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For the First Time, Amar Ekushey Book Fair Scheduled in December

For the First Time, Amar Ekushey Book Fair Scheduled in December

Bangla Academy has decided to hold this year’s Amar Ekushey Book Fair in December for the first time, breaking the tradition of holding it every February to commemorate Language Martyrs’ Day.The decis...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Experience from Student Union Elections to Guide Upcoming National Polls: Home Adviser

Experience from Student Union Elections to Guide Upcoming National Polls: Home Adviser

Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, on Thursday said that the experience gained from university student union elections will be useful in e...

  • 18 Sep 2025
First-Year Classes at Jahangirnagar University to Begin September 21

First-Year Classes at Jahangirnagar University to Begin September 21

The first-year classes for the 2024-25 academic session of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will commence on September 21, the university administration confirmed on Thrusday.Deputy Registrar (Academic)...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Moyeen Khan Calls for Reform of Ongoing Political Reform Process

Moyeen Khan Calls for Reform of Ongoing Political Reform Process

Moyeen Khan, a member of the BNP’s Standing Committee said the ongoing political reform process itself needs reform, pointing out that the year-long process has so far failed to reach any meaningful s...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Bangladesh Holds First BCDP Board Meeting to Strengthen Integrated Climate Finance

Bangladesh Holds First BCDP Board Meeting to Strengthen Integrated Climate Finance

The first board meeting of the Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership (BCDP) on integrated climate finance was held Thursday at the Chief Adviser’s Office, aiming to chart a coordinated path for t...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Meta Brings Apps, Directions, and Live Translations to Your Lens

Meta Brings Apps, Directions, and Live Translations to Your Lens

Meta took the wraps off its latest hardware innovation — a new pair of Ray-Ban branded smart glasses equipped with a built-in display that shows apps, alerts, and navigation directly on the right lens...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Civil and Criminal Courts Separated for the First Time to Reduce Case Backlog

Civil and Criminal Courts Separated for the First Time to Reduce Case Backlog

For the first time in Bangladesh’s history, civil and criminal courts have been fully separated in a landmark move aimed at reducing the country’s mounting case backlog and expediting judicial proceed...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Saudi-Pak Defence Pact Raises Concerns in India

Saudi-Pak Defence Pact Raises Concerns in India

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a landmark mutual defence agreement, deepening their decades-old security partnership and triggering fresh concerns in India about regional stability. The deal, s...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Silicon Giants Unite: Nvidia Invests $5B in Intel for AI Push

Silicon Giants Unite: Nvidia Invests $5B in Intel for AI Push

Nvidia, the global leader in advanced chip technology, revealed on Thursday that it will invest $5 billion in Intel as part of a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence (A...

  • 18 Sep 2025
90s Kids: Living Between Two Worlds of Memory and Modernity

90s Kids: Living Between Two Worlds of Memory and Modernity

If you grew up in Bangladesh in the 1990s, chances are your childhood was filled with chalkboards, tin lunchboxes, outdoor games, cassette players, and Friday morning cartoons on BTV. You didn’t have...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Spotify: From Stockholm Startup to the World’s Soundtrack

Spotify: From Stockholm Startup to the World’s Soundtrack

In 2006, two young entrepreneurs in Sweden had a simple yet bold idea: what if listening to music could be as easy and legal as pirating it? Nearly two decades later, that idea, called Spotify, has gr...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Apply Now: World Bank Seeks Future Leaders for 2025

Apply Now: World Bank Seeks Future Leaders for 2025

The World Bank Group (WBG) has announced the launch of its highly competitive Young Professionals Program (YPP) 2025, calling for applications from outstanding individuals worldwide who aspire to shap...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Islami Andolan Demands Referendum on PR System for Upcoming Election

Islami Andolan Demands Referendum on PR System for Upcoming Election

Islami Andolan Bangladesh Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim demanded a national referendum on whether the next parliamentary election should be held under the Proportional Represen...

  • 18 Sep 2025
South Asia Trade Fair 2025 Kicks Off in Dhaka to Boost Regional Trade and Economy

South Asia Trade Fair 2025 Kicks Off in Dhaka to Boost Regional Trade and Economy

The four-day “South Asia Trade Fair 2025” began in Dhaka on Thursday, bringing together top brands and entrepreneurs from SAARC countries under one roof with an aim to strengthen regional trade and ec...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Good firms to enter capital market under revised IPO system: DSE Chairman

Good firms to enter capital market under revised IPO system: DSE Chairman

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Chairman Mominul Islam on Thursday expressed optimism that quality companies will enter the capital market under the revised Initial Public Offering (IPO) system, while weak...

  • 18 Sep 2025
From Tragedy to Triumph: Felani’s Brother Joins BGB

From Tragedy to Triumph: Felani’s Brother Joins BGB

Fourteen years after the heart-wrenching killing of teenager Felani Khatun by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Kurigram border, her family has found a glimmer of hope in the most unexp...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Evaly’s Rassel, Shamima Jailed for 3 Years in Fraud Case

Evaly’s Rassel, Shamima Jailed for 3 Years in Fraud Case

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced Evaly Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohammad Rassel and Chairperson Shamima Nasrin to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a fraud case filed over embezzling mon...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Home Secretary makes sudden visit to Pakistan

Home Secretary makes sudden visit to Pakistan

Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Nasimul Ghani has made a sudden trip to Pakistan. He left Dhaka for Islamabad on Wednesday.Multiple senior officials at the Home Ministry confirmed the...

  • 18 Sep 2025
BNP Reorganising from Grassroots to Restore Voter Trust: Tarique

BNP Reorganising from Grassroots to Restore Voter Trust: Tarique

As Bangladesh heads toward the February 2026 elections, BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said the party is rebuilding itself from the grassroots with a renewed emphasis on transparency,...

  • 18 Sep 2025
Stocks See Mixed Trend in Early Trading

Stocks See Mixed Trend in Early Trading

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a marginal fall in key indices in the first hour of trading on Thursday, while the Chittagong  Stock Exchange (CSE) edged higher during the same period.On...

  • 18 Sep 2025