World
Mobile phones in Iran were able to make some international calls on Tuesday, days after authorities shut down the internet and blocked overseas connections amid a nationwide crackdown on protests.Several residents in Tehran managed to reach journalists at The Associated Press, though the AP bureau i...
City,Accident & Fire
A van driver was killed early Monday after being hit by a speeding truck while crossing the road in Balur Maidan area of Jurain under Shyampur Police Station in the capital.The accident occurred around 3:00am, police said.The deceased was identified as Md Ibrahim, 40, son of the late Anisul Mia of S...
US President Donald Trump has been briefed on a wide range of covert and military tools for use in Iran, two Department of Defense officials told the BBC's US partner, CBS News.Long-range missile strikes remain an option for a potential US intervention, but Pentagon officials have also presented...
National,World,Diplomachy
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 25 percent tariff on goods from countries that maintain commercial ties with Iran, effective immediately, according to media reports.Trump posted the measure on Truth Social that the tariff was “effective immediately”, without providing details...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade in a bid to repair strained relations and reduce Canada’s economic reliance on the United States amid rising tensions under President Donald Trump.Carney, who arrives Wednesday, aims to double...
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his government is not holding talks with the United States, a day after President Donald Trump issued threats toward the Caribbean nation following a recent U.S. attack on Venezuela.In a series of posts on X, Díaz-Canel responded to Trump’s ...
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will travel to Denmark later this week in a bid to underscore long-standing ties between Washington and Copenhagen as President Donald Trump continues to threaten seizing Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the NATO ally.The delegation, led by Democratic Sen...
President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize control of Greenland have strained relations within NATO and raised questions about how the world’s largest security alliance functions when tensions arise among its own members.NATO, founded in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union, is built...
Nationwide protests in Iran, driven by deepening economic hardship, are placing renewed pressure on the country’s theocratic leadership as authorities shut down internet and phone networks to curb unrest.The demonstrations erupted amid a collapsing economy worsened by renewed UN sanctions over...
US President Donald Trump is holding off on immediate military action against Iran despite a violent crackdown on protests that has killed more than 600 people, as he considers messages from Tehran indicating a willingness to engage in talks.Trump has repeatedly warned that the use of deadly force a...
Business & Commerce,Healthcare,Country, Districts
UNB,Bhola: A woman allegedly died after being administered the wrong blood group following a surgical operation at a private clinic in Bhola.The deceased was identified as Lamia (19), wife of Md Sharif of Weather Office Road area under Bhola Municipality. She died on Monday evening at Sher-e-Ba...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on protesters in nationwide demonstrations that activists said Monday had left at least 599 people dead.Iran had no direct reaction to Trump's comments, whi...
AFP, New Delhi: Afghanistan's Taliban government has appointed their first senior official in India since the group returned to power in 2021, charged with leading their embassy in Delhi.India has not officially recognised the Taliban government, but the move signals a deepening engagement,...
National,Politics,Education & Research
UNB, Sylhet: A protest erupted at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Monday night following the Election Commission's announcement banning elections of any organisation or association, including professional bodies, across the country ahead of the 13th parliamentary el...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad,Election
UNB: With banners going up, leaders mobilising at ward level and expectations running high among grassroots activists, Sylhet’s district and city BNP units are leaving no stone unturned ahead of party chairman Tarique Rahman’s visit, where he will kick off the BNP’s election c...
National,Crime & Corruption,Country, Districts,Law & Justice
UNB: A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced ten people to life imprisonment for killing a police constable in 2013.Judge Mizanur Rahman of the Chattogram Divisional Special Judges Court passed the order.The lifers are—MD Jabed, Nurul Alam, Sumon Molla, Harun or Rashid, Tapan Chandra Sarka...
National,Country, Districts
UNB, Faridpur: Three people were killed and 10 others injured on Monday when a train collided with a pickup van carrying jute mill workers in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district.The deceased were identified as Jabbar Mollah and Musa Mollah, two brothers and sons of Soyfar Mollah, and Jahanara...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown of Nara on Tuesday, aiming to strengthen ties between the two neighbours as Japan’s relations with China continue to deteriorate.The meeting comes amid heightened regional tensions. Lee’...
World,Diplomachy
The United States and India remain actively engaged in talks on a bilateral trade agreement aimed at strengthening their economic and strategic partnership, despite tensions over New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil, the US ambassador-designate to India said Monday.Since Russia&rsquo...
Hamas said on Sunday it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a new Palestinian technocratic leadership committee assumes control of the territory under a US-brokered peace plan, though it did not say when the transition would happen.Hamas and the rival Palestinian Authority have yet to...
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