World
At least seven people were killed and 25 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest during a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, police said.The blast occurred at the home of Noor Alam Mehsud, a pro-government community leader in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in...
Four people were shot dead early Friday in Lawrenceville, Georgia of United New, in what authorities said appeared to be a family dispute.The suspected shooter has been taken into custody.The Indian Consulate in Atlanta expressed grief over the incident, saying on X that the alleged shooter ha...
World,ICT,Science & Technology
Meta has announced it is suspending teenagers’ access to its artificial intelligence characters, at least for now, according to a blog post released Friday.The company, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, said that in the coming weeks, teens will no longer be able to use AI characters while Met...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad,Election
UNB, Rangpur: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said his party will continue its efforts to realise the dreams of the July martyrs, pledging to build a corruption-free, discrimination-free and justice-based Bangladesh.“They envisioned building an independent Bangladesh fre...
National,Accident & Fire
UNB, Faridpur Two people were killed and ten others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Naupara in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Saturday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Helal Uddin, Officer-in-Charge of Bhanga ...
National,Jatiya Sangsad,Election
UNB, Jashore: A total of 129 inmates of Jashore Central Jail will cast their votes through postal ballots.This marks the first time in the country’s history that prisoners will be able to exercise their voting rights.According to jail authorities, all the 129 inmates have completed the on...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said there were signs that Israel was seeking an opportunity to attack Iran, warning such a move could further destabilise the region.“I hope they find a different path, but the reality is that Israel, in particular, is looking for an opportunity to strike ...
China is no longer the top security priority for the US, according to the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy.The document, published once every four years, instead says that the security of the US homeland and Western Hemisphere is the department's chief concern, adding that Washington...
At least two European airlines have suspended flights to cities in the Middle East, with Air France saying it will temporarily stop service to Dubai as it continues to monitor the “geopolitical situation”.Dutch airline KLM also halted flights until further notice to cities in Israel, the...
European Council President Antonio Luis Santos da Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be chief guests at India's Republic Day celebrations next Monday.Besides state banquets and the ceremonial pomp of the event, the two leaders will have a more pressing item on thei...
Seven people have been killed and 82 are missing after a landslide in the West Bandung region of Indonesia’s West Java province, Indonesia ‘s disaster mitigation agency said.“The number of missing persons is high, we will try to optimise our search and rescue efforts today,&r...
Iran’s chief prosecutor on Friday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s repeated assertion that he prevented the execution of 800 people arrested during recent protests, calling the claim “entirely untrue.” At the same time, activists reported that the death toll from Iran&rs...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region would be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.The UAE’s foreign ministry said...
National,Diplomachy
Bangladesh has strongly rejected Myanmar’s recent submissions before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case brought by The Gambia over the Rohingya genocide, saying Naypyidaw’s attempt to label the Rohingya as ‘Bengalis’ is a deliberate effort to justify atrocit...
The Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) has urged voters registered through the "Postal Vote BD" mobile application to cast their ballots promptly after receiving them.They should submit the yellow envelopes to the nearest post office or letter box within the stipulated time, a PID release...
Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has stepped aside from the race for the country’s top post to clear the way for former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi officials said Tuesday.Two officials, including a senior leader from al-Sudani’s Reconstruction and D...
The Syrian army on Tuesday declared an area east of Aleppo a “closed military zone,” signaling a possible escalation with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), officials said.The move follows several days of clashes in Aleppo last week that displaced tens of thousands, ending over ...
National,Education & Research,Crime & Corruption
UNB: An attempted rape case has been filed against Rajshahi University (RU) Assistant Prof. Dulal Ali Mollah.A woman filed the case on January 4 with Chandrima Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge of the police station Emran Hossain.According to the case statement, Prof. Dulal, a teacher of D...
Healthcare
UNB: A departmental investigation has been launched into allegations of cooking inside an operation theatre (OT) and other irregularities at the 250-bed Feni General Hospital, following the suspension of two nurses over the incident.A three-member probe committee, formed by the office of the Ch...
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