The Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) have announced a reward of Tk 1 crore for the Bangladesh women’s football team, who recently won the SAFF Championship in Nepal. The decision was taken on Saturday in the BOA Executive Committee meeting, chaired by Bangladesh Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman. BOA Executive Committee member and Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) General Secretary ...

July Shaheed Smrity Foundation general secretary Sarjis Alam has expressed strong resentment over the composition of advisory council of interim government. He said: “13 advisers have been accommodated to the advisory council from the Chittagong division, but none was made adviser from Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions. Is not there anyone from the three divisions capable of running the ministries. ...

The interim government in its maiden 100 days has given utmost priority to find out ways to prevent the spread of dengue disease. It has finalized the draft of the National Dengue Prevention and Control Strategy (2024-2030) as the vector-borne disease continues infecting people in the country. “The draft of the National Dengue Prevention and Control Strategy (2024-2030) has been ...

Style Mart Brand, a prominent fashion brand in Bangladesh, has become a household name for quality and affordable clothing. Company began its journey in 2013, founded by Saiful Islam Rana and Ariful Islam Jewel. Initially company began as an online-only venture. By 2018, it expanded its operations to a full-fledged business, now serving customers nationwide through its corporate office, showroom ...

Austrian Ambassador to Bangladesh, stationed in New Delhi, Dr Katharina Wieser, met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday. The meeting, which lasted for about an hour, began at 12:30 pm at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, said Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP media cell. Honorary Consul of Austria to Bangladesh and BNP Chairperson’s Foreign ...

Former Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim passed away on Saturday morning at a private hospital in the capital. He was 81. He died around 4:45AM while undergoing treatment at the hospital, the Supreme Court administration confirmed. His namaz-e-janaza will be held at the Inner Garden of the court at 1:30PM. Meanwhile, all judicial functions of Supreme Court’s both divisions will ...

The eight-month-old baby girl, who was abducted alongwith valuables during a robbery at a house at Azimpur Medical Staff Quarters in the capital on Friday, has been rescued from Mohammadpur area. A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has been able to rescue the girl within 24 hours of her abduction, RAB’s Legal and Media wing director Lt Col Munim ...

Hundreds of tea workers took to the streets of Sylhet on Friday, demanding immediate payment of unpaid wages and rations. The protest, organized by the Sylhet District branch of the Bangladesh Trade Union Centre, underscored the severe financial and humanitarian crisis facing thousands of tea estate workers in the region. The rally, presided over by Abul Kalam Azad, acting president ...

Shahrin Tasnim Oishi, a resident of Bohula village in Habiganj Sadar upazila, aspires to make a significant impact through her education, despite the financial struggles her family faces, with her father being the sole provider for their large household. Oishi, who has five siblings, now hopes to contribute to the family’s finances alongside her father, having received sewing training and ...

Editor of the daily Amar Desh, Dr Mahmudur Rahman feels that the “ghosts of Fascism” are still roaming around us. He expressed his determination to fight against them while urging the government to support the press. “We must fight against these ghosts of Fascism. The government must support the press so it can present the truth.” He made these remarks ...