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DUCSU vote count to be streamed live on LED screens
08:48 AM, 08 Sep 2025 MondayIn a bid to ensure transparency and build student confidence, the vote count for the DUCSU and hall union elections will be broadcast live on LED screens installed outside each polling station.
Rashidpur well resumes, gas worth Tk 4,700cr expected
08:33 AM, 08 Sep 2025 MondayRashidpur gas field in Habiganj is set to resume supply from a previously shut-in well, which is expected to produce 10 million cubic feet of gas per day.
Gold price soars: 22-carat reaches Tk 181,550 per bhori
09:57 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayThe price of gold in the country’s market has increased again. The new price for the highest-quality 22-carat gold per bhori (11.664 grams) has been set at Tk 181,550, up by Tk 2,718, marking a new record high.
No power on earth can stop election: Press Secretary
09:08 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayChief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said that the national election will be held by the first half of February at any cost. “No power on earth can stop this election,” he stated.
Govt warns rural electrification staff: return in 24hrs or face action
08:07 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayRural Electrification officers and staff who have been absent under the banner of a mass strike demanding four-point demands have been directed to return to their respective workplaces within 24 hours, failing which legal action will be taken.
3 more die of Dengue; 580 hospitalised in 24 hours
06:50 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayThree more deaths from dengue were reported in the 24 hours up to Sunday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 135 this year.
Yunus directs full support for DUCSU polls
05:45 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayChief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has directed that full support be provided to the Dhaka University administration to ensure that the DUCSU elections are held in a peaceful and festive atmosphere.
Inflation falls to 8.29% in August, lowest in 3 years
05:26 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayThe country’s inflation rate eased slightly in August this year, reaching its lowest level in over three years. On a point-to-point basis, overall inflation fell to 8.29% in August, compared to 8.55% in July.
Workers block Mohakhali road, trigger severe congestion
04:25 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayTransport workers blocked the road in Mohakhali by parking buses across both lanes on Sunday, causing severe traffic congestion in Mohakhali and surrounding areas.
People to pay tribute to Badruddin at Shaheed Minar Monday
03:54 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayThe body of prominent writer, researcher, and leftist intellectual Badruddin Umar will be taken to the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka at 10:00 am on Monday, allowing people from all walks of life to pay their last respects.
Yunus mourns Badruddin, hails him as beacon of free thought
03:34 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Badruddin Umar, one of the foremost leaders of the freedom loving people's struggle, a politician, progressive thinker, sociologist, and writer.
Polls environment 100% favorable, no uncertainty: EC Anwarul
03:23 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayElection Commissioner Anwarul Islam has said that the environment for the upcoming national parliamentary elections is, so far, one hundred percent favorable across the country.
Japan PM Ishiba to step down
02:38 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to resign to avoid a split within the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), broadcaster NHK has reported...
Jahangir admits slight deterioration in law and order
02:25 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayHome Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday, September 7, acknowledged that the country’s law and order situation has seen a slight deterioration...
Primary school midday meal programme to resume soon: Adviser
01:40 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayThe government will resume the midday meal programme at government primary schools in 150 upazilas of the country in late September or early October...
1 killed in blast during cricket match in Pakistan
12:53 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayAt least one person was killed in a bomb blast while a cricket match was being played in Bajaur district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, according to the police...
Sabalenka beat Anisimova to retain US Open title
12:18 PM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayWorld number one Aryna Sabalenka battled past home hope Amanda Anisimova to retain her US Open title and finally secure her first Grand Slam trophy of the year...
Eminent writer and researcher Badruddin Umar dies
11:50 AM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayEminent writer and researcher Badruddin Umar has passed away at the age of 94. He breathed his last around 10:05am on Sunday, September 7, Faizul Hakim, general secretary of Jatiya Mukti Council, told the media...
Attack, vandalism at Kader Siddique's home
10:50 AM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayKrishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) President Kader Siddique's Tangail home came under attack and was vandalised in the early hours of Sunday, September 7. The incident occurred at his home at Akurtakur Para in the town around 12:30am...
UK police arrest over 425 pro-Palestinian protesters
10:00 AM, 07 Sep 2025 SundayMore than 425 people have been arrested at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action...