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Rizwana for arresting owners instead of workers for hill cutting
10:01 PM, 26 Feb 2025 Wednesday"What else here if hills are not exists in Chattogram?" Forest, Environment and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan questioned iterating tougher directives to the Chattogram district administration to arrest owners instead of workers on charges of hill cutting...
RUET scraps 4 BCL activists’ studentship
09:47 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayThe Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, RUET, authorities have cancelled for life the studentship of four activists of banned organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League, BCL...
When is Ramadan 2025, and how is the moon sighted?
09:17 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayThe first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Saturday, March 1, or Sunday, March 2, depending on the sighting of the new moon. Other countries, especially in the Western Hemisphere, could see the Ramadan moon before Mecca this time...
Ibrahim Zadran achieves new Champions Trophy high
08:18 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayIbrahim Zadran's 177 against England on Wednesday is the highest by any batter for Afghanistan in ODIs, bettering his 162 against Sri Lanka in 2022 in Pallekele...
Mahfuj new information adviser
07:20 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayMahfuj Alam has been appointed as the new information and broadcasting adviser of the interim government. This information was shared in a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Wednesday, February 26. This move comes after Nahid Islam resigned as the information and broadcasting adviser on Tuesday...
New student group launches amid chaos, clashes
06:15 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayA new student organisation, the Bangladesh Democratic Student Union (BDSU), unfurled its committee amid a storm of uproar and violence at Dhaka University’s Madhu’s Canteen on Wednesday afternoon.
DCCI, Dubai Chamber sign MoU to boost economic ties
06:04 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayThe Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and the Dubai Chambers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance economic cooperation.
Transport workers block Mohakhali protesting police case
05:52 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayChaos erupted in Mohakhali on Wednesday afternoon as transport workers blocked the road, protesting a police case against an owner for operating bus without valid documents...
Not even Tk 1 hike justified, says Zonayed Saki at BERC hearing
05:21 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayZonayed Saki, chief coordinator of the Ganasanghati Andolan, fiercely opposed a proposed gas price surge at a public hearing hosted by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Wednesday afternoon at the BIAM Auditorium in the capital.
DU researchers trace mercury in crude edible oil
05:02 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayA Dhaka University research team has detected mercury in crude edible oil—a contaminant that persists even after refining, according to Dr Nazma Shaheen, former director of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science.
Dhaka eyes deeper nuclear ties with Moscow
04:51 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus signalled Bangladesh’s eagerness to broaden nuclear energy cooperation with Russia.
BKMEA slams gas price hike as unreasonable, suicidal
04:19 PM, 26 Feb 2025 WednesdayMohammad Hatem, President of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), blasted a proposed gas price surge as “unreasonable and unrealistic” during a heated public hearing hosted by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) at BIAM Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon...