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BCB sets salary caps for inaugural Women's BPL as icon players to earn BDT 1m

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has finalized the salary structure for local and overseas cricketers ahead of the inaugural Women’s Bangladesh Premier League (WBPL).The player draft for the three-team tournament is scheduled for March 14, with the competition slated to run from April 3 to 1...

National,Accident, Fire, Disaster

Chattogram blast from ‘gas leak’: Death toll rises to 5

UNB:: The death toll following a blast apparently from a gas leak at Halishahar in Chattogram has risen to five with the death of another victim on Wednesday morning.Shawakhat Hossain,49, who sustained 100% burns, breathed his last at 10:40 am, said Assistant Professor Dr. Shawon Bin Rahman, a resid...

National,Country, Districts

Long queues, limited supplies mark TCB sales in Naogaon during Ramadan

UNB: As household budgets tightened amid Ramadan across the country, subsidised sales in trucks by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) have emerged as a vital lifeline for many low- and middle-income families in Naogaon. Yet the relief they offer is tempered by limited supplies, long qu...

National,Politics,Security & Defence

Ali Hossain Fakir appointed as Bangladesh police chief

The government has appointed Md Ali Hossain Fakir as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP), replacing incumbent chief Baharul Alam.The decision was announced in an official notification issued by the Home Ministry on Tuesday.The order said the appointment takes immediate effect.Ali Hossain previ...

World

Canada PM to push trade, rebuild fractured ties in India trip

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to India this week pushing to double trade and mend fractured ties, his first stop on an Asia-Pacific tour that also includes Australia and Japan as he seeks to reduce reliance on the United States.Carney has said that the US-led global order is fading and t...

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Indian air ambulance crash kills seven

All seven people on board an air ambulance were killed when the aircraft crashed in Simaria area of Chatra district, Jharkhand, India, on Monday evening, officials said.The Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd-operated air ambulance was flying from Ranchi to Delhi. It took off at 7:11 pm and lost contact with ai...

National,Infrastructure, Development,City

Narayanganj’s daily battle with traffic and broken roads

UNB, Narayanganj:: For thousands of residents in Narayanganj, a short journey across town has become an exhausting daily trial.What was once a 10-minute commute now routinely stretches beyond an hour, as chronic traffic congestion, pothole-ridden roads and ongoing development works converge to ...

World

Around 30 feared dead as migrant boat capsizes off Crete

About 30 people are feared dead after a migrant boat capsized off the Greek island of Crete, Greek authorities and the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday.The vessel, carrying roughly 50 migrants, sank on Saturday about 20 nautical miles from the port of ...

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Trump warns of higher tariffs after court blocks levies

US President Donald Trump has warned that countries attempting to back away from recent trade commitments could face steeper tariffs, following a Supreme Court ruling that blocked most of the broad import levies he imposed last year.Trump’s warning came as governments around the world reassess...

National,Politics,Law & Justice

Ex-AL MP Talukder Mohammad Yunus gets bail in Barishal

UNB, Barishal:: Mohammad Yunus, former MP and district general secretary of Awami League, now facing ban on its activities,  secured bail on Monday after surrendering before a court in a case over attacks on BNP leaders and activists in 2017.Judge SM Shariatullah of Additional Chief Metropolita...

National,Politics

Withdrawal of non-hilly State Minister for the Ministry of Hill Tracts demanded

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord Implementation Movement has called for the withdrawal of the State Minister for the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and the redistribution of the portfolio.The citizens' alliance formed demanding the implementation of the Hill Tracts Accord made this ...

National,Country, Districts,Accident, Fire, Disaster

Father, son among 4 killed in Narail clash

UNB, Narail:: Four people including a man and his  son were killed and seven others were injured in a clash between two groups over establishing  dominance at Borkula village in Narail Sadar upazila on Monday morning.The deceased were Rahman Khalil and his son Tahajjud Hossain, Ferdous Hos...

National,Politics,Country, Districts

Jubo Dal leader stabbed in Chuadanga

UNB, Chuadanga:: A local leader of Jubo Dal, BNP’s youth wing, was stabbed allegedly by some Awami League supporters near a mosque at Iswarchandrapur village in Darshana upazila on Sunday night.The injured is Ripon Hossain, 45, a leader of Darshana Municipality unit of Jubo Dal and son of...

National,Accident, Fire, Disaster

9 injured in gas cylinder blast in Chattogram building

UNB, Chattogram:: At least nine people including three children were injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a residential building in Halishahar area of Chattogram city early Monday.Eight of the injured were identified as Shipon, 30, Sumon, 40, Shawon, 17, Anas, 7, Iman, 9, Shakhawat, 46, Ayesh...

World

Oman confirms fresh US-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva

Oman has confirmed that the next round of talks between the United States and Iran will be held in Geneva on Thursday, as tensions remain high amid a growing US military build-up in the region.Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said in a social media post that the negotiations were set for...

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Greenland rejects Trump’s offer of US hospital ship

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has firmly rejected an offer by Donald Trump to send a US hospital ship to the Arctic island, saying Greenland’s public healthcare system already provides free treatment for all citizens.Trump said in a post on social media that he planned...

World

Armed intruder shot dead at Trump’s residence

An armed man was shot dead after breaching the secure perimeter of Donald Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, the United States Secret Service said.The incident occurred around 1:30am local time on Sunday while the president was in Washington, DC. Authorities said the suspect was carrying a...

World

Zelensky says Putin has triggered World War III, rejects territorial concessions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian leader Vladimir Putin has already started World War III, insisting that only sustained military and economic pressure can force Moscow to retreat, while firmly rejecting any ceasefire deal based on Ukraine surrendering territory.In an interview...

National,Environment & Nature

Daganbhuiyan’s Dadna canal regains flow after clean-up drive

UNB, Feni:: The long-clogged Dadna canal in Daganbhuiyan has regained its natural flow after a clean-up drive removed years of accumulated waste and debris, ending more than two decades of stagnation.For over 20 years, the canal had remained blocked by piles of rubbish, preventing water from fl...

National,City,Accident, Fire, Disaster

2 killed as bus rams into human hauler in Jatrabari

Two people were killed when a bus rammed into a human hauler, locally known as a Leguna, in Jatrabari area of the capital on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Azizul Islam, 58, son of Salam Mridha and Saiful Islam, 55, son of Lokman Khandaker of the Gendaria area.The accident occurred around 9 ...