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Pro-Palestinian activists in Britain broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England on Friday where they damaged and sprayed red paint over two military aircraft used for refueling and transportation.The campaign group Palestine Action said two of its activists had entered the Brize Norton bas...
National,Front Page
The United States has identified multiple cases of a new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, which has been associated with the recent spike in infections across China. According to a report in the CBS, the variant was detected through the CDC's airport screening program in international travelers arriv...
Dhaka looks reborn after a fresh lick of paint. Though this is not your typical municipal spruce-up. The sprawling Bangladeshi capital has been festooned with garish political murals celebrating August’s student-led ouster of reviled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed. Mile upon mile of concre...
Education & Culture
About 650,000 students are missing their second school year, an absence educators say will compound the trauma of war and could cause lasting developmental problems, The Washington Post reports Gaza’s 650,000 school-age children already missed out on almost an entire year of education. S...
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Saturday conducted a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha, , Times of India reports on SundayThe hypersonic missile that the DRDO tested is designed to carry various payloads...
Karoline Leavitt has been named as President-elect Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, making history as the youngest individual to hold the position at just 27 years of age. Trump lauded Leavitt as a “highly effective communicator” and expressed confidence in her ability t...
India's anti-money laundering agency, Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple places in Jharkhand and West Bengal in connection with an investigation linked to alleged illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals, PTI reported quoting sources.A total of 17 places ha...
World
At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police and other officials told Reuters.Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in the south and Islamist militants in its...
Bangladesh has witnessed a surge in sending migrant workers to different countries, particularly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Malaysia, this year. The number of Bangladeshi migrant workers has risen sharply since the beginning of the current year, with about 700,000 Bangladeshis heading ab...
National,World
The much-talked-about 2024 United States presidential election, the 60th quadrennial presidential election, will be held today (November 5).Americans as well as voters in each state and the District of Columbia will choose electors to the Electoral College, who will then elect a president and ...
As Election Day in the United States (US) approaches, the big question now is - will America get its first woman president or a second Donald Trump term?Kamala Devi Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate and the current vice president of the United States since 2021, is a Glass Ceiling Breake...
At least three alleged cattle were thieves lynched by a mob in Narail in the early hours of Wednesday.The incident occurred in the Sadar Upazila’s Tularampur area near the Narail-Dhaka-Benapole highway, according to Sajedul Islam, chief of Narail Sadar Police Station.Cattle theft has been a re...
Begum Rokeya University (BRU), Rangpur has banned all forms of political activities involving teachers, officials and other employees on campus.This decision was taken at the 108th syndicate meeting of the university on Monday (October 28). BRU Vice Chancellor Professor Shawkat Ali announced the dec...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a new passenger terminal and cargo gate at Petrapole, the largest land port in South Asia, enhancing trade and passenger movement between India and Bangladesh, according to foreign newspapers and news agencies The port handles 70% of land-based trade an...
Authority of the Apex Limited on Sunday closed all of their four factories in Gazipur.Abu Taleb, assistant superintendent of Gazipur Industrial Police (Kashimpur zone) confirmed the closer of the RMG units of the All Apex Ltd,Earlier on Saturday, agitated workers of the RMG factories observed a stri...
At least eight people were killed in two separate road accidents in Narsingdi and Narayanganj districts on Saturday. In ...
British regulators have been urged by MPs to examine the relationship between London estate agents, lawyers and lenders and a former Bangladeshi government minister under investigation for alleged corruption.Saifuzzaman Chowdhury was the land minister in Bangladesh until earlier this year, when the ...
The political turmoil in Bangladesh appears to have benefitted India as readymade garments exports in September have increased 17.3 per cent from a year ago, The Telegraph reports The growth comes at a time other apparel-exporting countries have experienced a slowdown.Despite global headwinds,...
Indian politician Baba Siddique, 66, was shot and killed in Mumbai, near the office of his son, who is also a politician, reports foreign news agencies and newspapers.Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack.Siddique, a former minister and a key figure in Maharashtra state polit...
Noel Tata, 66, is Ratan’s half brother and has been the trustee in four of the trusts was appointed chairman of Tata Trusts on Friday (October 11, 2024). He succeeds Ratan Tata, who died on October 9, 2024, according foreign national dailies and news agencies.The Trustees of various Trus...
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