National,Business & Commerce,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,Country, Districts
UNB, Sylhet: The National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate (NCRPD) on Wednesday imposed a fine of Tk 50,000 on a trader for illegally stockpiling a large number of LPG gas cylinders at a house in Shibganj area of Sylhet city.Based on a tip-off, a drive was conducted at a residence and a t...
World
More than half of US adults believe President Donald Trump has gone too far in using the American military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll released this week.The survey, conducted from January 8 to 11 after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, f...
Iranian protesters’ ability to send information about deadly nationwide demonstrations to the outside world has been significantly strengthened after SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service dropped its fees, allowing wider use inside Iran, activists said on Wednesday.The move follow...
Iran’s judiciary chief on Wednesday indicated that fast-track trials and executions could soon be carried out against people detained in nationwide protests, defying warnings from US President Donald Trump.Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, head of Iran’s judiciary, made the remarks as rights a...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to dissolve the lower house of Parliament soon to clear the way for a snap election aimed at securing a fresh public mandate for her policies, a senior ruling party leader said on Wednesday.Shunichi Suzuki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal De...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said anything short of US control over Greenland would be unacceptable, just hours before Vice President JD Vance was due to hold talks with Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington.In a post on his social media platform, Trump repeated his claim that the Un...
National
UNB, Brahmanbaria: Ferdous Ara, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Bancharampur Upazila in Brahmanbaria, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Dhaka.She breathed her last around 7 am, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Ranjan Chandra Dey.He said Ferdous Ara fell sick on Monday and was adm...
A construction crane fell on a passenger train in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people, officials said.The crane, which was being used to construct an elevated highspeed railway, fell onto the moving train as it was traveling from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani province, causi...
The satellite internet provider Starlink now offers free service in Iran, activists said Wednesday.Mehdi Yahyanejad, a Los Angeles-based activist who has helped get the units into Iran, told The Associated Press that the free service had started. Other activists also confirmed in messages online tha...
National,City,Education & Research
Dhaka witnessed severe traffic congestion on Wednesday as students of seven government colleges blocked key roads including the Science Lab intersection, demanding the promulgation of an ordinance to establish Dhaka Central University.The protesters brought out a procession from Dhaka College and bl...
National,Travel & Tourism,Infrastructure, Development
UNB, Chapainawabganj: For generations, Amnura railway junction has connected people, markets and livelihoods across Chapainawabganj and now this station stands worn and overlooked.Established in 1909 as part of the Abdulpur–Malda railway line, the once-busy junction has gradually lost it...
President Donald Trump was consulting with his national security team Tuesday about next steps with Iran as he looked to get a better understanding of the number of Iranian citizens who have been killed and arrested in more than two weeks of unrest throughout the country.Trump said he believes that ...
The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists said early Wednesday.The figure came from the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has been accurate in multiple rounds of unrest in Iran in recent years.The activist group said 2,403 of the dead w...
World,Diplomachy
US Secretary of State Rubio spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday and exchanged perspectives on regional developments.They reaffirmed the United States’ and India’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, said Principal Deputy Spokespers...
Politics,Country, Districts
UNB, Sherpur: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled its Sherpur district joint convener Md Shafikul Islam Masud for ignoring party directives and running organisational activities on his own.The decision was confirmed in a press release signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Adv...
US President Donald Trump has called on Iranians to continue protesting against their government, saying “help is on its way.” He urged protesters to take note of the names of those responsible for killings and abuses.Trump cancelled meetings with Iranian officials until the violent crac...
Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has stepped aside from the race for the country’s top post to clear the way for former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi officials said Tuesday.Two officials, including a senior leader from al-Sudani’s Reconstruction and D...
The Syrian army on Tuesday declared an area east of Aleppo a “closed military zone,” signaling a possible escalation with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), officials said.The move follows several days of clashes in Aleppo last week that displaced tens of thousands, ending over ...
National,Education & Research,Crime & Justice
UNB: An attempted rape case has been filed against Rajshahi University (RU) Assistant Prof. Dulal Ali Mollah.A woman filed the case on January 4 with Chandrima Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge of the police station Emran Hossain.According to the case statement, Prof. Dulal, a teacher of D...
Healthcare
UNB: A departmental investigation has been launched into allegations of cooking inside an operation theatre (OT) and other irregularities at the 250-bed Feni General Hospital, following the suspension of two nurses over the incident.A three-member probe committee, formed by the office of the Ch...
Page 1 of 75, showing 20 results out of 1,486 total
