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● Nation waves final goodbye to uncompromising leader Khaleda Zia ● Hasina responsible for Khaleda Zia's death: Nazrul ● Pakistan, Nepal envoys call on CA after attending Khaleda Zia’s funeral ● DITF key to boosting local products, exports: CA ● Pakistan Speaker, India’s FM hold brief meeting in Dhaka ● ‘Pray for my mother,’ Tarique appeals to nation at Khaleda Zia’s janaza ● Nepal, Bhutan FMs convey condolences to Tarique Rahman

CA urges global community to engage with ‘New Bangladesh’

Shakib Ahmed

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called on the international community to engage with the new Bangladesh a nation he says emerged from a youth-led uprising against oppression and discrimination. In a keynote speech at the 48th Session of the

CA departs for Dubai to attend World Governments Summit

Shakib Ahmed

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka this evening for Dubai to participate in the World Governments Summit 2025, hosted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). An Emirates Airlines flight carrying Prof. Yunus and his delegation departed Hazrat Shahjalal International

Jamaat-e-Islami has always engaged in hypocrisy: Rizvi

M. Anowar Hossain/Shakib Ahmed

Senior Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, has accused Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami of engaging in hypocrisy throughout its history.Rizvi made this remark while addressing a memorial meeting on the 23rd death anniversary of martyr Professor Abdul Wahid

Student Movement stages 'coffin procession' demanding ban on AL

DU Correspondent/Shakib Ahmed

Protests erupted in Dhaka on Wednesday night following the death of Abul Kashem, 20, who succumbed to injuries sustained during an attack at the Gazipur residence of former Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque.The National Citizen's Committee (NCC) and

DU Japanese studies students protest demands reinstatement of exempted chairman

DU Correspondent/Shakib Ahmed

Students from the Department of Japanese Studies at Dhaka University have shut down the department’s academic and administrative operations in protest, demanding the reinstatement of their exempted chairperson, Professor Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam.The protest, termed a “Total Shutdown,” has brought

Bhola modern bus terminal turns into hub for drug trade and gambling

Shipu Farazi/Shakib Ahmed

A modern bus terminal, built with an investment of nearly Taka 20 crore to ease traffic congestion in Bhola's Char Fashion municipality, has now become a hotspot for drug users and illegal gambling.Located two kilometers away from the town center,

BFF signs 36 footballers amidst ongoing player-coach dispute

Shakib Ahmed

The ongoing rift between national women's football coach Peter Butler and 18 senior players remains unresolved, yet the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has proceeded to sign contracts with 36 footballers.The official contract signing took place on Monday, though the federation

UN urges Bangladesh to avoid party bans, uphold democracy

Shakib Ahmed

The United Nations has urged Bangladesh to refrain from banning political parties, warning that such actions could undermine democracy and disenfranchise a significant portion of the electorate. In a report released on Wednesday, the UN emphasized that political party bans

1,400 killed in July Uprising, security forces implicated: UN report

Shakib Ahmed

A UN fact-finding report has revealed that approximately 1,400 people lost their lives during the July 2024 uprising in Bangladesh, with the majority killed by military rifles and shotguns loaded with lethal metal pellets.The report, released by the UN Office

Ex-BDR members reject mediation, vow to continue protest

Shakib Ahmed

Former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members and their families, demonstrating under the banner of ‘Justice for BDR Movement,’ have refused a mediation offer and pledged to continue their protest in Dhaka until their demands are addressed. The protest began on Tuesday