A series of cocktail explosions, arson attacks on vehicles and the recovery of suspected explosive devices in and around Dhaka have renewed concerns over possible extremist activity. The developments come alongside the detention of 23 people from a mosque in the Farmgate area, after law enforcement authorities alleged that some of them were discussing plans […]

Police in Dhaka’s Dhamrai have arrested a 60-year-old man after allegedly failing to find his son, a Jubo League worker, during a late-night raid at their home. Mohammad Kolim Uddin, a resident of Bhabanhati village in Balia Union of Dhamrai upazila, was taken into custody after police went to his house at around 12.30am on […]

Barcelona are planning to bring Lionel Messi back to the newly renovated Camp Nou for a special tribute once work on the stadium is fully completed. The club’s board is exploring the possibility of staging a dedicated match or commemorative event for the Argentine forward, who left Barcelona in 2021 after spending the majority of […]

Rajnarayan Basu was one of the prominent intellectual figures of the Bengal Renaissance, whose work helped shape the intellectual, cultural and social identity of modern Bengalis. A thinker, writer, translator, educator, social reformer and early advocate of nationalist consciousness, he devoted much of his life to reconciling India’s rich intellectual traditions with the demands of […]

The nomination papers of all candidates fielded by the Sachetan Prokousholi Samaj panel for the 2026 election of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) have been rejected, according to a list published following scrutiny of the nominations. The election for the 2027–2028 term of the IEB is scheduled to be held on 12 November 2026. […]