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47th BCS Candidates Lay Siege to PSC Office

47th BCS Candidates Lay Siege to PSC Office

Candidates who passed the preliminary exam of the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) have laid siege to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) office, demanding a logical timeframe for the wr...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Bangladesh to Import 50,000 Tonnes of Rice from India

Bangladesh to Import 50,000 Tonnes of Rice from India

The government has approved a proposal to import 50,000 metric tonnes of rice from India at a cost of Tk 217.69 crore.The approval came at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CC...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Disabled Graduates on Hunger Strike for Special Recruitment Quota

Disabled Graduates on Hunger Strike for Special Recruitment Quota

A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities have been observing a hunger strike at Dhaka University’s Raju Sculpture, demanding special recruitment measures and other facilities through an execu...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Govt Firm on Holding Polls in February: Asif Nazrul

Govt Firm on Holding Polls in February: Asif Nazrul

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Sunday said there is no reason to be worried about the upcoming national election, as the government is determined to hold it in the fi...

  • 09 Nov 2025
BSEC issues new margin loan rules with relaxed enforcement

BSEC issues new margin loan rules with relaxed enforcement

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has issued a gazette notification introducing new margin loan regulations, with a relaxed enforcement period to help the market adjust smoothly...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Russia launches 450 drones, 45 missiles across Ukraine: Zelenskyy

Russia launches 450 drones, 45 missiles across Ukraine: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia launched more than 450 attack drones and 45 missiles across multiple regions of Ukraine, causing casualties and significant infrastructure damag...

  • 09 Nov 2025
15 new DCs appointed in midnight reshuffle

15 new DCs appointed in midnight reshuffle

The interim government has appointed new district commissioners (DCs) in 15 districts across the country.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard around midnight on S...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Navy rescues 13 fishermen adrift in Bay of Bengal

Navy rescues 13 fishermen adrift in Bay of Bengal

Bangladesh Navy has rescued 13 fishermen along with a fishing trawler that had been adrift in the Bay of Bengal after its engine broke down.According to a Navy press release issued on Saturday night,...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson opens up about depression after divorce

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson opens up about depression after divorce

Hollywood star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has reflected on the emotional toll of his 2007 divorce from Dany Garcia, saying the experience “rocked” him and led to a difficult period of depression.Speaki...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Jennifer Lawrence says some male directors ‘over-direct’ to feel in control

Jennifer Lawrence says some male directors ‘over-direct’ to feel in control

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has opened up about the differences she’s noticed between working with male and female directors, saying some male filmmakers tend to “over-direct” to assert co...

  • 09 Nov 2025
15 Palestinian Bodies Returned by Israel Show Signs of Abuse

15 Palestinian Bodies Returned by Israel Show Signs of Abuse

Gaza’s Health Ministry has said it received the remains of 15 Palestinians released by Israel through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) under a ceasefire agreement.In a statement on...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Primary teachers begin countrywide work abstention

Primary teachers begin countrywide work abstention

Government primary school teachers across the country began a work abstention from Sunday to press home their three-point demand, including upgrading their pay scale to the 10th grade.The announcement...

  • 09 Nov 2025
BMU VC urges parents to protect children from growing threat of junk food consumption

BMU VC urges parents to protect children from growing threat of junk food consumption

Highlighting a growing health concern among children, Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam has called for concerted efforts to protect the younger generati...

  • 09 Nov 2025
Tarique calls dissent part of democracy, vows inclusive politics

Tarique calls dissent part of democracy, vows inclusive politics

BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said reaching consensus through dissent or a note of descent is a mark of civilized democracy, emphasizing that no government should serve partisan int...

  • 08 Nov 2025
Salahuddin Terms Mujib ‘Self-Declared President’, Hasina ‘Bearer of Baksal Ideology’

Salahuddin Terms Mujib ‘Self-Declared President’, Hasina ‘Bearer of Baksal Ideology’

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a “self-declared president” and Sheikh Hasina as a “fascist ruler inspired by Baksal ideology....

  • 08 Nov 2025
Interim Govt Shouldn’t Flex Its Muscles: Salahuddin Warns

Interim Govt Shouldn’t Flex Its Muscles: Salahuddin Warns

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has cautioned the interim government against “showing excessive strength” by setting a seven-day deadline for political consensus on the referendum issue...

  • 08 Nov 2025
Good Governance, Reforms Take Time: Press Secretary

Good Governance, Reforms Take Time: Press Secretary

Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser Shafiqul Alam has said that good governance and reforms cannot be achieved overnight, noting that in some countries such reforms took more than a decade of discuss...

  • 08 Nov 2025
Trump Administration Introduces New Health-Based Visa Restrictions

Trump Administration Introduces New Health-Based Visa Restrictions

The Trump administration has issued new guidance for US visa applicants, indicating that individuals with certain medical conditions, including diabetes, obesity, and heart disease, could face visa de...

  • 08 Nov 2025
Took To Streets to Shape Public Opinion Not as a Pressure Group: Jamaat

Took To Streets to Shape Public Opinion Not as a Pressure Group: Jamaat

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad has said that Jamaat is not a pressure group but a political organisation that represents the people’s opinions and aspirat...

  • 08 Nov 2025
President Shahabuddin in Pabna on a Two-Day Visit

President Shahabuddin in Pabna on a Two-Day Visit

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has arrived in his home district of Pabna on a two-day official visit, marking his fifth trip to the district since assuming office.The President reached the Pabna Distr...

  • 08 Nov 2025