Bangladesh Water Works Association (BWWA) launched the 2nd Sustainable Water Management Expo 2025, uniting industry experts and organisations to combat the nation’s pressing water and sanitation challenges through cutting-edge solutions. On Thursday morning, the three-day event, running until 18 October, was inaugurated at the capital’s International Convention City Bashundhara. Expo features 28 stalls displaying sustainable water, wastewater and environmental management ...

Once dubbed the voice of the “slacker” generation, Richard Linklater continues to defy categorization with Blue Moon, a masterfully intimate character study that ranks among his finest works. Following a career that has ranged from the philosophical (Waking Life) to the musical (School of Rock) to the epochal (Boyhood), Linklater returns with a melancholic, richly textured portrait of lyricist Lorenz ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) has slammed the political alliance formed under the banner of “national consensus,” calling it a betrayal of the people. At the formal launch of its new labor wing Jatiya Sromik Shokti at Eskaton Navy Colony in Banglamotor on Friday, NCP Convener Nahid Islam asserted that true power lies in street movements, not in paper agreements made ...

National Consensus Commission made urgent amendments to the July Charter pledge on Friday following daylong protests by ‘July Fighters’ at South Plaza of National Parliament in Dhaka. The demonstrators had demanded official recognition, legal immunity and rehabilitation for their role in 2024 mass uprising, prompting a swift response from the Commission amid escalating tensions. Vice-chairman of the Commission, Professor Ali ...

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he will soon meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, following a “productive” phone call between the two leaders, reports AP. Trump, who is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, wrote on social media that “great progress” ...

At least 18 people have been killed and more than 360 wounded in Afghanistan in military clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan since Oct. 10, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement on Thursday, reports Reuters. “UNAMA calls on all parties to bring a lasting end to hostilities to protect civilians,” the statement added.

An examinee of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examination died of cardiac arrest at Kadamtoli in Sylhet city on Thursday after learning that he had failed in one subject in the examination. The deceased, Sadi Ahmed, 17, was son of late Shamim Ahmed of Swarnali Residential Area, Kadamtali of Sylhet City Corporation, the police said. The family members said that ...

The inflow of remittances has recorded a year-on-year growth of 9.6 percent, reaching US$1,435 million in the first 15 days of October, according to the latest data released by Bangladesh Bank on Thursday. During the same period last year, remittance inflow stood at $1,310 million. From July to October 15 of the current fiscal year (2025-26), expatriate Bangladeshis sent home ...

Argentina have booked their place in the final of FIFA U-20 World Cup after edging past Colombia 1-0 in the semi-final held on Thursday at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Chile. They will face Morocco in the title decider on October 20. In the closely contested match, the breakthrough came in the 72nd minute when substitute Mateo Silvetti found ...

England stars Beth Mead and Alessia Russo inspired Arsenal to their first win in this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League, securing a 2-0 victory over Benfica in Lisbon on Thursday. The Gunners bounced back from last week’s 2-1 home defeat to Lyon, with both Mead and Russo making decisive contributions in the final half-hour of the match. Benfica, now sitting ...