The agitating university students who are against the quota system in government jobs, on Tuesday announced a day-long blockade, dubbed ‘Bangla Blockade’ across the country for Wednesday (July 10). Nahid Islam, coordinator of the student movement, announced the programme at a press briefing held in front of the Central Library of University of Dhaka (DU) on Tuesday afternoon. He also ...

The main part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow is scheduled for Tuesday. The official Russian-Indian negotiations will be held both in a narrow and in an expanded format. The parties will discuss not only bilateral cooperation, but also the international situation. There are no plans for media statements following the conversation, but Moscow and New Delhi ...

Novak Djokovic accused Wimbledon fans of “disrespect” in a withering on-court tirade after reaching a 60th Grand Slam quarter-final and 15th at the All England Club on Monday. World number two Djokovic, the seven-time champion at Wimbledon and chasing a record-setting 25th major, defeated 15th-ranked Holger Rune 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Djokovic then launched an angry outburst at a section of ...

The Benapole Custom House fetched a record Taka 6,164.59 crore revenue in the last fiscal year (FY24) which was also Taka 216.59 crore higher than the fiscal target of Taka 5,948 crore. The revenue collection from the Benapole Custom House is also 6.53 percent or Taka 378.36 crore higher than the previous fiscal year FY23. The revenue collection from the ...

A protest rally was held on Tuesday against the transfer of National Board of Revenue (NBR) first secretary (Tax) Kazi Abu Mahmud Faisal, who was accused of acquiring huge wealth through corruption, to Bogura. The demonstration was organized by Bangladesh Youth Union Bogura District Branch which took place in front of the Tax Commissioner’s office (Region-1) in the Upashahar area ...

Indian police have arrested a 50-year-old doctor from Delhi-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospital for her alleged involvement in an organ transplantation racket spanning Bangladesh and India. Dr Vijaya Kumari, now under suspension, was the lone doctor working with the gang and had performed around 15-16 transplants from 2021-23 in Noida-based private Yatharth Hospital, police said. Dr Vijaya Kumari was arrested last ...

The hearing on Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus’s revision petition that sought the cancellation of charge farming order in a case filed over embezzling Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers’ welfare fund, will be held on Wednesday (July 10). When the petition was submitted for hearing on Tuesday, the High Court bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Ibadat ...

The partial central committee of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal has been announced where Abdul Monayem Munna made the President and Nurul Islam Noyon the general aecretary. The announcement was made through a press release signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir approved the partial committee in the direction of the party’s ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the Chinese business community to invest in Bangladesh’s main sectors for mutual benefits taking the benefits of the world’s most liberal investment regimes, saying, “It is time to invest in Bangladesh, and I am confident that with our hands joined, together we can achieve great things.” “I encourage the Chinese business community ...

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams in Sylhet division, which were postponed due to flooding, began on Tuesday (July 9) amidst the ongoing flood. The first day’s exams in the Sylhet division began with the Information and Communication Technology subject. 8As several exam centres, including Sylhet’s Dakshin Surma Government College and Balaganj DN High School, are still submerged ...