National,Country, Districts
UNB, Jashore: A mysterious fire broke out at the old building of the Jessore Registry Office on Thursday night, destroying centuries-old documents, including volume books, balam registers, index books, and other important records.The blaze started around 9:00 pm in the old office building. With...
In a special operation, conducted by Customs in Rangpur, approximately 300,000 sticks of illegal cigarettes of the Black Diamond brand were seized. The cigarettes were recovered on Monday night during a raid on a covered van in the Rangpur Sadar area.Circle Revenue Officer of the Rangpur VAT Office,...
National,Politics
A United Nations humanitarian team has visited Sudan’s el-Fasher city for the first time since it was seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in October, finding hundreds of civilians living in desperate conditions amid severe shortages of food, medicine and shelter.The hours-lon...
World
Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region said on Thursday that a Ukrainian drone strike killed at least 24 people and injured more than 50 others during New Year celebrations, amid rising tensions despite ongoing peace efforts.According to Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-a...
Former US special counsel Jack Smith has said the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol would not have happened without Donald Trump, characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2...
A 21-year-old volunteer in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed Wednesday night in Lorestan province during protests driven by economic hardship, authorities said Thursday, marking the first reported security force fatality in the demonstrations.State-run media said the Basij vol...
Dozens of people are presumed dead and around 100 others injured, most seriously, after a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss Alps resort town of Crans-Montana during New Year celebrations, police said Thursday.Valais Canton police commander Frédéric Gisler said the exa...
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers tore down their homes Wednesday in Nur Shams refugee camp, part of an almost year-long campaign in northern West Bank camps.Since early 2025, Operation "Iron Wall" has damaged or destroyed at least 850 st...
Britain’s Queen Camilla on Wednesday publicly shared her experience of indecent assault for the first time, highlighting her long-standing campaign against domestic violence.The queen, who has made fighting abuse one of her key causes, recalled being attacked by a man on a train in the 1960s a...
National,Business & Commerce,ICT,Science & Technology
Mobile phone traders besieged and vandalised the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) building on Thursday afternoon, protesting the implementation of the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR), which they described as without easing import procedures or rationalising taxes...
National,Culture & Entertainment,Country, Districts
All primary level students across the country have received their textbooks on the very first day of the new year, Primary and Mass Education Adviser Prof Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder said on Thursday.The adviser made the remarks this morning after distributing books at Abul Bashar Government Primary Sc...
National,World
A total of 128 journalists were killed around the world in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Thursday.The grim toll, up from 2024, "is not just a statistic, it's a global red alert for our colleagues," IFJ general se...
National,City,Country, Districts
Four policemen were injured in an attack by a group of drug peddlers during an anti-narcotics drive in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Thursday.Two of the injured were identified as sub-inspectors- Arup Kumar Biswas and Mohammad Masud Rana.Tipped off, a team from Sreepur Police Station con...
The 123rd birth anniversary of famous poet and litterateur Jasimuddin, widely revered as the ‘Polli Kobi’, is being observed on Thursday.The poet was born on this day in 1903 at his maternal uncle’s house in Tambulkhana village in Faridpur district.UNB Faridpur correspondent report...
A mild cold wave is sweeping over parts of the country and it may abate in some places, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said on Thursday.According to the Met office bulletin, “A mild cold wave is sweeping over the districts of Madaripur, Gopalganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj, Dinajp...
Zohran Mamdani officially became New York City’s mayor shortly after midnight on Thursday, taking his first oath of office inside a historic, long-closed subway station in Manhattan.A Democrat, Mamdani made history as the first Muslim mayor of the nation’s largest city, swearing in with ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday highlighted his country’s advances in technology, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, military equipment, and space exploration, while reiterating that Beijing intends to annex self-ruled Taiwan.In his New Year’s Eve address broadc...
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four Venezuelan oil companies and added four more oil tankers to its list of blocked property, accusing them of supporting President Nicolás Maduro’s government through a shadow fleet.The move is part of the Trump administration’...
Israel plans to ban 37 aid organisations from operating in Gaza from Thursday unless they hand over detailed information on their Palestinian staff, despite mounting criticism from the United Nations and the European Union.Several NGOs have told AFP the new rules will have a major impact on food and...
The US military said Wednesday that eight people were killed in multiple new strikes on alleged drug boats, bringing the death toll in Washington's campaign against what it says are narcotics traffickers to at least 115.US Southern Command, which is responsible for American forces operating in C...
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