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Glitch grounds Biman flight in Dubai, 178 passengers stranded
08:55 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayA Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Dhaka via Sylhet was grounded at Dubai International Airport late Tuesday night after engineers detected a mechanical glitch during a pre-departure inspection leaving 178 passengers stranded and forcing the national flag carrier to arrange emergency accommodation and meals.
Jamaat’s a party of traitors: BNP’s Alauddin launches attack ahead of elections
08:25 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayIn a fiery political salvo aimed at discrediting its former ally, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Central Committee Senior Member Kazi Alauddin branded Jamaat-e-Islami as “a party of traitors” whose “words and actions never match,” accusing the Islamist outfit of political hypocrisy and historical betrayal.
BNP, Jamaat, NCP leaders on Yunus’ entourage to UNGA
08:04 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York later this month, accompanied by four senior political leaders from Bangladesh’s major political parties.
Hasina and family can't use postal voting
07:49 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayOusted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 10 members of her family will not be able to cast their votes in the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections through a postal ballot system.
EU lays out new tariffs, sanctions on Israel
07:42 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayThe European Union laid out Wednesday its toughest plan yet to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza as Palestinians fled en masse from Israeli tanks, drones and troops pushing deeper into the coastal enclave ravaged by 23 months of war...
5 more dengue deaths, 622 fresh cases recorded in 24 hrs
07:17 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayFive more deaths were reported from dengue in the last 24 hours (from Tuesday 8:00am to Wednesday 8:00am), taking the total number of fatalities to 161 this year...
Body formed to reach consensus over engineers' demands
06:40 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayA committee has been formed to reach a consensus on the demands pressed by the protesting BSc, and diploma engineers, and a promise has been made not to stage protest until the committee submits its report...
The last artisans: Can Rupganj's 200-year-old amulet casing craft be saved?
06:15 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayThe amulet casing of Rupganj is more than metal, it’s memory. It’s the clink of belief in a changing world. It’s the last stand of a craft older than the British Raj, older than partition, older than modern Bangladesh itself.
Yunus vows free, peaceful, festive elections in Feb
05:26 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to holding a free, fair, transparent, and festive general election in the first half of February next year.
PRAN Dairy holds seminar to raise awareness on safe milk production
05:19 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayTo ensure safe milk production, it is essential to raise awareness among farmers and establish effective cooperation among stakeholders...
All project tenders to go online to curb mafia influence: Wahiduddin
05:16 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayIn a major move to enhance transparency and root out corruption, Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud announced that all government project tenders will henceforth be conducted online.
'Hilsa for Tk 10!' MP aspirant’s fishy campaign backfires
05:00 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayIn what can only be described as “the most deliciously disastrous campaign stunt of the decade,” independent MP aspirant Mufti Maulana Raihan Jamil promised voters in Faridpur-4 they could buy premium hilsa, Bangladesh’s most sacred fish, for just Tk 10. What followed? Absolute piscine pandemonium.
Technical students warn of tougher movement if demands not met
04:54 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayProtesting technical students have warned to go for a tougher movement if their demands are not met...
Seven years, no train: Sirajganj-Bogura rail link still just on paper
04:32 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayWhat was meant to be a transformative rail corridor linking North Bengal to Dhaka in just five hours, slashing 130 km off the journey and saving four hours, has instead become a seven-year saga of bureaucratic delays, financing failures, and missed opportunities.
France opens new visa centre in Dhaka
04:06 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayFrench Ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy has inaugurated the new visa application centre with the VFS Global to facilitate travel for Bangladesh residents...
Technical students lift blockade at Satrasta after 3 hours
03:47 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayAfter staging a three-hour blockade that brought traffic in central Dhaka to a standstill, technical students lifted their protest at Satrasta intersection in Tejgaon around 2:00pm on Wednesday, restoring normalcy to one of the capital’s busiest corridors.
Experts recommend constitutional order to implement July Charter
02:33 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayExperts have recommended implementing the constitutional proposals of the July Charter through a Constitutional Order (CO). They also suggested seeking public approval for the order via a referendum, potentially held on the same day as the national elections.
Trump confirms US-China deal to keep TikTok operational
01:49 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayA deal has been made between the US and China to keep TikTok running in the US, according to President Donald Trump.
Sun outage may disrupt satellite broadcasts for 8 days
01:30 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) has warned that satellite-based broadcasts in the country may face disruptions for eight consecutive days starting September 29 due to sun outage.
Polytechnic students block Satrasta over 3-point demands
12:27 PM, 17 Sep 2025 WednesdayStudents from polytechnic institutes have blocked the Satrasta intersection in Tejgaon, Dhaka, protesting the alleged destruction of the technical education system and the shrinking of engineering job opportunities.