World
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister has called on the United States to accept North Korea’s “irreversible” status as a nuclear weapons state, warning that dialogue will never lead to its denuclearisation.In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central ...
United States President Donald Trump has denied seeking a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping while holding out the possibility of visiting China at his counterpart’s invitation.“The Fake News is reporting that I am SEEKING a ‘Summit’ with President Xi of China. This is ...
At least 60,034 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the war on Gaza erupted in October 2023, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health.The grim milestone was reached on Tuesday, with medical sources telling Al Jazeera that at least 62 Palestinians, including 19 aid seeker...
A Russian bomb attack on a penal colony in southeastern Ukraine killed 17 people overnight, officials said, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would shorten a deadline for Vladimir Putin to make peace.Dozens more were wounded in the attack on the front-line Zaporizhzhia region, accordin...
Reuters, Bangkok: A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia held on Tuesday and military commanders from both sides met to discuss measures to maintain the truce, as some residents along the disputed frontier trickled back home after five days of intense fighting.Thai and Cambodian leaders met in Ma...
World,Tech Post,Science Technology
Reuters, Nassau, Bahamas: When SpaceX was negotiating a deal with the Bahamas last year to allow its Falcon 9 rocket boosters to land within the island nation's territory, Elon Musk's company offered a sweetener: complimentary Starlink internet terminals for the country's defense vessels...
World,Business,Politics
Reuters, Stockholm: U.S. and Chinese officials began a second day of talks in Stockholm on Tuesday to resolve longstanding economic disputes and step back from an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.The meetings may not yield immediate large breakthroughs but the two s...
National,World
Reuters, Washington: The New York police officer killed in a mass shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday was described by the city's mayor and police commissioner as a heroic Bangladeshi immigrant who saved lives while "putting his life on the line."A gunman opened fire on M...
National,Education & Culture
The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has taken an initiative to fill the vacant posts of head-teachers in primary schools immediately to accelerate the educational activities of government primary schools. To this end, the ministry has already sent the demand letter to the Bangladesh Publ...
National,Politics
BSS, Tangail: National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday said great political figures like Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq and Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani are the architects of Bangladesh."Excluding these figures, only one individual was declared the Father of the Nation and...
Consensus on key July Charter points needs to be reached by 31 July: Ali RiazNational Consensus Commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Tuesday stressed the need to finalise at least the agreed points of the July Charter by July 31."By July 31, we must finalise the charter's outline,...
National,World,Politics
Bangladesh has welcomed the announcement of immediate and unconditional ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia.Bangladesh praised Malaysia, the ASEAN Chair, for mediating the fruitful talks between the two sides at the highest political level, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.It also...
National
As the world observes Global Tiger Day on Tuesday, forest officials and conservationists in Bangladesh have expressed cautious optimism over a gradual rise in the number of Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans.According to the Forest Department, the number of tigers in the Bangladesh part of the Su...
National,Health,Politics,City,Country
UNB, Barishal: A group of people staged a sit-in in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall on Tuesday, demanding nationwide healthcare reforms and an end to irregularities at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.The protestors, led by Mohiuddin Ronny, who is well-known for his bold stance against mismanageme...
National,Business,Politics
The government on Tuesday approved a proposal in principle for signing agreement between Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) and SABIC Agri-nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia for importing urea fertiliser under G2G arrangement the current fiscal year (FY26). The approval came f...
National,Business,Oil & Energy
The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals including one for procuring some two cargoes of LNG to meet the growing demand for the country.The approvals came from a meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase held at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at the Secretar...
National,Country
UNB, Patuakhali: Six fishermen went missing while nine others were rescued four days after a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal. Quoting fishermen, Mahmud Hasan, officer-in-charge of Mahipur Police Station, said Abdur Rashid Majhi along with 14 others went to the Bay of Bengal for fishing o...
National,Travel & Tourism,Country
UNB, Chapainawabganj: Bus services which remained suspended on Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route from Monday morning resumed on Tuesday afternoon.Khalekuzzaman Shamim, general secretary of Chapainawabganj District Road Transport Owners Group, said a meeting was held with the leaders and activists of Ra...
National,Politics,Education & Culture
The elections to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and the hall unions will be held on 9 September.Chief Returning Officer Prof Mohammad Jasim Uddin made the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon at the conference room of the Nawab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Sen...
Bangladesh and Pakistan have expressed deep concern over the ongoing Israeli aggression and the worsening humanitarian crisis in Palestine, reiterating their unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just cause.The message was conveyed during a meeting between Pakistan’s Depu...
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