Heatwave to continue in several districts

Veteran Hollywood artiste Meryl Streep is going to be honoured with the prestigious honorary Palme dOr at the opening ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Meryl will also serve as the guest of honour for this years ceremony which will take place on the stage of the Grand Theatre Lumiere on May 14.

Seventy percent of environmental journalists from 129 countries, polled in March, reported experiencing attacks, threats or pressure related to their job, UNESCO said Thursday

Taiwan's defence ministry said Friday it had detected 26 Chinese aircraft and five naval vessels around the self-ruled island in the previous 24 hours

The march of English globally has long infuriated French governments.

Maradona's remains lie in a private cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Leverkusen's superiority was fully on display.

Batting depth would be of importance heading to the World Cup and Tigers were furnishing options to that end.

Bangladesh will begin their five-match Twenty20 International series against Zimbabwe today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on an outfield that has certainly seen better days.

Chelsea delivered a hammer blow to Tottenham's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a 2-0 win against their spluttering London rivals on Thursday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad stole an unlikely one-run victory over table-toppers Rajasthan Royals in a tense Indian Premier League encounter on Thursday.

After a month-long severe heatwave, Dhaka experienced rain and thundershowers in parts of the capital last night

The nine matches Fizz played for Chennai worked wonders in recovering from a lean patch.

GPH Ispat Ltd registered a profit of Tk 64.31 crore between July and March of the current financial year on the back of the relative stability in the exchange rate as it helped reduce expenses for raw materials imports.

The bodies of eight Bangladeshis, who died in a boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea, reached Dhaka yesterday.

RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Limited saw a 70 percent decline in profit in the first quarter of the current calendar year compared to same period last year due to a decline in sales.

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir yesterday said presiding officers of polling centres in the upcoming upazila elections will be changed if any candidate makes allegations of their neutrality.

Five people, including four members of a family, were killed when a car collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction in Habiganjs Madhabpur upazila early yesterday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on governments, the private sector, and civil society to join the UN in reaffirming their commitments to safeguarding press freedom and the rights of journalists and media professionals around the world.

The government has drawn up a plan to increase the price of electricity four times a year for the next three years to withdraw all subsidies in the power sector, which the IMF recommends.

A climate of fear, intolerance, clampdown, and stifling of independent voices persist in South Asia, said speakers at a World Press Freedom Day event yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the leftist parties who they want to bring to power by ousting her.

When the world is fighting to contain the increase in global temperature to under 1.5 degrees Celsius, Dhaka citys temperature has increased by nearly six degrees due to the urban heat island effect in just 10 years, finds a study.

Academic activities at all secondary-level educational institutions and primary schools that were closed due to the ongoing heatwave will resume on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Three youngsters from Bangladesh have been selected from among 500 by Manchester United Soccer Schools head of coaching Michael Neary for a long-term training camp in Indias Bangalore. Sadman Sajid Ayan of Sirajganj, Papan Roy of Joypurhat and Rahat Sheikh of Gaibandha were the youngsters selected for the camp.

The fall in exports in April led to a slowdown in overall exports, which hit 3.93 percent in the ten months since July, the first month of the current fiscal year, compared to 4.39 percent in the July-March period of the same fiscal.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence tonight after receiving treatment for a day at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka

Pandya was named as vice-captain earlier this week for next month's showpiece 20-over tournament, jointly hosted by the United States and West Indies, with veteran Rohit Sharma leading the squad.

Ferdous Hasan, who lives in the Motijheel area of Dhaka, recently purchased an air conditioner (AC) in a bid to find some respite from the ongoing heatwave sweeping across Bangladesh. However, he has been left frustrated by a prolonged delay in installation.

Thomas played 34 matches for West Indies across formats, having made his debut in 2009. He last represented the Windies in 2022.

Thomas played 34 matches for West Indies across formats, having made his debut in 2009. He last represented the Windies in 2022.

When opener Dilara Akter provided a fine start in the Powerplay, it appeared that the Bangladesh womens cricket team would finally be able to turn back the tide in their batting department.

The Supreme Court chamber today issued status quo till May 5 on a High Court order that directed the Election Commission to allocate election symbol and allow alleged casino kingpin Salim Prodhan to contest for the post of chairman in the upcoming Rupganj Upazila Parishad elections of Narayanganj

This is an eye-witness account, the story of a Palestinian in Gaza, a human being, a 24-year-old medical student, his real human life of love and loss, and a human testimony of war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli government and the military in the deadliest campaign of bombings and mass killings in recent history.

Calls on civil society, media

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today said the government, civil society, and mass media can be partners to fight together against the agenda-based motivated journalism and disinformation campaign..Sometimes, media is abused and disinformation campaign

Enthralling first-leg semifinals in the Champions League have left the fate of the return legs in greater anticipation and in edge-of-the-seat poise, with Borussia Dortmund upstaging Kylian Mbappes PSG in Germany and 14-time winners Real Madrid snatching a draw against Bayern Munich away from home.

A total of 1,588 aspirants submitted nomination papers to contest in the third phase of upazila elections slated for May 29

Erik ten Hag says Jadon Sancho's impressive Champions League semi-final performance for Borussia Dortmund shows why Manchester United bought him and underlined his high value.

Grammy award-winning artist Sean Paul and Soca superstar Kes collaborated on the anthem Out of this World.

A Supreme Court lawyer today served a legal notice on Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel, asking him to resign from the post of education minister for allegedly failing to realise public sufferings caused by his activities such as keeping educational institutions open amid the heatwave

At least seven people died and nine others were injured in lightning strikes in Rangamati, Sylhet, Khagrachhari, and Coxs Bazar districts today

India named their 15-member squad and four travelling reserves for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 this week and skipper Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar addressed a press conference to reveal the thinking behind the selection choices made.

A man was hacked to death during a clash between two groups over a trifling matter in Tangails Nagarpur upazila today

Shivam Dube admitted to having sleepless nights ahead of the squad selection for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024.

A legal notice was served on the government today, asking it to formulate environment-friendly law, rule, regulation or policy for felling and planting trees

India womens cricket team won the third T20I by seven wickets against Bangladesh to clinch the five-match series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

Mudslinging among local leaders of Awami League marred the events organised in Tangail in observance of historic May Day

Protests have rocked US university campuses over the last week as pro-Palestinian students have encamped on the grounds of Columbia, Yale, and New York University, among other prestigious educational institutions, urging universities to divest from the state of Israel amid the ongoing genocide.

Police recovered bodies of two persons including a garment worker in Jashore and Gazipur this morning