A social system underestimating the value of teaching harmony; an inequitable education system that does not economically

The New York Times today reported, “From a disorganized, confused band of freedom fighters that moved into action when the Pakistani Army struck in late March to try to crush the Bengali autonomy movement,

The 131st death anniversary programme of philosopher-poet-song composer Fakir Lalon Shah, attended by thousands on October 17 each year, will not be organised this year at his shrine in Chheuria of Kushtia.

He was a member of the special squad that shook the confidence of the Pakistan occupation army and unnerved them using clandestine commando attacks during the 1971 Liberation War.

Protests denouncing the communal attacks on Hindu temples, idols and properties during the Durga Puja celebrations gained momentum as the call for punishing the perpetrators got louder yesterday.

The attacks on religious minorities, their temples, houses and businesses are parts of a blueprint to force them to leave the country, said Rana Dasgupta, general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad.

The portal of controversial e-commerce company Evaly became unavailable today as its server went down.

Bangladesh's trade with India through Benapole land port resumed today after remaining closed for four days for Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community.

Bureaucratic foot-dragging appears to be what Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has done most of the time during the pandemic.

After 11 hours of outage, 3G and 4G mobile data services resumed across the country yesterday evening.

The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, ended yesterday with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid festivity.

Pakistan President Yahya Khan returned today from Tehran after cutting short his stay for the Iranian anniversary celebration.

Saying that repatriation is the only solution to the Rohingya crisis, academicians in a webinar yesterday urged the international community to mount pressure on Myanmar so that it takes back its nationals stuck in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said those behind the Cumilla incident will be hunted down to hand out appropriate punishments to them to stop the recurrence of such communal acts.

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is expected to become operational from 2023, months ahead of the scheduled 2024 timeframe, said Shaukat Akbar, its project director.

Mohammad Harun, a sales executive at a ceramic store, was pleasantly surprised to see a handwashing station at the entrance to his office this July.

The Bangladesh government-in-exile today sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi requesting recognition to the “free and duly constituted Government of Bangladesh”.

The customs authority today reduced import tariff for onion and raw sugar in order to cut import costs of businesses and contain spiralling prices of the two popular items.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange today launched debt securities board, which will allow everyone, including individual investors, to buy government bond from the capital market.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has shut down 178 unregistered news portals.