Tarique Rahman likely to return home by end of November
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to return home by the end of this month, ending his 17 years…
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BNP, Jamaat block highway over Gazipur-6 seat issue
Supporters of BNP and others on Wednesday morning blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for around one and a half hours in Tongi College Gate area demanding restoration of the Gazipur-6…
Pakistan upstage Sri Lanka in first ODI as Agha and Rauf shine
Pakistan rode on a fighting century from Salman Agha and four wickets from Haris Rauf to beat Sri Lanka by six runs in the opening one-day international in Rawalpindi on…
3 buses set on fire in Gazipur
Miscreants set fire to three buses at different locations in Gazipur on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, triggering panic among people. However, no casualties have so far been reported, according…
Zero tolerance for stoking fear
As our nation approaches what is inarguably the most critical elections we have had in about two decades, we are appalled to see an all-too-familiar pattern of violence is rearing…
Bangladesh-WFP welcome Korea’s new rice donation for Rohingya response
The Government of Bangladesh, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday held a handover ceremony for a rice donation by…
10hrs power outage in parts of Sylhet city Wednesday
Power supply will remain suspended for 10 hours in several areas of Sylhet city on Wednesday due to transformer repair and maintenance, development of electric cable lines and trimming of…
BNP opts for patience over protest in standoff on July Charter
With the interim government’s seven-day window for political consensus on the July National Charter now closed, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has reaffirmed its refusal to engage in any dialogue…
Kulsum carries local hopes at Asian Archery Championships
On the third morning of the Teer 24th Asian Archery Championships 2025 at the Bangladesh National Stadium, all eyes were on Kulsum Akter Moni, who kept the host nation’s hopes…
21 years on, Palestine remembers Yasser Arafat
On November 11, 21 years ago in 2004, the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was declared a martyr at Percy Military Hospital in Paris. Since then, the Palestinian people in…