World,WAR
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday outlined several conditions for ending the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, saying Tehran is committed to regional peace but expects its rights to be recognised.In a post on social media platform X, Pezeshkian said the conflict coul...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to adopt a draft resolution calling for an immediate halt to military activities and urging all parties to avoid further escalation in the Middle East.The resolution, proposed by Russia, also sought to condemn attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructu...
National,Agriculture & Farming,Country, Districts
UNB, Rangpur:: Mango orchards in Rangpur are now awash with buds, lifting the spirits of farmers who are hoping for a bumper harvest of the region’s famed Harivanga variety mango this season.Agriculture officials said if weather conditions remain favourable in the coming weeks, mango prod...
National,Law & Justice,Women & Children
UNB, Jamalpur:: A Jamalpur court on Wednesday sentenced three people to death in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman after tying her husband to a tree in 2023.Jamalpur Women and Children Repression Tribunal-1 Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the punishment.The condemned convicts are&mda...
National,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
BSS, Chattogram:: The tanker Lian Huan Hu, carrying 27,050 metric tonnes of diesel from Singapore has arrived at Chattogram port.Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Senior General Manager Md. Yusuf Hossain Bhuiyan confirmed the vessel's arrival at the port's Dolphin Jetty. The diesel...
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 ...
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...
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