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A UAE-based company’s managing director went viral after gifting employees brand-new iPhones to appreciate their dedication and contributions. In a video, workers are seen choosing wrapped gift boxes, with some finding iPhones while others received chocolates. However, the employees who initially got chocolates were l…
Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan wished former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her birthday through a Facebook post. Addressing her as “Apa,” Shakib wished her good health and well-being. Sheikh Hasina left Banglade…
Dhaka police have arrested four people, including alleged planner Shahriar, over Saturday night's attack on Salman Muqtadir's Brownfish Studio in ECB Chattar. Police say a land dispute was behind it: New Gini Properties…
Canada will provide $100 million in international assistance to Palestine, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at the United Nations. The aid package includes $80 million for humanitarian assistance to address immediat…
Mian Asghar Ali of Pattoki, Pakistan, turned his home into a mini forest after his mother wished for a garden. Since 2016, he has planted and cared for more than 5,700 trees around his six-marla property, using rooftops…
Meta is interested in opening an office in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs State Minister Shama Obaid said. She noted that Meta discussed the proposal, citing Bangladesh’s larger Facebook user base compared with Ind…
IIM Jammu faced controversy after a student council notice reportedly warned students of a ₹500 fine for missing a September 17 lamp-lighting ceremony marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. The notice called a…
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 women’s education. A political activist…
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's image but will showcase mosques, temp…
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 issue includes an interview with Bangla…
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 innovative "high voltage plasma water pur…
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 workers, who then transported them to t…
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 finishing sixth in the national champio…
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 Banner/Flag.’ He broke Indian skydiver Jiti…
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. He received his official certificate on…
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 Athletics, the global governing body, officia…
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 Agro Limited, based in Dhaka. Company own…
