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No government can sustain without empowering local bodies: DSCC Administrator

Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam on Saturday said the government can't sustain itself without strengthening local government bodies and the current admin... Read More


Irene Khan assumes charge as Bangladesh's permanent representative to UN

, Aug. 29 -- Internationally renowned human rights expert Irene Zubaida Khan has assumed office as Bangladesh's new permanent representative to the United Nations. Irene Khan formally took charge on ... Read More


Housewife found dead in Khagrachhari

Khagrachhari, Aug. 29 -- Police on Saturday noon recovered the body of a housewife from her residence in a remote area of Mohalchari upazila of Khagrachhari district. The deceased was identified as N... Read More


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