National,Politics
The law-enforcers arrested a man suspecting him as the owner of the motorcycle used by the two assailants, who shot Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent MP aspirant for Dhaka-8 constituency and spokesperson for Inqilab Mancha, was arrested early hours of Sunday, said police.The detainee was identified ...
National,Country
The nation is observing the ‘Martyred Intellectuals Day’ in a befitting manner on Sunday to commemorate the intellectuals killed systematically by Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the Liberation War in 1971.Marking the day, President Mohammed Sha...
National,World
At least six peacekeepers of the Bangladesh Army, deployed by the United Nations in Sudan, reportedly have been killed in a terrorist attack.The incident took place at a UN base in Abyei area of southern Sudan, according to a ISPR press release. Eight Bangladesh Army personnel have also b...
World,Sports,Football
Satadru Dutta, the main organiser and promoter of Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour, was arrested on Saturday after chaos erupted during the football legend’s Kolkata visit, which was cut short amid fan unrest and vandalism at the Salt Lake Stadium.Additional Director General of Police (Law...
World
The Philippine Coast Guard said Saturday that three Filipino fishermen were injured after Chinese coast guard vessels used water cannons and aggressive blocking tactics against Philippine fishing boats near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.According to the coast guard, at least 20 Philippine ...
The European Union on Friday moved to freeze Russian assets in Europe indefinitely, blocking any attempt by Hungary and Slovakia to prevent their use in support of Ukraine.Invoking a special economic emergency mechanism, the EU decided that the assets will remain immobilized until Russia ends its wa...
Hundreds of thousands of workers across Italy went on a 24-hour national strike on Friday, disrupting public transport, schools, healthcare, and other key services to protest the government’s draft budget for 2026.The strike was organised by Italy’s largest trade union, the Italian Gener...
World,Sports,Football,Entertainment
Football superstar Lionel Messi met Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan and his son AbRam in Kolkata on Saturday as his much-awaited GOAT India Tour got underway, marking the Argentine legend’s first visit to India in more than a decade.Visuals shared by news agency PTI showed Shah Rukh Khan and you...
Football icon Lionel Messi’s much-hyped “GOAT Tour of India” began in Kolkata on Saturday but was marred by chaos and mismanagement at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan, forcing the event to be cut short amid fan unrest.Messi virtually unveiled a 70-foot statue of himself earlier in the d...
UNB, Laxmipur: Miscreants set fire to the district election office in Laxmipur town early Saturday.Md Abdur Rashid, District Election Officer, said the miscreants set the office on fire after pouring petrol around 3:30 am through the windows of the office and fled.However, the security guard of the ...
Supporters of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said Friday that Iranian authorities have arrested the prominent human rights activist.According to the foundation that bears her name, Mohammadi was detained in the northeastern city of Mashhad while attending a memorial service for a human ri...
Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said overnight Friday to Saturday, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board."An oil tanker carrying six million litres of contraband diesel fuel has been boarded off the coast of the Sea of Om...
Banteay Meanchey: Cambodia said Saturday that Thailand continued dropping bombs on its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the neighbours had agreed to stop fighting.The latest clashes between the Southeast Asian neighbours, which stem from a long-running dispute over the colonial-e...
A UN expert on Friday urged the United Kingdom to help mobilise international opposition to the Myanmar military junta’s claim that the election that it will stage later this month is legitimate, while taking other measures to strengthen its support of human rights in Myanmar.“I am heart...
Thailand's Prime Minister dissolved parliament on Friday after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way for general elections early next year.The move comes earlier than expected and during renewed deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along their disputed border.&quo...
Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, who resigned from his position as an adviser of the interim government on Thursday, on Friday officially declared his intention to contest the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election as an individual candidate for the Dhaka-10 constituency.The seat covers areas incl...
Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.The quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu, the main Japanese island, at a depth of 20 kilometers (12.4...
National,Business,INFRASTRUCTURE & DEV,Country
UNB, Chuadanga: Carew & Company (Bangladesh) Limited has booked the highest net profit in its history for the 2024–25 fiscal year, even as its sugar operations continue to haemorrhage money.This underscores the widening divide between its modernised businesses and ageing core mill, of...
UNB, Gazipur: Police on Thursday detained a man for tying a young man to a tree and beating him with a hammer on suspicion of theft.The detainee, Qurban Ali, is a motor mechanic from Biswanathpur in Dinajpur’s Sadar upazila. He works at a garage in the Kaliakoir area and had been living i...
U.S. strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their military cooperation around Japan's airspace, defense officials said Thursday, as tensions with China escalate.The exercise showcasing joint Japanese-U.S. air power came a day a...
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