The Bangladesh U-20 football team’s planned Thailand tour has been cancelled despite the players receiving visas, with uncertainty over the schedule leaving Indonesia to arrange another opponent. The team were scheduled to play Indonesia in Thailand on August 25 as part of their preparations for the AFC U-20 tournament in Uzbekistan, which begins on August 31. The Bangladesh Football Federation ...

Australia passed legislation on Thursday that will force tech giants to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail to strike commercial deals with local media outlets for news on their platforms. The News Bargaining Incentive taxes the companies 2.5% on their advertising revenues unless they strike agreements. Proceeds from the scheme would be directed to local Australian news ...

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the current government has implemented the biggest budget allocated for the education sector. The minister made the remark while attending a policy dialogue with the vice-chancellors of public and private universities organised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) at Brac-CDM in Khagan area under Birulia in Savar on Friday morning. ...

The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing “exponentially”, with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, with half in the last 20 days, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator said Friday. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history and is spreading faster than any outbreak on record. According to the latest figures, ...

Bangladesh needs an education system that goes beyond producing certificates and equips students with the skills and capabilities needed to enter the workforce, Prime Minister’s Education Adviser Dr Mahdi Amin has said. He made the remarks on Friday (21 August) at a two-day national policy-making discussion in Savar on transforming and improving the quality of higher education in Bangladesh. Dr ...

President-elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday paid his respects to BNP founder and Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at their graves in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Mirza Fakhrul visited the Zia Mausoleum inside Zia Udyan after attending Jummah prayers. He laid separate wreaths at the graves of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia, recited Fateha ...

Germany has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the President of Bangladesh. In a statement posted by the German Embassy in Dhaka on Friday (21 August), Germany wished the president-elect every success in his new office. “Congratulations to President-elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as President of Bangladesh. We wish him every success in his ...

Carew & Company (Bangladesh) Ltd, the nearly 90-year-old state-owned industrial enterprise in Darshana of Chuadanga, is on course to post its highest-ever net profit, despite continued losses in its sugar production unit. According to the company’s potential profit and loss account for the 2025-26 financial year, Carew’s combined net profit from all its units could reach 165,24 31,000. If achieved, ...

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is medically fit and back in jail after being examined by a team of doctors in a hospital overnight, the country’s information minister said on Friday, a move that had not been widely anticipated after the former premier was allowed to leave prison to have his health checked for the first time since February. ...

The United Kingdom has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the president of Bangladesh. The British Embassy in Bangladesh conveyed the congratulatory message in a statement on Thursday. “The UK looks forward to working with Hon. President Fakhrul and the Government of Bangladesh to further strengthen the close and longstanding partnership between our two countries,” the statement ...