National,Country, Districts,Accident, Fire, Disaster
UNB, Bagerhat:: Twelve people including ten members of a family were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Khulna-Mongla highway at Gonai Bridge in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat district on Thursday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.The accident ...
World,WAR
Israel’s latest daily large-scale attacks on Lebanon have killed more than a dozen people in Beirut and the south, as Iran and Hezbollah launched coordinated waves of attacks on Israel, with renewed conflict on this volatile front boiling over as part of the wider war launched by the United St...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad
A condolence motion was adopted in the inaugural session of the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday over the death of several leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami who were executed for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed initially placed a condolence motion expressi...
National,Politics
Police arrested Professor AKM Jamal Uddin of Dhaka University’s Department of Sociology for allegedly attempting to organise a procession from Dhaka to Tungipara on behalf of the Awami League, whose activities have been banned.He was taken into custody early Wednesday from the Zero Point area ...
National,Politics,Diplomachy,Law & Justice,Humanrights
European and global civil society organisations have issued an urgent appeal to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, calling for immediate release and medical protection of Shahriar Kabir, a 75 year old journalist, author, freedom fighter, and internationally respected human rights advocate whose healt...
National,Diplomachy
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong will pay an official visit to Bangladesh on April 2-3 and will lead the Chinese delegation to the 14th Bangladesh-China Diplomatic Consultations.Vice Foreign Minister Weidong is also expected to meet high level dignitaries during the visit, according to the ...
Bhola-3 lawmaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has taken oath as the speaker and Barrister Kayser Kamal of Netrokona-1 as the deputy speaker. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered both the oaths on Thursday.The maiden session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad began at 11:05am with a recitation from the Holy Qura...
Two foreign oil tankers caught fire in Iraqi territorial waters near the al-Faw port on Thursday.Authorities evacuated 25 crew members, but at least one has died, while firefighting teams continue to battle the flames, reports Al Jazeera.Preliminary investigations suggest the attack may have involve...
National,Religion,WAR
Eight Arab and Islamic countries have condemned Israel’s continued closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan for the 12th consecutive day.The countries include Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Turkiye, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates, according to Al J...
World,Sports,Football,WAR
Iran will not participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup following recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes, Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali said Wednesday, according to the German press agency dpa.The 2026 World Cup, scheduled from June 11 to July 19, will be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday outlined several conditions for ending the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, saying Tehran is committed to regional peace but expects its rights to be recognised.In a post on social media platform X, Pezeshkian said the conflict coul...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to adopt a draft resolution calling for an immediate halt to military activities and urging all parties to avoid further escalation in the Middle East.The resolution, proposed by Russia, also sought to condemn attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructu...
National,Agriculture & Farming,Country, Districts
UNB, Rangpur:: Mango orchards in Rangpur are now awash with buds, lifting the spirits of farmers who are hoping for a bumper harvest of the region’s famed Harivanga variety mango this season.Agriculture officials said if weather conditions remain favourable in the coming weeks, mango prod...
National,Law & Justice,Women & Children
UNB, Jamalpur:: A Jamalpur court on Wednesday sentenced three people to death in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman after tying her husband to a tree in 2023.Jamalpur Women and Children Repression Tribunal-1 Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the punishment.The condemned convicts are&mda...
National,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
BSS, Chattogram:: The tanker Lian Huan Hu, carrying 27,050 metric tonnes of diesel from Singapore has arrived at Chattogram port.Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Senior General Manager Md. Yusuf Hossain Bhuiyan confirmed the vessel's arrival at the port's Dolphin Jetty. The diesel...
AP, Dubai, UAE:: Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday across the Persian Gulf and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of squeezing the oil-rich region as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic.Two Iranian dr...
Opinion
Shibani BhattacharjeeTobacco is a silent killer. According to Tobacco Atlas, tobacco use claims nearly 200,000 lives in Bangladesh. Over one-third of adults, or 35.3 percent, use tobacco (GATS, 2017) resulting about 1.5 million people suffer from tobacco-related illnesses. T such as heart dise...
Nearly four days have passed since Iran announced Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as its new Supreme Leader, but his location and the details surrounding his appointment remain unclear. He has not appeared publicly, delivered a video message, or issued a written statement. Instead, Iranian state media ha...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad,Election
Maulana Mamunul Haque, ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis who was a candidate of the Jamaat-led alliance from Dhaka-13 constituency, has filed a petition with the High Court challenging the result of the 13th parliamentary election.In the constituency, Bobby Hajjaj, a candidate of BNP, was declared...
National,Environment & Nature
UNB, Narail:: Severe erosion by the Nabaganga River is threatening a riverbank protection embankment built at a cost of Tk 25 crore in Kalia Upazila of Narail District, sparking panic among more than 500 families living along the riverbank.Large sections of the embankment are gradually being de...
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