Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s only Nobel Laureate and global pioneer of microfinance, turned 85 on Saturday. Born on June 28, 1940, at Bathua village under Hathazari upazila of Chattogram, Prof Yunus’s birthday has, for the past 15 years, been globally observed as Social Business Day. However, according to his Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam, there were no official celebrations ...

Anti-Discrimination Student Movement spokesperson Umama Fatema has left the organisation, aFacebook post of her confirmed the matter. She made the announcement in the Facebook post on Friday (June 27). “A central council of the organisation has been made on Wednesday. I just ended my formal journey with the anti-discrimination student movement,” the post said. She alleged widespread irregularities within the ...

The three-wheeler battery-run rickshaw, designed by Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), will be seen on Dhaka streets from early August. At first, the rickshaws will run on Paltan, Dhanmondi and Uttara roads. Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain came up with the information at a programme held at Nagar Bhaban on Saturday.

The excitement around War 2 is heating up, with fresh character posters of the high-octane sequel unveiled on Thursday, May 26, featuring Hrithik Roshan, Kiara Advani, and Jr NTR. The film is set for a grand theatrical release on August 14, 2025, in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil.Online movie streaming services Hrithik Roshan returns as Major Kabir, this time with a ...

Bangladesh has recorded one additional COVID-19 death and 10 new confirmed infections in the 24-hour period ending Friday morning, according to the latest data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The new figures bring the country’s total death toll to 29,519, while the cumulative number of confirmed cases has reached 2,052,073 since the pandemic began. Health authorities ...

President Donald Trump said on Friday he believes it is possible that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hamas militants will be reached within a week. Trump, at an Oval Office event celebrating a Congo-Rwanda accord, told reporters that he believes a ceasefire is close. He said he had been just been talking to some of ...

The World Food Prize Foundation has recognised prominent Bangladeshi business leader and politician Abdul Awal Mintoo as one of its 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers (TAP), honouring his transformative contributions to agriculture and food security in Bangladesh and beyond. Mintoo, the chairman of Lal Teer Seed Limited, has played a pivotal role in reshaping the country’s agricultural sector. His company currently ...

Brazil’s Barcelona forward Raphinha regretted that the players were not consulted about extending their season to play at the Club World Cup, adding that nobody should be obliged to give up their vacation time. The first expanded edition of the Club World Cup started on Jun 14 and will run until Jul 13. The competition followed the European league season ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday recovered a large sum of Indian drugs from different places in Sunamganj district. According to BGB, a team of Sunamganj BGB-28 recovered an owner less consignment of 128 bottles of Indian liquor, worth Tk 192000, from Tahirpur upazila in the district. On the contrary, 10000 packet of Indian cigarettes worth nearly Tk ...

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has called on the global community to reject despair and reimagine the world through the lens of social business, urging collective action to address inequality, climate change, and systemic injustice. Speaking at the 15th Social Business Day, held at the Samajik Convention Centre in Savar, the Chief Adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government described the world’s ...