The government has issued a gazette notification on the National Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, introducing several changes to the National Sports Council Act, 2018 (Act No. 49). According to the gazette, the ordinance has been promulgated to revise and update the existing law and has come into immediate effect. Key amendments have been made to sections 2, 4, 7, ...

Netflix’s latest romantic drama My Oxford Year, released on August 1, 2025, enters the scene with quiet confidence. Directed by The Inbetweeners’ Iain Morris and starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, the film adapts Julia Whelan’s novel (itself based on Allison Burnett’s earlier screenplay) into a polished tale of fleeting love, personal growth, and the inevitable bittersweetness of timing. The ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus formally read out the July Declaration on Tuesday during a commemorative event at the South Plaza of National Parliament, marking the first anniversary of July Uprising. Yunus took the stage at around 5:20 PM, shortly after arriving at the venue at 5:05pm, joined by key political figures from across the spectrum, including Jamaat’s Golam ...

At least 10 people were injured in a gas balloon explosion during a public event commemorating the July Uprising Day at Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka on Tuesday. The explosion occurred near the stage during the event, reportedly after a short circuit from a nearby speaker wire ignited several gas-filled balloons. Eyewitnesses said the fire spread quickly, causing panic among ...

Sinthia Mehrin Sokal remembers the blow to her head on July 15 last year when she, along with thousands of fellow students, marched during a protest against a controversial quota system in government jobs in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. The attack by an activist belonging to the student wing of the then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party left Sokal – ...

At least 10 visitors were injured at Manik Mia Avenue after a fire broke out from a speaker cable on Tuesday afternoon. The fire incident happened at about 2:17PM from electric short circuit. Some balloons there too caught fire. Panic then gripped the visitors. ”Kindly stay calm,” said one of the hosts. The organisers and volunteers quickly rushed to the ...

For the first time, a plane has landed at the newly constructed third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The first aircraft to use Terminal 3 is a Boeing 787 Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner earned the distinction of being the first plane to land at Terminal 3 on Monday (August 4), using the Passenger Boarding ...

The government has decided to reduce the prices of 10 types of coronary stents produced by three international companies for cardiac treatment in Bangladesh. The move will lower the cost from two producers by amounts ranging from Tk 3,000 to a maximum of Tk 88,000. When blood flow through the artery is blocked, a stent or coronary stent is placed ...

Nehari, traditionally cooked overnight and served early in the morning, was once the choice of labourers and workers who needed a heavy, protein-rich meal to start their day in the Mughal era. The workers had to work in the construction section mostly, so they required heavy meals to start the day. But in the alleys of Dhaka, that time-honoured schedule ...

As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank PLC. donated a Bus to Sylhet Agricultural University. Mohammad Ali, Managing Director & CEO of Pubali Bank PLC. handed over the key to Professor Dr. Md. Alimul Islam, Vice-Chancellor of Sylhet Agricultural University at a function organized at the auditorium of the university, according to ...