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DIU Chairman Sabur Khan speaks at IAUP conference in Lithuania

Dhaka, May 2 -- Daffodil International University Chairman Md Sabur Khan has spoken at the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) Semi-Annual Conference 2026 in Lithuania, where the... Read More


US university to honour slain Bangladeshi PhD students with memorial

Dhaka, May 2 -- A memorial has been announced at the University of South Florida campus for two Bangladeshi PhD students, Zamil Ahamed Limon and Nahida Sultana Bristy, who were brutally killed in the ... Read More


Interim government altered measles vaccine procurement defying UNICEF calls: report

Dhaka, May 2 -- Muhammad Yunus's interim government halted measles-rubella (MR) vaccine procurement through the UNICEF for an open tender, despite the UN children agency warning of potential disruptio... Read More


Russian engineer dies after collapsing during exercise at Rooppur nuclear site

Dhaka, May 2 -- A Russian citizen working at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Project in Pabna's Ishurdi has died after suddenly falling ill. Churkin Vladimir, 40, was taken to hospital after collapsing on ... Read More


BNP panel win landslide in Dhaka Bar Association election

Dhaka, May 2 -- The BNP-backed Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel (Blue Panel) has run away with the 2026-27 Dhaka Bar Association executive committee elections, winning all 23 posts in a land... Read More


No beds, patchy oxygen: Rising measles cases stretch Cumilla unit beyond capacity

Dhaka, May 1 -- A dedicated measles isolation unit has been launched in a separate building at Cumilla Medical College Hospital (CMCH) to manage the influx of young patients. Meah Monjur Ahmed, head ... Read More


EC moves to verify 'abnormal' voter registrations at ex-councillor's houses in Narayanganj

Dhaka, May 1 -- The Election Commission has described as "abnormal" the registration of unusually high numbers of voters at several houses on a single road in Narayanganj, including two properties own... Read More


US belongs 'at bottom of Persian Gulf waters', says Iran supreme leader

Dhaka, May 1 -- Iran's supreme leader has declared that the only place for Americans in the Persian Gulf is "at the bottom of its waters", signalling a new era for the region's history, The Times of I... Read More


Oil's price boom foreshadows a post-war bust

Dhaka, May 1 -- Right now, oil investors' main obsession is excessively high prices. Fair enough: the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since early March has sent Brent crude as high as $126 a... Read More


NCT posts record single-day container handling

Dhaka, May 1 -- The New Mooring Terminal (NCT) has handled a record number of containers, surpassing 5,700 TEUs in a single day, says the Chittagong Port Authority. A total of 5,709 TEUs (twenty-foot... Read More