Dhaka: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday congratulated the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) team for winning the world title at the MATE ROV International Underwater Robot Competition 2026 and pledged full government support t…
Madrid: Skywatchers are set for a rare celestial spectacle on August 12 when a total solar eclipse sweeps across parts of Spain, Iceland, and Greenland, accompanied by a planetary alignment before dawn and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower after s…
Dhaka: Police have arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on charges of raping a college girl in Jashore’s Chougachha upazila. The arrestee, Arafat Hossain Rabbi, 22, serves as the senior joint general secretary of the Chougachha G…
Dhaka: Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Sunday accused the BNP of resorting to the same authoritarian practices that opposition parties had faced during the fascist Awami League regime, …
Dhaka: The government has appointed Prof Dr Engineer Md Sabbir Mostafa Khan, head of the Department of Water Resources Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), as the new chairman of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sew…
Rajshahi: The government has appointed a law firm in Dubai to challenge the conditional bail granted to former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed by a Dubai court, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced on Sunday. “We are trying to obta…
Dhaka: The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday clarified its position on the recent termination of 17 employees, stating that the move was part of a long-term organisational transformation process that has been underway since 2022, and not a sudden o…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Sunday raised the retail price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for August by Tk 70, setting the price of a 12kg cylinder at Tk 1,598, up from Tk 1,528.
According to United News of Bangladesh,…