The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a budget of nearly Tk 160 crore for Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia for the 2022-23 financial year.Of Tk 159.69 crore, Tk 1.42 crore (0.89 per cent) has been allocated as expenses for research this…
The country’s most coveted Dhaka University (DU) observed its 102nd birth anniversary on Friday through day-long programmes.DU Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the celebration programmes by cutting a 102-pound cake at the central…
The sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha began on Friday morning.Bangladesh Railway started selling advance train tickets for July 5 at six places in Dhaka — Kamalapur, Kamalapur suburban platform, Airport rail station, Tejgaon railway statio…
The Bangladeshi High Commission in the Maldives has asked all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the country to collect visa or work permit on an urgent basis.The process for visa or work permit application has started under the Ministry of Econo…
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has detained a woman and seized 490 Yaba pills from her possession in Khidirpur village of Chattogram on June 29, the elite force said on Friday.The detainee, Taslima Akter, 25, wife of Ariful Islam, bought the seized Yaba …
After a rise over the last two days, the water level of the Surma and Kushiyara rivers started falling again in Sylhet and Sunamganj on Friday.According to the Water Development Board, the water level of Surma River has gone down by 10 cm at Kanaighat …
Executive Board President of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS Yoka Brandt has said the UN has a “strong relationship” with the government of Bangladesh and wants to further build on that to facilitate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.“…
Hundreds of passengers, including children and women, were caught in a long queue of vehicles on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway on the first day of toll collection due to shortage of toll booths.The authority started collecting tolls from vehicles on…
Three more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca in the last three days, according to Bangladesh Hajj Management Portal.Fatema Begum, 60, was from Dhaka, Rafiqul Islam, 47, from Sirajganj, and Md Abdul Gafur Miah, 62, from Tangail…
A busy few days in the transfer market continued for Inter Milan as the Nerazzurri completed the signing of Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Serie A rival Roma.Inter registered Mkhitaryan’s contract with the league’s governing body on Friday and also did so for…
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki paid tribute to the victims of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack Friday on the sixth anniversary of the deadliest night of terror in the country’s history that saw 22 civilians, mostly foreigners, killed in Dha…
Awami League lawmaker Haji Salim, serving jail term for graft, was paroled for a few hours to attend his elder brother Haji Kayes’s janaza and burial on Friday.The Home Ministry granted the parole to Haji Salim for five and a half hours.Around 4 pm Sal…
The Bangladesh News Gazette is a leading news publication that works with the long-term responsibility of strengthening public opinion on how the democratic system should work and how to sustain and nurture democratic norms effectively. The publication has been privileged to be part of a change while upholding the duties of a free press.