Category: General
Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar Criticized for Wedding Performance Video
Dhaka: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar and his wife, singer-host Shibani Dandekar, have drawn criticism on social media after a video of them performing at a wedding went viral. The clip, widely shared on social media, shows Farhan, dressed in a black s…
Three Killed in Collision on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj Highway
Dhaka: Three people including two women lost their lives and two others were injured when a truck collided with a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway at Shambhuganj in the Sadar upazila of Mymensingh district.
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India Series in September to Proceed as Scheduled, Announces Bangladesh Sports Minister
Dhaka: Sports Minister Aminul Haque stated on Tuesday that he anticipates India’s cricket team will tour Bangladesh in September as planned. This announcement comes amidst hopes that the series will aid in mending cricket relations that have been unde…
Akhter Alleges BNP Has Abandoned 31-Point Pledge and July Charter Commitment
Dhaka: National Citizen Party (NCP) Member Secretary and Rangpur-4 MP Akhter Hossen on Tuesday alleged that the BNP government has strayed from its 31-point electoral commitment, including promises of constitutional reforms and implementation of the J…
LGED Executive Engineer Sentenced to 8 Years in Jail for Corruption Case
Dhaka: A Noakhali court has sentenced a Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) official, Saif Ullah Tipu, to eight years in prison in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for acquiring wealth beyond his known sources of i…
Sammilito Islami Bank Depositors Demand Roadmap to Return Funds with Profit, Cancellation of ‘Haircut’
Dhaka: Affected depositors of the five merged banks under the Sammilito Islami Bank staged demonstrations in the capital on Tuesday, demanding the immediate issuance of an official gazette notification cancelling the “haircut” mechanism on their depos…
Milestone School Honors Lives Lost in Fighter Jet Crash with Solemn Commemoration
Dhaka: Milestone School and College on Tuesday paid tribute to the victims of last year’s Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash, marking the first anniversary of the tragedy with solemn remembrance, prayers, and commemorative events at its Diabari ca…
Deputy Minister’s Public Day Intervention Brings New Hope to Late Soldier’s Family
Polonnaruwa: The plight of the family of the late soldier, DGNN Dodantenna (S/248096), who passed away due to a heart attack while serving in the Sri Lanka Army, has received a timely response following the intervention of the Deputy Minister of Defen…