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Sheffield United is advancing on the path of permanently bringing Bangladeshi-origin English midfielder Hamza Choudhury into the team. England’s media The Star has informed that the contract of returning to Sheffield from Leicester City is almost final.
RAB has arrested two persons in the incident of a teacher dying after falling from a rickshaw due to the pull of the snatchers in front of the National Parliament Bhaban. However questions have arisen over whether the motorcycle recovered by RAB and the motorcycle used at the time of the snatching are the same.
Three people have been shot by the indiscriminate firing of miscreants in Samibag Munshirtek area of Gandaria in the capital.
The Daspara village in Rangpur appears unusually silent even after four members of the same family were murdered. Four people were killed inside a house in the densely populated neighbourhood, yet residents of neighbouring houses say they knew nothing and heard no screams. The victims were Ganapati Chakraborty, his wife Pritilata Chakraborty, their daughter Agami Chakraborty Prarthi, and son Ayush Chakraborty Priyam.
Nine years ago this month, nearly 1.2 million Rohingya fled Rakhine State to Bangladesh to escape brutal military crackdowns in Myanmar. When they crossed the border, they believed they were seeking temporary shelter and would soon find an opportunity to return to their homeland. But nine years on, that wait remains unending. What was meant to be a temporary refuge has, over time, turned into a seemingly permanent exile.
“দায় খুঁজতে খুঁজতে বছরের পর বছর পার। জলবদ্ধতা তো খালি বাড়েই ”
Sheffield United is advancing on the path of permanently bringing Bangladeshi-origin English midfielder Hamza Choudhury into the team. England’s media The Star has informed that the contract of returning to Sheffield from Leicester City is almost final.
Fatema Akhtar has become the first Bangladeshi woman surfer to qualify for the Asian Games. Hailing from Maheshkhali, her family moved to Cox's Bazar town due to financial constraints. Her father sells betel leaf in Kalatali on the outskirts of the city to make a living.
Argentina’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has finally signed for Chelsea by ending his long journey with Aston Villa. He has been contracted with the London club in exchange for 7.5 million pounds. After the long-running rumour of transfer the new address of this star goalkeeper has been confirmed this time.
Joe Root has added another milestone to his remarkable Test career, overtaking Australian great Ricky Ponting to become the highest run-scorer in Test cricket on home soil.
Lionel Messi rolled back the years with a stunning four-goal performance as Inter Miami thrashed CF Montreal 7-1 in Major League Soccer on Saturday (August 29), ending a five-match winless run across all competitions.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided not to organize the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) this year. BCB president Tamim Iqbal had earlier informed that importance will be given to the structural reform of the tournament instead of organizing BPL this year. This time three franchises—Rangpur Riders, Rajshahi Warriors and Dhaka Capitals—have informed about agreeing with this decision of the board.
A large number of women and girls have been affected by the devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal, with the UN's gender agency warning of increased risks of violence, exploitation and lack of access to essential healthcare. The first gender alert published by UN Women on Sunday, August 30, said an estimated 157,050 women and girls in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts have been directly and indirectly affected by the flash floods and landslides of August 26 .
Head teacher of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School of Trishuli Valley in Nuwakot district of Nepal Rajendra Dawadi’s rapid steps have saved the lives of 1,643 students when one village after another was being submerged in the devastating flood of Nepal.
The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 768, with more than 2,500 people still missing, according to the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority on Sunday, August 30.
BNP Standing Committee member and Prime Minister's Political Adviser Mirza Abbas is returning home after undergoing medical treatment in Singapore and Malaysia for over five months . He is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 9pm on Wednesday (September 2) .
Islami Andolan Bangladesh Ameer and Charmonai Pir Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim has said that while the BNP had given the people various promises before the election, there is no visible progress in fulfilling those commitments even six months after forming the government.
Although tensions in Brahmanbaria over the remarks of Member of Parliament and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah have eased, the party's scheduled programme has been relocated. The NCP changed its venue after being denied permission to hold its organisational coordination meeting and political workshop at the district Shilpakala Academy.
Hasnat Abdullah, Member of Parliament for Cumilla-4 constituency, has expressed regret over a misunderstanding created by his recent remarks regarding the Brahmanbaria incident. In a social media post on Saturday (August 29), he apologised to the people of Brahmanbaria.
The Daspara village in Rangpur appears unusually silent even after four members of the same family were murdered. Four people were killed inside a house in the densely populated neighbourhood, yet residents of neighbouring houses say they knew nothing and heard no screams. The victims were Ganapati Chakraborty, his wife Pritilata Chakraborty, their daughter Agami Chakraborty Prarthi, and son Ayush Chakraborty Priyam.
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.
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Humayun Kabir at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, August 30.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of six other countries have congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on assuming office as President of Bangladesh.
Legendary singer Abdul Jabbar, whose powerful voice became closely associated with the Liberation War and patriotic music, is being remembered today (August 30) on his ninth death anniversary.
A shortage has been created in the electricity supply in the country due to the crisis of fuel and gas. As a result many have to remain without electricity for a long time starting from the busy time of the day to the time of rest at night. Such a situation in the heat can naturally increase irritation, discomfort and mental pressure. However according to the experts it is also possible to put the time of load shedding to use for mental peace and physical exercise by developing some conscious habits.
Bangladesh Bank has posted a significant rise in its net profit in the last fiscal year. In FY 2025-26 the central bank earned a net profit of nearly Tk 25,900 crore. In the previous fiscal year 2024-25 the profit stood at Tk 22,620 crore. As a result, net profit increased by about Tk 3,280 crore in one year.
