Dhaka: General students of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday burned effigies in protest against what they termed defamatory and false remarks made by a Jamaat-e-Islami leader targeting the university and its female students. The protesters burned effigi…
Mirsarai: The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) will set up the country’s first Defence Industrial Zone in Mirsarai, Chattogram, to produce military equipment for domestic use and export. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Investment …
Dhaka: Human rights group Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has condemned the refusal of parole for Jewel Hasan Saddam, president of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila Chhatra League, preventing him from attending the funeral of his wife and nine-month-old child. Saddam,…
Dhaka: President and Executive Chair of the Marana Foundation Nahar Khan on Sunday highlighted the evolving nature of Bangladesh-France relations, emphasizing their shift beyond traditional development cooperation towards economic complementarities, s…
Sundarbans: The recent rescue of a Royal Bengal Tiger after it was caught in a deer snare has once again drawn attention to rampant poaching and the widespread use of deadly traps deep inside the Sundarbans, posing a growing threat to the forest’s ape…
Bhola: Three people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus collided with an auto-rickshaw on the Bhola-Charfassion highway near Gazaria in Lalmohan upazila of Bhola district.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the accident occurred around…
Baltimore: Scientists have developed a new method to track falling space debris in real time using data from existing earthquake sensors, offering greater safety and faster response to potential hazards. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Imp…
Khulna: Water and climate expert Dr Ainun Nishat has issued a stark warning that salinity levels in Khulna city’s water could reach near-ocean levels within the next 50 years. This alarming increase poses significant threats to the biodiversity of the…