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PM Tarique holds meeting with BNP leaders from Bogura

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday held a meeting with leaders of BNP's Bogura district unit. The meeting was held in the evening at the BNP Chairman's Gulsh... Read More


Taxila Vidyalaya celebrates children's creativity with art festival

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- Taxila Vidyalaya hosted a colourful children's art festival in the capital on Saturday, bringing together young artists in a celebration of creativity, imagination and self-expressio... Read More


11-party alliance backs march to Parliament over enforced disappearances

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- party alliance on Saturday expressed solidarity with the National Committee for the Prevention of Enforced Disappearances' programme to march towards Parliament and submit a memorand... Read More


Child stabbed to death for refusing to pluck betel nuts in Lakshmipur

Lakshmipur, Aug. 29 -- year-old boy was stabbed to death by a man after he refused to pluck betel nuts in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Saturday evening. The deceased, Rishad, was the son of Shahed Hos... Read More


Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman receives APVRS 2026 Distinguished Service Award

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman, a pioneer of modern retinal surgery in Bangladesh and a prominent ophthalmologist, has received the APVRS 2026 Distinguished Service Award from the Asia Pacific... Read More


Enforced Disappearances Day Sunday: Calls grow for justice, accountability

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances will be observed in Bangladesh on Sunday, as elsewhere in the world, highlighting the plight of people who have gone m... Read More


Civil society calls for roadmap to safeguard human rights from climate impacts

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- Civil society organizations on Saturday called for a clear roadmap to protect human rights from the growing impacts of climate change in Bangladesh, stressing the need for stronger i... Read More


PM sets 4-month deadline for ETC rollout, orders Karwan Bazar kitchen market relocation

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday directed the authorities concerned to introduce an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system at toll plazas on expressways and flyovers within... Read More


Nearly Tk 29 lakh worth of drugs, smuggled goods seized in Kushtia

Kushtia, Aug. 29 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized drugs and smuggled goods worth around Tk 28.85 lakh in separate raids along the Kushtia border. BGB conducted the raids at different borde... Read More


Journalists' safety vital to media freedom: Kader Gani Chowdhury

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Secretary General Kader Gani Chowdhury has said media freedom will be curtailed if journalists are not provided with adequate protectio... Read More