World,WAR
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...
National,Country, Districts
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...
Preliminary and partial results released Saturday showed a new political party led by an ex-rapper is in front in Nepal's parliamentary election, the country's first since last year's youth-led revolt.The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent, party, had already won 60 of 165 direc...
International Women’s Day will be observed in Bangladesh, as elsewhere across the globe, on Sunday, celebrating women’s achievements, raising awareness against bias and taking action for equality.The United Nations has been observing the day as International Women’s Day since 1975....
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said neighbouring countries will no longer be targeted unless an attack originates from there, as the war launched by the United States and Israel, which triggered sustained retaliation from Tehran across the Gulf and beyond, enters its second week.Meanwhile,...
At least 6,668 civilian sites have been hit in US-Israeli attacks since the war began on February 28, according to statistics from the Iranian Red Crescent Society cited by the Fars news agency.The report detailed that the strikes damaged 5,535 residential units, 1,041 commercial properties, 14 medi...
National,WAR
Iran’s president on Saturday rejected the United States’ call for unconditional surrender, saying such a demand is unrealistic. In a prerecorded speech broadcast on state television, President Masoud Pezeshkian said Washington’s expectation of Iran surrendering is merely a “d...
An extraordinary surge of AI-generated misinformation linked to the US-Israel war with Iran is being exploited by online content creators who are using advanced generative AI tools to generate revenue, experts have told BBC Verify.Analysis by BBC Verify uncovered numerous instances of AI-created vid...
Gulf countries reported intercepting additional ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday as Iran launched another round of retaliatory attacks.Saudi Arabia said it thwarted four drones targeting its vast Shaybah oil field, marking the second attempted strike in just a few hours. In Dubai, residents...
National,Infrastructure, Development
UNB:: Persistent complications in land acquisition and repeated alignment adjustments have pushed the implementation timeline of a project linked to Dhaka–Sylhet–Tamabil highway , forcing the government to extend the deadline for the fourth time.The project titled “Land Acquisition...
National,Agriculture & Farming
UNB, Sunamganj:: A prolonged dry spell has created a severe water crisis in the haor areas of Sunamganj, leaving Boro farmers worried about their crops and livelihoods.With almost no rainfall in the region for nearly five months, croplands across several haors are facing an acute shortage of wa...
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