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 jailed during the Pakistan Movement and a diplomat involved in the Gwadar Port deal, her legacy cont…
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…
