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Fakhrul anxious over nat'l polls delay

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday voiced concern that certain political parties are making a grave mistake by attempting to delay or obstruct the upcoming... Read More


Trump to Asia aiming to make deals with Xi

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- US President Donald Trump is set to embark on a major trip to Asia this week with all eyes on an expected meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that has huge implications for the gl... Read More


ACC to gain authority to probe corruption abroad

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to receive expanded powers to investigate corruption allegations involving Bangladeshi nationals both at home and abroad, as well as forei... Read More


Political parties should focus on fulfilling aspirations of July

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- The speakers at a discussion meeting said that political parties should prioritise the fulfilment of the aspirations of the July uprising rather than the pursuit of power. Otherwise,... Read More


Thousands maintain livelihood by selling grass in Tangail's chars

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- As the water of the Jamuna River recedes, vast sandbars known as chars emerge across the river basin in Tangail. These fertile charlands now produce abundant grass, which has become... Read More


Human chain held protesting bar to river management

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- A human chain and protest meeting held in South Ullah Bormotair area of Bharatkhal Union in Saghata upazila, Gaibandha, following obstruction to river management and erosion control ... Read More


CUCSU elected representatives take oath

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Before officially assuming office, the elected representatives of the Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) and Hall Parliament took oath. The oath-taking ceremony w... Read More


BNP campaigns for 'sheaf of paddy'

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- On Wednesday,local BNP leaders and activists, supported by Khaleda Zia and Rafiqul Alam Majnu, distributed rice sheafs in the Chandana Gram of Ward No. 1 of Chithlia Union and its su... Read More


Gaza funerals held for unidentified Palestinians, bodies returned by Israel

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Israel has returned the bodies of dozens more unidentified Palestinians to Gaza for burial in a mass grave in Deir el-Balah, with some badly mutilated and bearing marks of torture an... Read More


New Japan PM to advance defence spending target: Reports

Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to achieve the target of spending two percent of GDP on defence two years early, media reports said days before a visit by US President... Read More