To honour their long-held dream of performing Hajj together, Kaarina Kaisar’s father carried her passport during the pilgrimage after she passed away on May 16. Mohammad Kaisar Hamid said he dreamed of Kaarina circumambulating the Holy Kaaba with him and believes she was spiritually present during their Umrah. Her pas…
A brief encounter outside Puran Dhaka’s famous Hanif Biryani went viral after a group of diners shared their interaction with a young pen vendor. When they offered him money without buying anything, the child refused, s…
The government plans a direct rail link between Panchagarh and Cox’s Bazar, connecting Bangladesh Railway’s eastern and western zones. The project could increase freight and container train operations tenfold and link B…
Pete Levin, founder of Griffin Gaming Partners and collector of around 500,000 trading cards, predicts Pokémon cards could become a global currency after an apocalypse due to their popularity and rising value. Demand is…
Two separate fires broke out in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi and Mohakhali areas on Thursday morning. A fire started at an Apex footwear showroom on the second floor of a six-storey building on Dhanmondi Road 27 around 10:05am, wi…
Saima Wazed, WHO Southeast Asia regional director and daughter of Sheikh Hasina, resigned amid fraud investigations by the WHO and Bangladeshi authorities. She had been on unpaid administrative leave since 2025 after Ba…
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro introduces a physical variable aperture, allowing users to control how much light enters the camera. The feature aims to improve low-light photography and provide greater depth-of-field control. Th…
Born in Austria and raised in England, Victoria became Viqar-un-Nisa after marrying Sir Feroz Khan Noon in 1945. She founded the Viqarunnisa Noon School in Dhaka in 1952, shaping…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H. Mansur announced that newly designed Tk 1000, Tk 50, and Tk 20 banknotes will be released before Eid. These notes will not feature any individual…
Mexico’s Mundo magazine features Bangladesh’s July Movement as its cover story, focusing on student-led protests and the public uprising that symbolized resilience and change. The…
Zabeer Zarif Akhter, a 17-year-old student from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School in Bangladesh, has won the national title in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition. His i…
For the first time in history, Saudi women participated in the ceremonial changing of the Kaaba’s Kiswa. They assisted by carrying parts of the Kiswa and handing them over to male…
81-year-old Rani Hamid, a seasoned Bangladeshi chess player, clinched a spot on the national women's team for the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, this September. Despite…
Ashik Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi skydiver, set a new Guinness World Record by freefalling from a plane with the Bangladesh flag, achieving the ‘Greatest Distance Freefall with a Ban…
Ragib Shahriar, a brilliant student at Dhaka University, has set a Guinness World Record by tapping a football 220 times in one minute, surpassing the previous record of 212 taps.…
Imranur Rahman, Bangladesh's record-breaking sprinter, is poised to make his Olympic debut in Paris, becoming the nation's third athlete to join the prestigious event. World Athle…
Rangpur's renowned Haribhanga mangoes are now being exported to Germany, with plans for further international expansion. In the first shipment, one ton was sent via Green Global A…
