Plan to build 1,000 new playgrounds across the country to keep youths away from drugs: Relief minister
The government has taken up a plan to build one thousand new playgrounds across the country. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu gave this information. The minister said the plan has three aims: to establish sports as a profession,…
Cricket and football together under the floodlights at ABG Sports City
Anvir Bashundhara Group (ABG) has taken up a new initiative. Its aims are to build a professional sporting culture at university level, to draw the young generation towards the field, and to take the country’s sports arena forward.
Exam suspended over question leak allegation: job seekers block roads, demand director general’s resignation
Angry examinees staged protests at various centres in the capital at the news that the recruitment examination for the post of assistant upazila youth development officer of the Department of Youth Development had been suspended. They had come to the…
60 selected from 350 applicants, 55 get certificates: IBA’s ACBA 22nd batch concludes
Fifty-five participants of the 22nd batch of the Advanced Certificate in Business Administration (ACBA) course of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University have received certificates. The certificates were handed over to them at…
Khokon convener, Prince member secretary: BNP forms 12-member committee to monitor Durga Puja
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has formed a monitoring committee on the occasion of the upcoming Sharadiya Durga Puja. The committee, formed around this biggest religious festival of the followers of the Sanatan faith, has 12 members. Khairul…
National Moon Sighting Committee to meet Sunday evening to fix Jamadiul Awal date
The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet tomorrow, Sunday (11 October). The purpose of the meeting is to fix the date after reviewing reports of the sighting of the moon of the holy month of Jamadiul Awal. The public relations wing of the Islamic…
Defaulted loans cross Tk 5.81 lakh crore, Bangladesh Bank takes three-term plan to bring them down
Bangladesh Bank has taken short-, medium- and long-term plans with three objectives: reducing defaulted loans in the banking sector, strengthening loan recovery and establishing good governance. Through these initiatives, loan recovery will be speeded…
The envious burn in their own fire: what Islam says about envy and malice
There is no such thing as ease in the life of an envious and malicious person, under any circumstances. He finds no sincere friend, and despair works in his mind all the time. His heart is like a blazing pit of fire, from which sparks of plotting and…
Ink smeared on graffiti on wall in front of Shilpakala: Two including A N M Ayas detained at Shahbagh Police Station
Police have detained two people, including Rashtra Sanglap Forum president A N M Ayas. The allegation against them is that they smeared ink on the graffiti of writers and filmmakers of West Bengal, including Rabindranath Tagore, painted on the wall in…
Tax Lawyers Association gets new 31-member committee led by Ramizuddin Ahmed and Mazam Ali Khan
A new executive committee of the Bangladesh Tax Lawyers Association (BTLA) has been formed with Ramizuddin Ahmed elected president and Md Mazam Ali Khan secretary general. The committee’s term is 2026-29. The 39th general meeting of the BTLA was…