The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.
Gonotantrik Chhatra Jote-backed Pratirodh Parshad will solve accommodation issues, prioritise research, and ensure a women-friendly campus if elected in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union polls, the left-leaning panel said as they unveiled their manifesto yesterday at Madhur Canteen.
Jatiya Party yesterday dismissed growing calls for a ban on the party, saying it has never engaged in terrorism and therefore faces no legal grounds for prohibition under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
After a legal battle spanning 38 years, freedom fighter Munshi Mohiuddin Ahmed, 74, finally received justice from the country's apex court.
BNP has expressed doubt over the Election Commission's capacity to hold a free and fair national election, but said it still hopes the polls will be participatory and inclusive.
The victims are Rabeya Khatun, 8, and Mohana Begum, 8
The procession began around 10:30pm from Shanto Chattar, paraded through Kataltola and the Science Faculty ground, and ended at the starting point with a brief rally
France considers recent outside interference in Greenland “disrespectful and unacceptable”, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said yesterday, on a visit to the autonomous Danish territory.
The BNP has survived Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule, during which over a million cases were filed against its leaders and activists for trying to launch street agitations demanding elections under a non-partisan government. Thousands were jailed, including Chairperson Khaleda Zia and other top leaders.
Sexual harassment remains the most pressing concern for Rohingya women and adolescents living in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, according to a study released yesterday.
Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity.
Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan lit up the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in Saint Lucia on Sunday, smashing a 20-ball half-century -- his joint-fastest in T20s -- for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in their Caribbean Premier League clash against St Lucia Kings.
Police recovered the body of Wahiduzzaman Bulu, Khulna correspondent of Dainik Sangbad Protidin, from beneath the Rupsha bridge in Khulna yesterday evening.
BAU Proctor Prof Md Abdul Alim confirmed the development to The Daily Star
Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain yesterday said the government cannot avoid responsibility in the attack on Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur.
The country’s first Robotic Rehabilitation Centre was inaugurated yesterday at Bangladesh Medical University to provide advanced treatment for patients with long-term neurological diseases and paralysis.
Probe committee to be formed
A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, left Barcelona yesterday vowing to try to “break the illegal siege of Gaza”, organisers said.
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday reaffirmed his commitment to holding the 13th national election in the first half of February next year.
Police and embassy officials went to the spot, opened the room with a master key and found the victim dead
Abu Baker Mojumdar, a former coordinator of Students Against Discrimination (SAD) and now vying for the post of general secretary in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election, pledged to continue political, social, and cultural struggles on behalf of students.
Abu Shadik Kayem, vice-president (VP) candidate from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel in the upcoming Ducsu election, says he wants to transform Dhaka University from what he calls a “political institution” into an academic one by bringing a balance between education and politics.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told India’s Narendra Modi the “right choice” is for their countries to be friends as the two met in China for first time in seven years – a new milestone in a nascent rapprochement between the world’s most populous nations accelerated by shared frictions with the United States.
A man was beaten to death by a mob on theft allegations in Nepaldighi village of Natore Sadar upazila early yesterday.
A ward-level Awami League leader was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Saturday night.
Two rounds of clashes between villagers and students of Chittagong University have left at least 240 people injured. The violence was sparked by the alleged assault on a female student on Saturday night and flared yesterday afternoon.
The total number of voters in the country now stands at 126,307,504. Of them, 64,004,455 are male, 62,058,819 are female, and 1,230 are from the hijra community, Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told journalists at the EC headquarters in the capital yesterday.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said the “unholy efforts of evil forces” to create the ground for thwarting the next parliamentary elections are gradually becoming visible.
Both Bengals are grappling with intense periods of unrest. While the political events unfolding in these two lands may not align directly, they share one significant commonality: distrust.
Certain political interest groups are deliberately creating unrest in the country to serve their own agendas, alleged Professor Samina Lutfa of the Sociology Department at Dhaka University yesterday.
An 11-member delegation from ICC Bangladesh, led by President Mahbubur Rahman, has left for Melbourne, Australia, to attend the 14th World Chambers Congress (WCC) from 2-4 September 2025.
The remains of a printing press, believed to be around 150 years old, were relocated to the Mymensingh Museum on Saturday after being abandoned for decades near the city’s Mrittunjoy School.
The banking sector in Bangladesh faces a severe capital shortfall of Tk 1.71 lakh crore, or around $15.5 billion, as of late 2024, with the Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio (CRAR) down to 3.08 percent, far below the regulatory requirement of 12.50 percent, including buffers.
Today is the 22nd death anniversary of Nurjahan Murshid, a women’s rights activist, renowned politician and organisers of the 1971 Liberation War, said a press release.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) security forum now bears “greater responsibility” for safeguarding regional peace and stability, as well as promoting the development and prosperity of its member states, Chinese President Xi Jinping told about 20 world leaders he hosted yesterday evening.
Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet was set to discuss a plan to seize the city.
Ukraine plans new strikes deep into Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday, after weeks of intensified attacks on Russian energy assets.
Indonesian political parties have agreed to revoke a number of perks and privileges for parliamentarians, President Prabowo Subianto said yesterday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have left five people dead and caused the worst violence in decades in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
The Trump administration has moved to terminate more than 500 employees at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the federal body that oversees government funded broadcasters.
For the first time, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), an autonomous regulatory body, yesterday set audit fees for chartered accountants who will audit the financial statements of banks in the current fiscal year of 2025-26.
One in four stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is trading below face value, due mainly to the companies behind them failing.
As there is no limit on expenditure in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall union election campaigns, some independent candidates feel the playing field is uneven.
Journalists in Bangladesh are increasingly subjected to attacks, threats, and judicial harassment while performing their professional duties, according to rights group Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF).
Journalist leaders yesterday expressed frustration that none of the recommendations from the Media Reform Commission’s report have yet been implemented.
Rajshahi University was on edge yesterday as student organisations scuffled over the exclusion of first-year students from the voter list for the upcoming central student union election.
Bangladesh will require $172 billion in green financing by 2030 if its industries are to remain globally competitive. The funds must come from a well-balanced mix of financing sources rather than relying too heavily on the banking sector, said Syed M Omar Tayub, managing director and CEO of Prime Bank Investment Ltd.
Stocks closed higher for the second day in a row yesterday, with the main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) reaching the highest level in nearly a year.
Indian refiners boosted US crude oil purchases this month, drawn by competitive prices, trade sources said, a move that could help narrow the country’s trade deficit with the United States amid tensions between the two nations.
China’s factory output ticked up in August but still recorded a fifth straight month of contraction, official data showed Sunday, as Beijing and Washington press on with trade talks.
