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Russian envoys summoned after strikes hit UK, EU offices in Kyiv
09:33 AM, 29 Aug 2025 FridayThe UK and European Union have summoned their Russian envoys after overnight missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 21 people and damaged the city’s British Council and EU offices, in the deadliest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
ACC finds initial proof of Tk 200cr cheque for health adviser post
08:44 AM, 29 Aug 2025 FridayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said it has found initial evidence in the allegation that former director of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH), Professor Dr. Sheikh Golam Mostafa, issued cheques worth Tk 200 crore to a coordinator in exchange for becoming a health adviser.
Touhid denies knowledge of US Embassy attack plot, silent on Chinese fighter jet deal
11:59 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayForeign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said he has no information regarding a reported plot to attack the US embassy in Dhaka, describing any such plan as “informal” if it exists.
Remittances hit $208cr in 27 days of August
09:48 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayThe expatriate Bangladeshis sent $208.70 crore in remittances in the first 27 days of August, the second month of current fiscal year 2025-26...
From sea to shelf: How SAU develops ready-to-cook seaweed soup
09:37 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayIn a modest laboratory at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) in Dhaka, a quiet revolution is simmering, one that could transform coastal livelihoods, tackle malnutrition, and launch a new chapter in Bangladesh’s food industry. It comes not from a multinational corporation, but from a team of university researchers turning seaweed, long overlooked in the country, into a ready-to-cook, nutrient-rich packaged soup.
Ordinance on enforced disappearance with death penalty gets cabinet nod
09:14 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayThe Council of Advisers in principle on Thursday approved the draft of "Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Ordinance 2025" having provision of death penalty as a maximum punishment for offenders.
Engineers’ shutdown to continue, rallies planned across divisional cities
09:00 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayThe Prakaushali Adhikar Andolan, a coalition of BSc engineering graduates, has announced the continuation of its nationwide ‘complete shutdown’ at all engineering universities until further notice, as part of its campaign to secure three key demands.
Working group formed to address engineers' demands
08:37 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayA 14-member working group, led by the Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, has been formed to address the professional demands of BSc degree and diploma-holding engineers...
420MT more rice arrives from India through Benapole
07:49 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayAnother consignment of 420 tonnes of rice has arrived from India through Benapole land port in Jashore...
Polling behind bars: EC plans in-jail voting for prisoners
07:35 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayThe Election Commission has announced that prisoners across Bangladesh will be allowed to vote in the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections, with ballot papers to be delivered directly to correctional facilities nationwide.
A young doctor’s compassion that moved Bangladesh
06:38 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayShirsho Shreyan, an intern doctor at Rajshahi Medical College, has become a symbol of compassion after bringing 2,500 vials of Alteplase, a life-saving injection for stroke and heart attack patients, from the Netherlands, medicines worth an estimated Tk 17 crore, completely free of cost for patients in need.
Half of US voters believe Israel committing genocide in Gaza
06:33 PM, 28 Aug 2025 ThursdayHalf of voters in the United States believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a poll has found...