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JU hall playground renovation resumes defying admin order

JU, Aug. 28 -- Renovation work on the playground adjacent to Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore Hall at Jahangirnagar University (JU) resumed on Friday despite an administrative order to suspend the work ... Read More


Ziaur Rahman Foundation provides free eye care to 5,000 underprivileged people in Bogura

Bogura, Aug. 28 -- Around 5,000 underprivileged people received free eye treatment at a daylong eye camp in Bogura on Friday. The initiative was taken by noted cardiologist Dr Zubaida Rahman, vice pr... Read More


Fake Facebook IDs, pages operated in Rizvi's name; GD filed

Dhaka, Aug. 28 -- Multiple fake Facebook IDs and pages allegedly operated using the name and photographs of BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi have been used to circulate various political... Read More


Woman bitten by snake dies on the way to hospital after wasting time seeing quack

Kushtia, Aug. 28 -- A housewife died after being bitten by a venomous snake in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, with her family allegedly wasting crucial time taking her to a traditional healer instead o... Read More


Gaibandha schoolteacher found hanging two days day after wedding

Gaibandha, Aug. 28 -- Police recovered the hanging body of a schoolteacher from a banana orchard in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on Friday, two days after his marriage. The deceased was identifie... Read More


Ismail Ould elected new OIC secretary general

, Aug. 28 -- Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has been elected new secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Ismail Ould, a Mauritanian diplomat and former foreign minister, took th... Read More


Five children drown in Chapainawabganj river

, Aug. 28 -- Five children drowned while taking a bath in the Pagla River in the Char Chakla area of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified immediatel... Read More


Two-day Sultan Festival begins in Narail

Narail, Aug. 28 -- day Sultan Festival began in Narail on Friday marking the birth anniversary of SM Sultan, widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Indian subcontinent, with more than 2... Read More


3 more children die of measles-like symptoms in Sylhet

, Aug. 28 -- Three children died of measles-like symptoms in Sylhet division in the last 24 hours till Friday morning, taking the total number of deaths from the disease and related symptoms in the di... Read More


Rohingya genocide case: ICJ verdict expected in October

, Aug. 28 -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to deliver its verdict in the case concerning the genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar in October, 2026, Gambia's Attorney General... Read More