National,Infrastructure, Development,Transportation & Aviation
UNB, Nilphamari:: A shortage of wheels and essential spare parts has left nearly 200 railway coaches lying idle at the Syedpur Railway Workshop, threatening disruption in train services during the upcoming Eid travel rush.More than 100 of the stalled coaches require only wheel replacement to become ...
World,WAR
Iranians appear sharply divided over the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader following the killing of his father, Ali Khamenei, during the opening phase of the war involving the United States and Iran.Some pro-government supporters have taken to the streets to celebrate Mojtaba...
President Donald Trump said Monday that US military operations in Iran would be ending soon, reassuring markets that have been thrust into chaos by a war still reverberating across the Middle East.The war had sent stock markets slumping and oil prices soaring on Monday as Tehran, under new leader Mo...
Iran launched new attacks on Tuesday at Gulf Arab countries as it kept up pressure on the Middle East in a war that has sent oil prices surging and stunned global economies. Five pro-Iranian militiamen were killed by an airstrike in northern Iraq.Incoming missile sirens sounded early in the morning ...
World,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,WAR
Reuters:: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not allow "one litre of oil" to be shipped from the Middle East if U.S. and Israeli attacks continue, prompting a warning from President Donald Trump that the U.S. would hit Iran much harder if it blocked exports fr...
National,Country, Districts
UNB, Jashore:: A mobile court in Chougachha upazila in Jashore seized around 6,000 litres of illegally stored fuel and fined three traders a total of Tk 1.35 lakh during separate drives on Sunday afternoon.Executive Magistrate Shoaib Hasan of the Jessore district administration conducted the drive a...
Oil prices jumped above $114 per barrel on Monday for the first time since 2022 as the escalating Iran war threatened energy production and shipping routes in the Middle East.Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose past $114 after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, marking a ...
Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic’s next ruler, authorities announced Monday, as Tehran widened its attacks across the Mideast to strike oil and water facilities crucial to its desert sheikdoms.With Iran’s theocracy under ...
National,Sports,Cricket
India clinched the T20 World Cup for a record third time on Sunday, defeating New Zealand by 96 runs before a crowd of over 100,000 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.Batting first after losing the toss, India posted a formidable 255-5. Opener Sanju Samson struck 89 off 46 balls, including eight sixes, ma...
At least 104 Iranian personnel were killed and 32 wounded in a U.S. attack on an Iranian warship last week, Iran’s army said, according to Fars news agency.The warship, IRIS Dena, was torpedoed and sunk by a U.S. submarine in the Indian Ocean during the ongoing conflict, reports Al Jazeera.The...
UNB:: Three buses were set on fire and several filling stations were vandalised in Jhenaidah district town over the killing of an activist of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement following a dispute over fuel purchase.Tanvir Hasan, station officer of Jhenaidah Fire Service and Civil Defence, sai...
World,Women & Children,WAR
UNB/Agencies:: Today is March 8, 2026. In much of the world, International Women’s Day is a day of floral tributes and corporate speeches. But for the women navigating the dust of Gaza and the chilling shadow of the gallows in Iran, "progress" means surviving the sunset. To talk...
The US and Israel continued their strikes on Iran, targeting oil storage depots and refining facilities in Tehran for the first time, sparking large fires across the capital.Meanwhile, an Iranian drone caused material damage to a water desalination plant in Bahrain, the country’s Interior Mini...
Bahrain on Sunday reported that an Iranian drone attack caused “material damage” to one of its desalination plants.This is the first instance of an Arab country reporting that Iran has targeted a desalination facility during the ongoing nine-day conflict.The Persian Gulf region hosts hun...
World
Israel struck southern Lebanon and Beirut early Sunday, killing 12, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported, as the Middle East conflict intensifies. Israeli officials said the strikes targeted commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, following Prime Mi...
National,Women & Children
International Women's Day is being observed today across the country as elsewhere in the world.President and Prime Minister have issued separate messages marking the day.The United Nations has been observing the day as International Women's Day since 1975. This year's theme of the day is...
The United States and Israel have continued their strikes on Iran, targeting oil storage depots and refining facilities in Tehran for the first time and triggering large fires across the capital.US President Donald Trump has again called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender”, saying...
Fresh explosions lit up the skies over Tehran late Saturday as the conflict between Iran and Israel intensified, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that the next stage of the week-long war would bring “many surprises.”Israel’s military said it had struck fuel st...
Reuters, BEIRUT/MIAMI/TEL AVIV/DUBAI:: U.S. President Donald Trump said he is not interested in negotiating with Iran and raised the possibility that the Iran war would only end once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.Speaking to reporters aboard Ai...
National,Business & Commerce,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
BSS, Chattogram:: Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, 15 cargo ships carrying nearly 250,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), fuel oil and industrial raw materials have arrived at Chattogram Port after safely crossing the Strait of Hormuz, port auth...
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