September 2024

Bangladesh's constitutional and legal framework enables state surveillance and fails to protect citizens' privacy and data rights, experts said at a roundtable discussion yesterday. The event titled "A New Digital Vision for a New…

The construction work for the transmission line through the Padma and Jamuna rivers for the Rooppur nuclear power plant has come to a grinding halt with the ouster of the Awami League government as the Indian contractor has left the site.…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused Jharkhand state's ruling coalition led by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) of patronising Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltration for vote bank politics. Addressing a meeting in Jamshedpur,…

A senior UN official said Saturday that teachers and other UN staff working in Gaza fear they are now targets after an Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in the territory this week. Wednesday's strike on the UN-run Al-Jawni…

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service…

When a defeat of 208 runs is the best ever result for a cricket team against another in away conditions, the difference in strength of the sides hardly needs any further explanation. The defeated team in this instance are Bangladesh…

Teenage star Lamine Yamal struck twice as La Liga leaders Barcelona thrashed Girona 4-1 on Sunday. Hansi Flick's side have now won all five of their opening matches and avenged two humiliating Catalan derby defeats by Girona last…

As life in the country gradually returns to normal after the recent political upheaval and changes in governmental bodies, stars are heading back to film sets, with new dramas and films on the horizon. The country, now stabilising after the…

On the same day, director Ashfaque Nipun and actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed made headlines by being mentioned in two consecutive government gazettes. At first, they were announced as members of the Artistes' Welfare Trust, and now they have…

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said Bangladesh still has a long way to go to build a robust and strong democracy. He said this in a message on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy to be observed tomorrow with…