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Footballer Kiron Wins JUCSU Sports Secretary Post with Highest Votes

Footballer Kiron Wins JUCSU Sports Secretary Post with Highest Votes

Bangladesh Under-23 footballer Mahamudul Hasan Kiron has been elected Sports Secretary of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU) after securing the highest number of votes among...

  • 15 Sep 2025
Stocks Fail to Recover Despite Slight Index Gains in Dhaka, Chattogram

Stocks Fail to Recover Despite Slight Index Gains in Dhaka, Chattogram

Dhaka, Sept 15 (UNB) – Despite a rebound in key indices, both Dhaka and Chattogram stock markets failed to turn around on Monday as turnover and the prices of most companies declined.At the Dhaka Stoc...

  • 15 Sep 2025
Court issues show-cause notice to DC Sarwoer

Court issues show-cause notice to DC Sarwoer

A Sylhet court has issued a show-cause notice to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Sarwoer Alam for his alleged involvement in the dismissal of several teachers at an English-medium institution in the city....

  • 15 Sep 2025
Jamaat, Like-Minded Parties Announce Protests Demanding PR-Based Elections

Jamaat, Like-Minded Parties Announce Protests Demanding PR-Based Elections

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday announced fresh protest programmes, placing a five-point demand that includes holding the next national election in February under a proportional representation (P...

  • 15 Sep 2025
How Expats to Cast Votes in Next Election, Explains EC Anwarul

How Expats to Cast Votes in Next Election, Explains EC Anwarul

For the first time in a national election, Bangladeshi expatriates will be able to exercise their voting rights through a technology-assisted postal ballot system, Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Isl...

  • 15 Sep 2025
Vehicles to Cross Padma Bridge Without Stopping for Toll from Today

Vehicles to Cross Padma Bridge Without Stopping for Toll from Today

From today, vehicles will no longer need to stop to pay tolls while crossing the Padma Bridge as the authorities are introducing a non-stop Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system.The live piloting of...

  • 15 Sep 2025
Animal Farm: A Timeless Allegory of Power and Corruption

Animal Farm: A Timeless Allegory of Power and Corruption

George Orwell’s Animal Farm, first published in 1945, remains one of the most powerful political allegories ever written. Though it appears at first to be a simple fable about farm animals rebelling a...

  • 15 Sep 2025
Israeli Strikes Devastate Gaza City as Rubio Visits; Qatar Summit Called

Israeli Strikes Devastate Gaza City as Rubio Visits; Qatar Summit Called

Israeli forces demolished at least 30 residential blocks in Gaza City on Sunday, forcing thousands to flee, Palestinian officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived to discuss the fu...

  • 15 Sep 2025
Cox’s Bazar Horror: Wife Raped Before Husband, Husband Murdered Before Wife

Cox’s Bazar Horror: Wife Raped Before Husband, Husband Murdered Before Wife

A night of horror in Cox’s Bazar has etched itself into memory with unimaginable brutality. A wife was raped before her husband’s eyes and moments later, the husband was hacked to death in front of hi...

  • 15 Sep 2025
Yunus calls for unity to ensure peaceful election, reforms to block autocracy

Yunus calls for unity to ensure peaceful election, reforms to block autocracy

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday described the National Consensus Commission (NCC) as a “unique example” and said its progress marks a major achievement in the country’s political journey.H...

  • 14 Sep 2025
Hasina’s Trial Under International Standards: Sarjis

Hasina’s Trial Under International Standards: Sarjis

Dhaka, Sept 14 (UNB) – The trial of Sheikh Hasina will be held in line with international standards and not as a showpiece, said Sarjis Alam, Chief Organizer of the National Citizen Party (NCP) for th...

  • 14 Sep 2025
National charter a document of political unity: Prof Riaz

National charter a document of political unity: Prof Riaz

Vice Chair of the National Consensus Commission (NCC) Prof Dr Ali Riaz on Sunday urged political parties to protect and continue their unity and cooperation to reach a conclusion over the implementati...

  • 14 Sep 2025
Dhaka to host 4-day South Asia Trade Fair from Sept 18

Dhaka to host 4-day South Asia Trade Fair from Sept 18

The South Asia Trade Fair with the participation of SAARC member countries will kick off in Dhaka on Thursday for a four-day run.Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin will inaugurate the event at the I...

  • 14 Sep 2025
DSE, CSE Start Week in Red as Turnover, Prices Fall

DSE, CSE Start Week in Red as Turnover, Prices Fall

Both Dhaka and Chattogram stock markets witnessed a sharp decline on the first trading day of the week, as indices failed to sustain early gains. Most companies’ share prices and overall turnover fell...

  • 14 Sep 2025
ACC Moves Against Tk 1,200cr Embezzlement in Malaysia Worker Scam

ACC Moves Against Tk 1,200cr Embezzlement in Malaysia Worker Scam

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed cases against 13 recruiting agencies for allegedly embezzling around Tk 1,200 crore by overcharging workers sent to Malaysia.While the government-mandate...

  • 14 Sep 2025
Finance Adviser urges tax lawyers not to harass service recipients

Finance Adviser urges tax lawyers not to harass service recipients

Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday urged tax lawyers not to harass service recipients.He made the appeal at the inauguration of the National Board of Revenue’s (NBR) Tax Representative Man...

  • 14 Sep 2025
New Telecom Policy Poses Threat to Small and Medium ISPs: ISPAB

New Telecom Policy Poses Threat to Small and Medium ISPs: ISPAB

The Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) has expressed concern over certain clauses in the new telecom policy, warning that they could put small and medium ISPs at risk.Congrat...

  • 14 Sep 2025
DUCSU Holds First Meeting, Names Five for Senate

DUCSU Holds First Meeting, Names Five for Senate

The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) held its first meeting on Sunday, five days after the long-awaited election, nominating five student representatives to the university’s highest po...

  • 14 Sep 2025
Heavy to very heavy rainfall alert for six divisions, including Dhaka

Heavy to very heavy rainfall alert for six divisions, including Dhaka

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday issued a special weather alert forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall in six divisions, including Dhaka, over the next 72 hours due to a low over...

  • 14 Sep 2025
Life-term Jail Sentence May Be Reduced: Home Adviser

Life-term Jail Sentence May Be Reduced: Home Adviser

The government is considering reducing the tenure of life-term imprisonment to allow the release of elderly and ailing inmates, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.He came...

  • 14 Sep 2025