14+ hour, 5+ min ago   (261+ words) Rishad Hossain and Aliss Al Islam shared seven wickets before Saif Hassan and Mohammad Naim hit fifties as Bangladesh ‘A’ registered a five-wicket win over South Africa ‘A’ in the third and final one-dayer in Potchefstroom on Saturday, sealing the…...

15+ hour, 27+ min ago   (560+ words) Nearly a year later, those concerns look less like isolated rumours and more like a pattern that demands serious attention. Allegations have emerged that legitimate institutions such as marriage registration and family visas are being used to take Bangladeshi women…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago   (429+ words) In a major push to foster self-employment and drive grassroots economic growth, Bangladesh Bank yesterday issued a comprehensive guideline titled “Udyog: Upazila-Driven Youth Opportunity for Growth”. The programme aims to identify and finance prospective young entrepreneurs across all upazilas in…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (427+ words) Former army officer Major (retd) Md Muzaffar Hossain told investigators today that Lt Col (retd) Matiur Rahman shot President Ziaur Rahman during the 1981 assassination at Chattogram Circuit House, according to an International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecutor. Muzaffar also claimed that…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (188+ words) Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said the Election Commission would not issue any unlawful directives to law enforcers ahead of the local government elections, expressing full trust in the police. He made the remarks at a press briefing…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (333+ words) After wrapping up his nearly two-month European music tour, Bangladeshi rock icon James is now in Australia, where he is set to perform alongside West Bengal singer and Fossils frontman Rupam Islam. The two musicians will take the stage today…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (145+ words) Ayesha Akhter, 31, was born without hands in Kachua Bazar village of Gaibandha’s Saghata upazila. Many came from afar to see her, with some even suggesting she be given a mercy death. At 11, after entering fifth grade, her father wanted to…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (679+ words) Paisano Marma, 34, a mother of two from Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila, once depended on daily wage labour, earning barely Tk 4,500 a month. The income was often not enough to cover household expenses and her children’s education. “I always wanted to give…...