The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has issued an urgent notice extending the deadline for motor vehicle ors to update all vehicle documents and driving licenses without paying fines until October 29. Under this final opportunity, owners can update fitness certificates, tax tokens, Continue Reading

The traditional political party Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party has expressed deep concern over a recent government initiative to borrow approximately $3.3 billion USD for power distribution development and energy imports. In a joint statement issued yesterday, Thursday, party Ameer Allama Abdul Qaiyum Sobhani and Secretary General Maulana Musa Bin Izhar warned that these Continue Reading

Stanford University, a prestigious institution in California, USA, has recently published an international list of the world’s top two percent of researchers across various disciplines. This list was compiled by analyzing data from Scopus, the renowned Netherlands-based publishing company. This international recognition is awarded based on a composite score that Continue Reading

Protesting students at the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology locked the main campus gate yesterday amid rumors that newly appointed Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Sheikh Shariful Alam might arrive. Although students maintained positions throughout the day, the new VC did not enter the campus and reportedly stayed at the Chattogram Circuit House, where he Continue Reading

Despite a prolonged slump in the Khulna region’s shrimp export trade and delayed hilsa export approvals for Durga Puja, commercial farming of pabda and tengra fish has brought a glimmer of hope to farmers. Facing falling shrimp profits, producers in Khulna, Satkhira, and Jashore have shifted toward cultivating these freshwater species at a lower cost, […]Continue Reading

The formal process to upgrade Cox’s Bazar into a city corporation has advanced with a public notice issued by the district administration to transform the existing municipality. The proposed city corporation will span approximately 169.64 square kilometers, incorporating the current municipality alongside specific areas and 12 mauzas from five adjacent unions. Signed Continue Reading

Tasnim Shirin Mahabub, an associate professor in the Department of English at Dhaka University, has been relieved of all teaching duties following student allegations that she labeled a niqab-wearing student a fundamentalist and a terrorist while suggesting she could carry out a bomb attack. The incident occurred during a class on Wednesday for the 2019-20 […]Continue Reading

Investigator Md. Rafiqul Islam testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, revealing that administrative inquiries were deliberately staged to legitimize extrajudicial killings orchestrated by Major General Ziaul Ahsan, widely dubbed ‘Hasina’s butcher.’ Testifying as the 15th prosecution witness, Islam stated that whenever an extrajudicial killing Continue Reading

India is keen to maintain a stable, positive, and cooperative bilateral relationship with Bangladesh, stated Randhir Jaiswal, the spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs. The spokesperson remarked yesterday during a press briefing on bilateral relations and regional cooperation. He also mentioned that India places importance on a constructive and Continue Reading

Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, the Pir Shaheb of Charmonai and Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, has urged the government to meaningfully involve Ulema-e-Karam in the ongoing state reconstruction process following the July mass uprising. Speaking as the chief guest at the National Ulama Summit at the Krishibid Institution in Farmgate, Dhaka, he asserted that […]Continue Reading