Today’s News
BSS : Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her firm determination to execute the...
Mokarram Hossain (back from Pakistan) : It had been drizzling outside since early morning. The day was Sunday, the 12th...
DU Correspondent : Teachers at public universities nationwide have erupted in protest against their inclusion in the Universal Pension Scheme (UPS), demanding the cancellation of the Finance Ministry’s notification. Terming the pension scheme as discriminatory, educators from various public universities, including the four autonomous institutions—Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahi University, and Chittagong University—staged human chains and protests on Sunday. The protests were organized under the respective teachers’ associations as part of a pre-scheduled program by the Federation of Bangladesh University...
UNB : Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Shilpa Parishad, an organization of newspaper owners, placed a 14-point demand including the payment of all outstanding advertisement bills owed to newspapers by government agencies, including Department of Films and Publications (DFP), by next June. If not, the leaders of this organisation and publishers warned of waging a systematic movement to realise their demands from next July. The demands were read out during a regular meeting addressing the ongoing problems of the newspaper industry and its...
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Sports
AFP, France : Kylian Mbappe said, he is proud to leave Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) with his “head hold high” after winning Saturday’s French Cup final, but said he would wait...
AFP, Geneva : Casper Ruud downed Novak Djokovic’s conqueror Tomas Machac on Saturday to win a third Geneva title and head into the French Open with a trophy in his...
BSS, Dhaka : Finals of both the Men’s and Women’s Independence Day Handball competitions will be held today at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city,...
Agency : Bangladesh repaired some of their battered pride by beating the USA by 10 wickets in the third and final game of the three-match series on Saturday in Houston,...
AFP, Eugene : World champion Sha’carri Richardson will run her first 100m of the Olympic year on Sunday at the Eugene Diamond League, where Jakob Ingebrigtsen headlines a star-studded mile...
Business
Business Desk : The success of the Bashundhara Cement Sales Conference 2024 spotlights Bashundhara Group’s position as a driving force of economic growth and innovation in Bangladesh. Bashundhara Cement organized a daylong “Annual Sales Conference-2024” titled with “Empowering Sales through Innovation and Strategy” inaugurated by Bashundhara Group’s Vice Chairman Safwan Sobhan at city’s International Convention City Bashundhara, recently. Attended by over 300 members of Bashundhara Cement’s salesforce to unite, the Sales Conference concluded with resounding success, marking a pivotal moment...
Business Report : At the 17th Dhaka Motor Show 2024, Asian MotorSpeX Limited unveiled three new and advanced models from the ‘Jaecoo’ and ‘Omoda’ brands. The models, JAECOO J7, OMODA C5, and OMODA E5, captured the attention of show-goers immediately after their launch, thanks to their cutting-edge features, attractive design, and aesthetic presentation. The unveiling event was graced by Dewan Shajedur Rahman, Managing Director of Asian MotorSpeX Limited, along with other officials. Prominent social media influencers Rafsan Sabab, Hamza Khan...
Business report : Bidi workers demanded that the bidi industry to be declared a cottage industry by withdrawing the bidi duty and advance income tax as during Bangabandhu’s era. They called for an end to the conspiracy of the British American Tobacco Company by demanding all kinds of benefits to the workers from the government like the neighboring country India. Bangladesh Bidi Sramik Federation, Greater Rangpur Region made these demands from the labor rally held at Rangpur Public Library ground...
Business Report : Shanta Holdings Ltd, the country’s leading real estate developer, on 24 May announced a new project called “Dhaka Tower” – a 500 ft skyscraper designed by the renowned studio “The Office of Metropolitan Architects (OMA)” of Netherlands. The launching event was attended by OMA partner Lyad Alsaka, says a press release. Meanwhile, the groundbreaking for Dhaka Tower is complete, and the project is now open for bookings and due for completion by 2028. Once built, the 1.5...
International
AFP : Survivors reported having to kick down doors and leap out of windows to escape the inferno that swept through a centre packed full of young people enjoying games, including bowling, Indian media reported on Sunday. Lines of bodies draped in white cloths were laid out before being taken away from the centre in Rajkot, a city in the western state of Gujarat. The four children reported dead were all aged under 12, said police, who warned that many...
Al Jazeera : Eighteen-year-olds will have to perform a mandatory national service if the Conservative Party is voted back to power in the United Kingdom’s July 4 election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced. The UK has “generations of young people who have not had the opportunities they deserve”, and this measure would help unite society in an “increasingly uncertain world”, Sunak said on Saturday. The prime minister’s plan would entail young people being given a choice between a full-time...
BBC : They were shadow people, moving beyond the light of small fires on a winter dawn. There was no hint then that I was about to encounter one of the most extraordinary sights of my time in South Africa. In this part of the country, winter is a cold, dry season that burns the veld brown. The ground is hard like flint and when the wind blows across the plains, dust covers the squatters and all that they carry....
Entertainment
Entertainment Report : The hero of the popular Turkish series ‘Kurulus Osman’ Burak Özçivit is roaming the streets of Dhaka in an open jeep. At this time, he waved his...
Entertainment Report : Director Sanjoy Somadder’s upcoming web film ‘Poison’ is set to premiere on the OTT platform Deepto Play this Eid-ul-Azha. Its recently released teaser has generated significant buzz...
Entertainment Desk : Apart from the country, popular film actress and model of Bangladesh Nusraat Faria also works regularly in West Bengal of India. She is also involved as an...
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Sharna Lata Debnath is one of the popular faces of Bangladesh’s TV dramas, and also the favourite actress of audience. She has acted in many dramas...
Entertainment Report : The official poster of the Sunny Sanwar directorial movie titled ‘Esha Murder’ starring Azmeri Haque Badhon as a police officer, was released yesterday. The poster features Badhon’s...
Life Style
Campus Life : Jointly organized by the NSU School of Health Science and the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, USA, a certificate course titled “Analytics & Machine Learning Techniques for Maternal and Health Interventions” was held at the NSU campus on 17 July, 2023. The event aimed to explore the applications of machine learning in improving maternal healthcare and brought together renowned experts and professionals in the field.The lead speaker at the event was Dr. Javed Mostafa, an...
Campus Report : The UAP Law Orators Debating Club (UAPLODC) is committed to the development of a debating community among the students of the Department of Law and Human Rights at the University of Asia Pacific (UAP). In addition to fostering creativity via debating, the club’s objectives include sharing and critiquing the work of peers; develop excellent oral and written communication skills, excellent critical thinking skills, and effective tools for research, organization and presentation. Debate helps students become more interested...
