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Army Chief returns home after visiting USA, Canada
08:31 AM, 26 Oct 2024 SaturdayChief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Friday after an 11-day official visit to the USA and Canada, said an Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) press release.
Israel launches multiple air strikes in Iran, Tehran claims minimal damage
08:18 AM, 26 Oct 2024 SaturdayIsrael launched multiple air strikes on Iran in the early hours of Saturday, in response to what the Israeli military called "months of continuous attacks" from Tehran and its proxies.
5 Israeli soldiers killed, 19 injured in fighting with Hezbollah
05:54 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayFive Israeli reserve soldiers were killed during fighting with Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon on Thursday night and 19 others were wounded, some of them seriously, the IDF said on Friday...
Some news outlets, individuals spreading lies on number of policemen killed in uprising
05:22 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridaySome news outlets and some people are deliberately spreading lies and misinformation on the number of policemen killed during the July-August student-led uprising...
Police get 4 days to question ex-EC secretary Helal
04:37 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayA Dhaka court on Friday granted police four days to interrogate former Election Commission secretary Helal Uddin in a case filed over the murder of a BNP activist...
Ex-state minister Zakir on 3-day remand
04:05 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayA Dhaka court on Friday placed former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain on a three-day remand in a murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Naznin Akter passed the order after the police produced him before the court, seeking a five-day remand...
Gaza rescuers say 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Khan Yunis
02:38 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayGaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes hit two homes at dawn on Friday in Khan Yunis, the territory's main southern city, killing at least 20 people...
5 more prosecutors appointed to ICT
01:09 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayThe government has appointed five more prosecutors to the International Crimes Tribunal, ICT...
Trees uprooted, heavy rain in Odisha as cyclone Dana completes landfall
12:33 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayCyclone Dana hit the Odisha coast in India on Friday, uprooting trees and snapping power lines in several areas. The storm made landfall around midnight between Bhitarkanika in the Kendrapara district...
Rajshahi railway to transport agri-products to Dhaka from Saturday
12:02 PM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayThe West Zone of Bangladesh Railway will transport agricultural products, including vegetables, fish and meat, to Dhaka from Rajshahi region at a cheap cost from Saturday...
More than 150 Rohingya refugees rescued off Indonesia: UN
11:37 AM, 25 Oct 2024 FridayMore than 150 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after their boat languished at sea for days, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday...
Qatar, US say Gaza ceasefire talks to resume in Doha
09:59 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayThe United States and Qatar have announced a resumption of negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said mediators are exploring new options after months of failure to seal a US-led plan...
Unfit vehicles to be banned in Dhaka: Rizwana
09:17 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayEnvironment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Thursday said that the government has decided to allow six months for the phase-out, old and unfit vehicles on the streets of Dhaka...
Macron warns Netanyahu against ‘sowing barbarism’ in remarks on Lebanon
08:24 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayEmmanuel Macron launched a one-day international conference on Lebanon on Thursday, announcing €100bn of French humanitarian aid and warning the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that “civilisation is not best defended by sowing barbarism ourselves”...
Govt to procure refined oil, crude oil, 1 cargo LNG
07:45 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayThe government on Thursday approved separate proposals in principle for procuring refined fuel oil, crude oil and a cargo LNG...
Protesters reject decision to raise govt job age limit to 32 yrs
07:03 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayThe protesters have rejected the government’s decision to increase the upper age limit for entering public sector jobs to 32 years...
Ex-state minister for mass education Zakir arrested
06:31 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayThe police have arrested former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain...
Hasina now in Lutyens’ Delhi safe house: Indian media
06:09 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayFormer Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in face of student-led uprising on August 5, has been living in a safe house in New Delhi’s Lutyens Bungalow Zone for over two months under arrangement of the government of India.
Turkey strikes Iraq, Syria after attack on defence company near Ankara
06:07 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayTurkey’s Air Force has struck Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria in apparent retaliation for an attack on a key state-run defence company that killed five people and wounded more than 20...
Nafeez skips ACC summon on graft allegations
05:35 PM, 24 Oct 2024 ThursdayChowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, the former chairman of Padma Bank, failed to appear before the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday after being summoned for questioning over graft allegations...