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Referendum won’t have importance if held on election day: Taher
10:11 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher has said vote cast rate would be low if the next national elections and referendum are held on a day...
‘Even 19% won’t do’: MPO teachers stand firm as govt offers 5% rent allowance
10:01 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayAfter four consecutive days of protests by MPO-affiliated teachers demanding a 20 per cent house rent allowance, the Finance Ministry has agreed to provide 5 per cent or a minimum of Tk 2,000 in rent.
We will sign the July Charter but with clear notes of dissent: Salahuddin
09:43 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayBNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has confirmed that his party will sign the July National Charter, but emphasised that differences of opinion will be formally recorded as “notes of dissent” within the document itself.
MIGA pledges $500m to revive Bangladesh’s export development fund
09:32 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayIn a significant boost to Bangladesh’s export sector, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a key arm of the World Bank Group, has committed $500 million in loan guarantees to relaunch the country’s Export Development Fund (EDF).
Bangladesh forget how to win, back to the dark days of odi cricket
09:10 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayHas Bangladesh gone back twenty years in ODI cricket? Has it hit rock bottom once again in the 50-over format?
Pakistan end South Africa's 10-Test winning run
08:58 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayPakistan ended world champions South Africa's unbeaten run by completing a 93-run victory in an entertaining and hard-fought first Test in Lahore.
July Charter signing to be an occasion of national celebrations, hopes Yunus
08:27 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser and head of the National Consensus Commission (NCC) Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday, October 15, expressed optimism that the signing ceremony of the ‘July National Charter 2025’ will become an occasion.
Young hearts lose their storyteller: Rakib Hasan, creator of ‘Tin Goyenda,’ no more
07:57 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayFor countless young readers in Bangladesh, he was the quiet architect of their imagination – the man who taught them that courage could hide behind a school uniform, and that adventure might begin just beyond the familiar streets of home. Rakib Hasan, the visionary author who gave life to Tin Goyenda, passed away at the age of 74 at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in Dhanmondi, following a sudden cardiac arrest during dialysis.
The city that eats and starves: Bogura waste two tonnes of food every night
07:28 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayIn Bogura, the air smells of spice and smoke — biryani simmering in giant pots, sizzling kebabs on iron griddles, the promise of comfort in every street corner. It is a city that knows its food, celebrates it, thrives on it. Yet, when night falls and the kitchens close, that same abundance curdles into tragedy.
NCC sits with political parties ahead of July Charter signing
07:13 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayThe National Consensus Commission (NCC) sat with political parties on Wednesday evening, October 15, ahead of the signing ceremony of the July National Charter scheduled to be held on Friday, October 17.
IFAD organises workshop on methane reduction in agriculture
07:00 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayReducing methane emissions from agriculture will depend on how effectively scientific insights are translated into everyday farming practice.
From hope to ruin: How a single click unmaking lives
06:18 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayWhat began as harmless curiosity — a mobile game, a digital bet — has exploded into a full-blown social epidemic. Across tea stalls, garages, and bus stands, in homes and hostels, Bangladesh’s poor and working-class are gambling their way into ruin, one click at a time.