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Brazil eyes trade deal with Bangladesh
05:11 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayBrazil, the largest economy in South America, has expressed strong interest in forging a bilateral trade agreement with Bangladesh to deepen economic cooperation between the two nations.
Bangladesh religious freedom still a concern despite reforms: USCIRF
04:56 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayWhile Bangladesh’s interim government has made notable progress in political and administrative reforms since its formation, serious concerns persist over rising religious tensions and shrinking space for religious freedom, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) warned in a report released on Monday, July 21.
PRAN-RFL launches NextGen Campus Ambassador programme, empowers 40 students
04:15 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayIn a bid to nurture young talent and bridge the gap between academia and industry, PRAN-RFL Group, one of Bangladesh’s largest business conglomerates, has selected 40 outstanding students from 22 universities across the country as NextGen Campus Ambassadors.
Eight examiners face permanent ban for student involvement in evaluation
03:48 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayEight examiners have been permanently banned from all public examination duties and face departmental action for gross misconduct during the evaluation of OMR answer sheets in the 2025 SSC and HSC examinations.
Bangladeshi racer Avik Anwar injured in crash at Sepang Int’l Circuit
03:12 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayAvik Anwar, Bangladesh’s pioneering international motorsports champion, was injured in a severe car accident during Race 1 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia on Saturday, July 26.
David hits fastest Australia T20 ton in win over WI
02:56 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayTim David hit the fastest T20 International century by an Australian as they beat the West Indies to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five-match series...
BSF throws Indian worker into Bangladesh using pay loader
02:34 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayAmir Sheikh, a migrant worker in Rajasthan from Kaliachak, Malda, West Bengal, was allegedly labelled a “Bangladeshi” and forcibly pushed into Bangladesh, by the Border Security Force (BSF) using a pay loader machine over the barbed wire fence in Bashirhat, North 24 Parganas.
Milestone tragedy: Chinese medical team offers full support in treating injured
02:24 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayChinese medical team from Wuhan Third Hospital, currently visiting Bangladesh, continued their work at the Bangladesh Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery...
No control anywhere, bribes soar from Tk 1 lakh to Tk 5 lakh: Fakhrul
02:04 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decried the absence of governance and control across the country, alleging a sharp rise in corruption.
Milestone tragedy: I thought my eardrums would burst, survivor Zunaid recalls horror
01:30 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayZunaid recounted the horrifying moments of July 21: “There was a sound – so loud, so sudden,” he said. “I thought my eardrums would burst. Everyone started screaming. We all ran in panic, not knowing where to go.”
CEC calls AI a ‘big challenge’ to parliamentary polls
01:16 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin highlighted Artificial Intelligence as a significant threat to the integrity of the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections.
Man accused in 23 cases hacked dead in Cumilla
01:07 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayA young man was hacked to death by the miscreants on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Gouripur bus stand in Cumilla’s Daudkandi on Friday night, July 25...
School stays closed this week as crash still haunts Milestone students
12:37 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayThe school has announced: Classes and exams will remain suspended this week. There is no date yet for when normalcy might return. Captain (Retd) Jahangir Alam Khan, Principal of the English section of the school, stood near the ruins of Haider Ali Bhaban and spoke softly: “The students are still traumatised. The investigation is ongoing. And healing? That will take much longer.”
Sea ports asked to hoist local cautionary signal 3
12:16 PM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayLow-lying areas in Bangladesh's coastal districts are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, according to a bulletin issued by the Met Office...
Milestone tragedy: Death toll hits 35 as two more die
11:07 AM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayTwo more victims of the fatal plane crash into Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara died on Saturday morning, July 26, raising the death from the tragedy toll to 35...
Trump says Hamas to be ‘hunted down’ as Gaza truce talks wane
09:50 AM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayUnited States President Donald Trump has suggested that Hamas is refusing to agree to a Gaza truce because it fears what comes after all the Israeli captives are released...
Chikungunya outbreak spreads rapidly in Southern China
09:28 AM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayChina is facing a growing outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness, with thousands of cases now reported in the southern part of the country...
Cambodia calls for immediate ceasefire with Thailand
08:40 AM, 26 Jul 2025 SaturdayCambodia has called for an "immediate" ceasefire with Thailand, after two days of cross-border fighting between the two South East Asian neighbours. Cambodia's ambassador to the UN...
Root climbs to second on all-time Test list as England dominate India
09:51 PM, 25 Jul 2025 FridayJoe Root climbed to second on the all-time list of Test run-scorers after hitting a sparkling 38th century on Friday as England hunted a series-clinching win against India...
Fakhrul meets pilot Towkir's family, conveys BNP’s condolences
09:13 PM, 25 Jul 2025 FridayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday met the bereaved family members of Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam, who died in the Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College, and conveyed condolences on behalf of the party and its top leadership...