World,WAR
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...
Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon have killed at least five people and injured several others, while more than 40,000 American citizens have left the Middle East since tensions escalated following the conflict with Iran, officials said.Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said successive Isra...
Iran has launched a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes targeting Israeli and US-linked sites across the Middle East, with Tehran claiming it also struck a major US military facility in Kuwait, according to media reports.Iranian state media said the latest barrage was the “most intense and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Monday evening in a businesslike and constructive conversation that focused on the ongoing Iran conflict and efforts toward a settlement of the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said.Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters th...
Israel, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have reported new missile attacks from Iran.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said its defence systems are active to intercept the missiles and warned residents in affected areas to take necessary precautions.The UAE Ministry of Defence stated that its air de...
Drone strikes operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed at least 1,243 people and injured 738 in Haiti, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports.Since March last year, Haitian security forces with support from Vectus Global, a United States-licensed private military firm, have ...
National,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
UNB, Sylhet:: Filling station owners observed a half-day strike at all fuel filling stations in Sylhet division on Tuesday, demanding an end to the ongoing crisis in the fuel marketing sector and ensuring the safety of pump staff.The strike called from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm was announced by the Sylhet ...
The number of people displaced in Lebanon due to intensifying Israeli attacks has risen sharply.Speaking to reporters in Geneva from Beirut, the UN refugee agency’s representative in Lebanon said more than 100,000 people were newly displaced across the country within the past 24 hours.Karolina...
World
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister, Kim Yo Jong, slammed the United States and South Korea for going ahead with their annual joint military exercises, calling them dangerous for global security and warning of “terrible consequences” if North Korea’s safety i...
India allowed an Iranian naval vessel to seek shelter at its ports just days before the ship was sunk by a US submarine during the ongoing war involving the United States and Iran, officials said.India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told parliament that Iran had requested permission...
Mojtaba Khamenei has assumed power as Iran’s supreme leader at a time when the country faces one of its most serious crises in decades, following the assassination of his father Ali Khamenei during the initial phase of the ongoing war involving the United States and Israel.Mojtaba Khamenei, 56...
Counting in Nepal’s parliamentary elections is ongoing as the party of rapper-turned-politician and former Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah is on track to secure a two-thirds majority, a historic outcome in the country’s dual-voting system.Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has so ...
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 ...
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 ...
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