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Yunus orders resolving visa complexities
08:22 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday, October 8, emphasised resolving the existing complexities in the visa process as new labour markets of Bangladesh are being created in the Eastern European countries...
Beyond the uniform: What a soldier learned from a CEO
07:20 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayAfter hanging up my uniform, I faced the classic crossroads: rest or reinvent. Many of my fellow officers chose the former, enjoying the peace they had earned. But I felt restless. Having spent my life pursuing growth—for myself, my soldiers and my country—I was not ready to slow down. It was the PRAN-RFL Group that drew me in, almost magnetically. What moved me most was not the scale of the enterprise, but the spirit of leadership embodied by Ahsan Khan Chowdhury.
Saif achieves career-best T20 rankings
06:56 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdaySaif Hassan's remarkable turnaround in T20 format just after making a comeback helped him attain his career-beat rankings.
Touhid calls diplomats’ gathering at Saber’s place ‘private visit’
06:35 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayForeign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has described the recent meeting of three foreign ambassadors at the Dhaka residence of former Awami League minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury as a social visit, stating it should be viewed simply as “individuals meeting at an individual’s house.”
3 more die from dengue, 700 hospitalised in 24 hrs
06:19 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayThree more deaths were reported from dengue in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 220 this year. Of the new deaths, one was reported in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
Omar becomes 16th Muslim Nobel Laureate for building homes for molecules
06:03 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayFrom a single-room home in Amman, Jordan, shared with livestock and without electricity, to the pinnacle of global science, Omar M Yaghi has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, becoming the 16th Muslim individual in history to receive a Nobel Prize and the fourth Muslim scientist to win in a scientific category.
How three chemists gave molecules a home and the planet a future
05:27 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayIn the quiet hum of a laboratory in Kyoto, a crystalline powder drinks water from the desert night. In a factory in Alberta, another porous material silently scrubs carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions. In a hospital in Berlin, a third delivers cancer drugs directly to tumours, sparing healthy tissue.
USS Fitzgerald docks in Chattogram on a goodwill tour
05:16 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayThe US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald has arrived in Chattogram for a three-day goodwill tour, signalling Washington’s intent to strengthen maritime cooperation with Bangladesh at a time of heightened strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific.
Fakhrul asks govt to ensure Shahidul’s safe return
05:15 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday, October 8, urged the government to take immediate steps to ensure the safe return of Bangladeshi photographer and writer Shahidul Alam...
Ali Riaz hopes sealing July Charter by Oct 16
04:41 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayNational Consensus Commission (NCC) Vice Chair Prof Ali Riaz said on Wednesday, October 8, that the Commission will submit its final recommendations to the government by October 10, with the goal of enabling political parties to sign the July National Charter 2025 by October 16.
Trio wins Nobel in chemistry for developing ‘metal-organic frameworks’
04:06 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayThe 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of researchers – a Japanese, a Briton and a Jordanian – for the development of “metal-organic frameworks.”
Ex-Spain and Barcelona left-back Alba to retire
03:48 PM, 08 Oct 2025 WednesdayFormer Spain and Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba will retire at the end of the current Major League Soccer season...