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Waker meets Guterres
08:37 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayBangladesh Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday, March 15, in a courtesy call, according to a post on the army’s verified Facebook page.
63-year-old man arrested for raping toddler
07:50 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayA 63-year-old man, Alkas Talukder, has been arrested in Fakirhat, Bagerhat, accused of raping a 3.5-year-old girl. The child is receiving treatment at the One Stop Crisis Centre at Khulna Medical College Hospital, where she was transferred after initial care proved inadequate.
Meteorological insights on Eid-ul-Fitr moon sighting
07:44 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayAs Muslims in Bangladesh prepare for Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan with the start of Shawwal in the 1446 Hijri year, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department has released its predictions for the moon sighting.
Potatoes: A bitter harvest for farmers
07:24 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayIn Rangpur, the fields are brimming with potatoes—a record-breaking haul this season. Yet, for farmers, this bounty has become a burden.
Jamaat women’s chapter rallies for justice against rape
05:31 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdaySeveral hundred women from Jamaat-e-Islami’s women’s wing stood shoulder-to-shoulder outside Dhaka’s National Press Club on Saturday, forming a human chain that pulsed with outrage and resolve.
‘HELP’ app launched to tackle sexual harassment on public transport
05:10 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayIn a step to bolster women’s safety, the Broadcast Journalist Centre (BJC) and Switch Bangladesh Foundation unveiled the ‘HELP’ app—short for Harassment Elimination Literacy Programme—on Saturday, March 15, at The Daily Star Centre in Dhaka.
Guterres expects Bangladesh polls set global precedent
04:57 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed optimism that Bangladesh’s upcoming elections could become a global benchmark for democracy, while stressing that the scope of the country’s reforms remains an internal matter.
Israel kills 98 Palestinians since Gaza ceasefire began
04:35 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayDespite a ceasefire that took effect in January, Israel has continued attacks across Gaza, killing at least 98 Palestinians in the besieged enclave, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
UN chief in talks with Consensus Commission, political leaders
02:50 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayUnited Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined a roundtable discussion with the National Consensus Commission members and political party leaders on Saturday afternoon, March 14...
Trump administration mulls travel ban on 41 countries
02:08 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters...
Guterres iterates UN support to Bangladesh over Rohingya issue
01:24 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayUnited Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today reiterated that the UN will continue to provide support to Bangladesh over Rohingya issue. He made the assurance while speaking at a function at the UN new building...
Abrar murder: Verdict on death references, appeals Sunday
12:36 PM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe High Court, HC, will deliver its verdict on Sunday, March 16, on the death references and appeals in the sensational murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, BUET, student Abrar Fahad. The death references, appeals and jail appeals are in Sunday's Cause List...
3 die as truck rams auto-rickshaw
11:46 AM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayThree people, including an elderly man and a woman, were killed and another was injured after a brick-laden truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Gazipur's Kaliakair on Saturday morning, March 15. Among the dead, one was identified as Obaidul, driver of the auto-rickshaw...
Cuba suffers fourth nationwide blackout in five months
10:58 AM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayCuba suffered a general blackout on Friday caused by a crash of its national electricity grid, officials said, the fourth major power outage on the cash-strapped communist island in five months...
Trump says US had productive talks with Putin over Ukraine war
09:36 AM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump has praised talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the US-proposed ceasefire deal in Ukraine as "good and productive". This comes after Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff met in Moscow on Thursday evening...
Brazil call up Endrick to replace injured Neymar in squad
09:08 AM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayBrazil have called up teenage forward Endrick to replace Neymar for this month's World Cup qualifiers after the Santos attacker picked up a muscle injury...
Yunus pledges to continue efforts with UN to repatriate Rohingyas
08:33 AM, 15 Mar 2025 SaturdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has pledged to continue collective efforts together with the United Nations so that the Rohingyas can celebrate their Eid next year by returning their home of origin in Myanmar’s Rakhine state...
US, Israel want to displace Palestinians from Gaza to East Africa: Report
10:01 PM, 14 Mar 2025 FridayThe United States and Israel have discussed with three East African governments the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza to Sudan, Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland, according to US and Israeli officials quoted by The Associated Press news agency...
UN chief for global solidarity to end Rohingya crisis
08:55 PM, 14 Mar 2025 FridayUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday, March 14, urged international community to show solidarity through action and concrete support for the Rohingya people and their Bangladeshi host communities. "In this holy month of Ramadan, I appeal to the international community to show that solidarity...
Yunus, Guterres take iftar with 100,000 Rohingyas
08:04 PM, 14 Mar 2025 FridayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took Iftar with about one lakh Rohingyas at Ukhiya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar on Friday, March 14...