Four ministers and two state ministers were sworn in on Friday as the cabinet was expanded with six new members. President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir administered the oath of office to them at Bangabhaban. The new ministers are BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho, Bandarban BNP MP Sa Ching Pru ...

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sworn in as the 23rd President of Bangladesh on Friday. Acting Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal administered the oath of office to the newly elected president at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 7:30pm. Upon his arrival at Bangabhaban, the president-elect was welcomed by the Military Secretary to the President and other senior officials. They escorted ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Public sufferings prolonged in Sunamganj’s Jagannathpur Upazila as a project to rebuild five bridges damaged by flood has been terminated by a recent court order after the works for the project had not progressed following their handover to the contractor in 2022. Locals said they have been suffering for a long time due to the damaged Jagdishpur ...

Truth be told, kachchi biriyani is not my favourite dish. However, I do get a yearning for it every time I attend a wedding. After all, it has now emerged as the quintessential wedding dish. Even three decades ago, it was reserved as the ceremonial food for the rich and was famous, and solely associated with elite weddings of Dhaka. ...

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 ...