World
Desperate Venezuelans raced Thursday to find and rescue loved ones trapped alive beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings after two major earthquakes that killed at least 235 people.Buildings cracked, crumbled, and tilted precariously after the quakes, which the United States Geological Survey meas...
Football
Ecuador squeezed into the last 32 of the World Cup with an upset win over Germany on Thursday while the Netherlands, Japan and the Ivory Coast advanced safely as the draw for the knockout rounds began to take shape.The Netherlands wrapped up their first round campaign with a 3-1 victory over Tunisia...
Diplomachy
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Friday laid a wreath at the monument in Beijing's historic Tiananmen Square, paying tribute to China's revolutionary heroes.The wreath-laying ceremony took place at 9:15 am local time, during which the Prime Minister honoured the memory of the Chinese martyrs...
Strait of Hormuz traffic has increased sharply, but remains at roughly half its peacetime level, officials said on Thursday as stranded sailors made their way out of the waterway.Seventy confirmed crossings were recorded on Wednesday, according to an X post by analytics firm Kpler.Thi...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sought to reassure Gulf Arab allies that Washington remains committed to their security, despite concerns among regional partners about being sidelined in negotiations aimed at ending the conflict with Iran.Speaking in Bahrain on Thursday at the end of a three-d...
Crime, Law and Order Situation
Bangladesh has announced its national commitment at the two-day South Asian Ministerial Conference on 'Ending Violence against Children' in Colombo, Sri Lanka from June 23-24.The Bangladesh delegation was led by State Minister for Social Welfare Farzana Sharmin at the conference, which was j...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to maintaining a respectful and forward-looking partnership with India based on sovereign equality, national interests, dignity, and the welfare of the people.Describing India as Bangladesh’s closest neighbour ...
National Citizen Party (NCP) lawmaker Md Abul Hasnat, popularly known as Hasnat Abdullah, on Thursday questioned the progress of corruption cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Bashundhara Group during the tenure of the interim government and sought clarification on whether an...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will call on Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People here at 10:30am local time tomorrow (Friday).During the meeting, the Bangladesh premier will raise various issues related to Bangladesh's national interests, said Prime Minister’s Office...
Opinion
David Hearst:Of all the military failures the US has suffered in the past 25 years in the Middle East, the Iran war is probably the most consequential. Unlike America’s military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Syria, the Islamic Republic did not just survive another U...
Triestino Mariniello and Mariagiulia Giuffré:Before the events of October 2023, human rights organisations had for decades documented allegations of sexual violence and abuse against Palestinian detainees held in Israeli custody. Since October 2023, these organisations have reported a marked ...
Editorial
The rising waters of the Teesta River have once again exposed the vulnerability of thousands of people living in Bangladesh’s northern districts. With at least 6,000 families stranded in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Gaibandha, low-lying areas inundated, and crops damaged, the latest floo...
Weather
The United Kingdom has recorded its hottest June day on record for the second consecutive day, as temperatures climbed to a provisional 36.4 degrees Celsius in Yeovilton, Somerset, amid an intense heatwave sweeping across England and Wales.According to the Met Office, the new record surpassed Wednes...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman along with his delegation joined a banquet hosted by his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People here today. Earlier, the two Prime Ministers led their respective delegations at a bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People and several me...
Healthcare
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today sought China's support in Bangladesh's development projects and construction of China-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital. He made the call when Liu Haixing, Minister of International Affairs of the Communist Party of China, paid a courtesy call on him at ...
A case has been filed in Cumilla against Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) Mufti Faizul Karim for allegedly spreading defamatory and hateful statements about Cumilla-6 lawmaker Md Manirul Haque Chowdhury through social media platforms.Jalal Ahmed Khokon Talukder, son of Abdus S...
Bank & Insurance
Around 30 banks affected by irregularities and corruption have undertaken initiatives to recover defaulted loan funds that were allegedly laundered abroad, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury informed Parliament Wednesday.The minister said this in reply to a written question tabled by Oppo...
A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Beijing from Dalian by a bullet train after participating at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Dalian city of China. He accompanied by his spouse Dr Zubaida Rahman reached Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station at 5.35p...
Education & Research
A nine-member Bangladesh educator delegation has participated in "Chinese Bridge" programme in Yunnan University in China.The five-day programme began on June 23, organised by the School of International Education, Yunnan University, and jointly sponsored by the Center for Language Educati...
Economy
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today joined the plenary session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dalian, a port city in Liaoning province in China as an invited guest.The plenary session titled “Innovating at Scale” began at the Dalian International Conference Centre in the city at 9:...
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