The country is observing Historic July Martyrs’ Day on Thursday (July 16), commemorating those who lost their lives during the 2024 quota reform movement, which later evolved into a nationwide mass uprising. On that day, at least six people were killed, including Abu Sayeed, a student of the Department of English at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, who was fatally ...

Two journalists were killed in a road accident early Thursday after a bus hit their motorcycle in the capital’s Uttara area while they were returning home after watching the Argentina-England FIFA World Cup semifinal. The accident occurred near the Jasim Uddin Bus Stand in Sector 3. The deceased were identified as Rabiul Alam Raju, a journalist of Praner Bangladesh, and ...

Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez struck late goals to snatch a 2-1 win over England in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday to send Lionel Messi’s reigning champions into the weekend showpiece match against Spain. Just when England appeared set for victory after Anthony Gordon’s second-half goal, Argentina mounted a relentless late siege and got their reward as Fernandez ...

When I camped as a child, I remember the feeling of freedom and adventure, the exhilaration of being outdoors 24/7. But also, there were the sausages – it was the only time they appeared at every meal and the ketchup flowed freely. Naturally, I wanted to share this formative experience with my own children (now aged 17, 15 and nine), ...

The Golden Gloves are the award given to the best goalkeeper at the World Cup. Goalkeepers are in the running for this award based on their key saves in knockout matches and their outstanding performances in the final moments of the tournament. The Golden Glove trophy, awarded to the best goalkeeper at the FIFA World Cup, may look like a ...

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has frozen assets worth about Tk 76,000 crore linked to the Hasina family and 10 widely discussed business groups as part of its anti-money laundering drive. Of the total amount, Tk 57,000 crore has been frozen in Bangladesh, while the rest has been blocked overseas. The information was disclosed on Wednesday by BFIU chief ...

Home Affairs Adviser Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said there is no opportunity for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, to surrender, adding that she will be arrested immediately if she returns to Bangladesh. Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion titled “The Turning Point of the July Mass Uprising” at ...

Sreemangal Battalion (46 BGB) has distributed free medical services, essential medicines, water purification tablets, and cooked food among hundreds of flood-affected border residents in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar. The humanitarian program was organized on Wednesday (July 15) at the Kurmachhara Government Primary School ground under the jurisdiction of Mokabil BOP in the upazila. Sreemangal Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sarkar Asif ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said everyone must work together to make Bangladesh greener and urged children to plant at least one tree each every year. “We all should make an effort to make our country greener,” he said. The Prime Minister made the call while inaugurating a nationwide tree plantation programme at government primary schools at the Bangladesh-China ...

New Zealand has detected the first case of H5 bird flu, after a migratory seabird was found on a beach in Wellington, officials said Wednesday. H5 bird flu has caused severe disease and high death rates in poultry and wild birds worldwide. “New Zealanders are being asked to be alert after a single ocean-going seabird, a brown skua, returned a ...