The Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York on Wednesday commemorated July Mass Uprising Day at a reception attended by permanent representatives, diplomats, senior UN officials and representatives of other international organisations. Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury paid tribute to those who sacrificed their lives during the July Mass Uprising, said ...

Acting President Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has stated that any documentary made on the July mass uprising without the picture of martyr Abu Sayed cannot be considered a documentary at all. He made the remark while addressing a state event organized on the July Martyr’ Day at China-Bangladesh Friendship Center in the capital on Wednesday, (August 5). He added ...

Ingredients: For Sticky Rice * Thai sticky rice: 2 cups Sweet Coconut Sauce * Thick coconut milk: 1 cup * Sugar: 1/2 cup * Salt: 1 pinch * Pandan leaf (optional) or vanilla essence Topping Sauce * Thick coconut milk: 1/2 cup * Sugar: 1 tbsp * Salt: 1 pinch * Corn flour: 1 tbsp For Serving * Ripe mangoes: ...

SYLHET, Aug 5, 2026: Commerce, Industries, Textiles, and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir today said the country’s energy sector is facing its biggest challenge due to 17 years of mismanagement by the previous government, urging people to remain patient as the government works to stabilize the situation. Addressing a discussion and reception for the families of July martyrs and July ...

Ireland international Orla Prendergast took 4-18 as Welsh Fire beat Manchester Super Giants by three wickets at Old Trafford. Playing only her second Hundred match after arriving as an injury replacement for Sophie Devine, the seamer tore through the Super Giants’ top-order as the hosts slipped to 24-4. Prendergast bowled Super Giants captain Meg Lanning for a golden duck, had ...

Jamaat Ameer and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday urged the countrymen to take preparations for joining another uprising which he said is likely to take place “soon” – only two years after the July movement. Addressing the government, he said the Opposition had no reason to get “impatient” had the ruling party not betrayed with the people of the ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent six leaders of Notun Dhara Bangladesh (NDB), including its Chairman Momin Mehedi and his wife and Senior Vice-Chairman Shanta Farzana, to jail in a case filed over clashes with State Dialogue Forum (SDF) a day earlier. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin passed the order, said Public Prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruqui. The other accused are ...

Indian economy is set to cross $5-trillion mark in FY29 as per the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government has adopted a broad-based growth strategy to achieve the milestone, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. As per the World Economic Outlook database (April 2026) published by the IMF, India’s GDP at current prices is ...

Former joint secretary Syed Jaglul Pasha has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) over allegations that he fabricated documents and gave false testimony in the Zia Orphanage Trust case against former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the arrest on Wednesday (5 August), saying Jaglul Pasha was arrested on Tuesday ...

Five more children have died with measles symptoms in the country, taking the death toll from suspected cases to 758. Additionally, 96 children have died from confirmed measles infections, which brings the total death toll to 854. The Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed this information in a press release ...