Tourism Malaysia, in collaboration with KPJ Malaysia, is set to make a significant impact at the Dhaka Travel Mart 2025, a prominent travel exhibition. High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh, Mohd Shuhada Othman, formally inaugurated the three day exhibition on Thursday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the envoy highlighted Malaysia’s diverse attractions, favorable ...

Members of Customs Intelligence and National Security Intelligence (NSI) arrested two people with 17.5 kilograms of gold at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Thursday morning. The estimated market value of the seized gold is more than Taka 21 crore, the customs department said. The detainees are Syed Ahmed, 24, of Borolekha upazila in Moulvibazar district and Aftab Uddin, 36, ...

A fire was set at the residence of Awami League Presidium Member Sheikh Selim in Dhaka’s Banani around 1:30 am on Friday. However, due to the absence of police protection, the Fire Service was delayed and could not reach the site until 2:45 am. Unruly crowds set fire to the residence of Awami League Presidium Member Sheikh Selim in Banani. ...

A local leader of Swechchhasebak Dal was reportedly shot to death by miscreants in Narayanganj’s Fatulla on Friday. The incident took place early in the morning near Fatulla railway line. The dead, Mamun Hossain, son of the late Saman Ari Bepari of the Purba Lalpur railway line area of Fatulla, was a joint convener of the Thana Swechchhasebak Dal, in ...

Police arrested three people with a large quantity of anti-government propaganda leaflets at Motijheel’s Arambagh in Dhaka. The arrested are Nazrul Islam, 42, Jahangir Biswas, 32, and Shipon, 20. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the DMP Media and Public Relations Department Muhammad Talebur Rahman gave this information on Thursday (February 6). He said that on Thursday afternoon, on a tip-off, a ...

The mural of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, installed in front of the Sylhet District Commissioner’s office, has been demolished with a bulldozer. According to witnesses, a group of angry protesters arrived at the site around 9:30 pm with a bulldozer. Initially, they could not be there because the main gate was locked, but they managed to break the lock and stormed ...

Demolition of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence at Dhanmondi 32 has drawn global attention from several international media outlets. Renowned international media sites as The BBC, Reuters, The Guardian, TRT World, ABC News, CNN, and AP have covered the story in extensive details, as have Indian media The Hindu and The Indian Express. Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister (PM) who ...

Le Reve, one of the country’s leading fashion and lifestyle brands, marks the season’s beginning with the launch of its first summer capsule: the Falgun-Valentine Collection 2025. For women, the collection includes tunics, kameezes, salwar kameezes, sarees, tops, shrugs, and matching bottoms. Unique designs like kaftan-cut tunics and flared shrugs stand out. For men, the range features trendy Panjabi, shirts, ...

The demolition work at the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 is underway. Already most of the parts of one building were razed to the ground, while 20 per cent parts of another building were dismantled. An excavator is being used to tear down the structure. The crowd of onlookers found near the house on Thursday morning ...

A conference on “From Policy to Action – Integrated approaches for combating plastics and marine litter prevention in Bangladesh” was held today at the Auditorium of the Department of Environment (DoE), Agargaon, Dhaka. The conference was implemented by the Department of Environment in collaboration with UNIDO and the Norwegian government. The day-long seminar was chaired by Mr. Md Kamruzzaman, ndc, ...