha Patel's Mumbai home. A domestic help has been accused of stealing jewellery worth several lakh taka. The actress has already lodged a complaint at the police station. Police have begun investigating to recover the stolen jewellery.
In fashion now not only design or variety of colours is getting importance, many are also equally considering the comfort and simple beauty of clothes. In continuation of this the trend of single-colour clothes has become popular in international fashion. This tendency is also gradually making a place in the fashion of Bangladesh, which is known by the name ‘monochrome fashion’.
Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said the government and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) will work together with the aim of bringing an additional $5 billion in US investment to Bangladesh over the next five years. He said the government is fully prepared to work closely with US companies to increase investment, create employment, transfer technology and expand economic opportunities in Bangladesh.
