PM Tarique to fly to Türkiye for COP31 summit tomorrow
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will leave Dhaka for Türkiye tomorrow to attend the COP31 World Leaders’ Summit, where he will…
Elections in 1,000 Union Parishads to begin January 21
The Election Commission (EC) plans to hold elections in around 1,000 union parishads (UPs) in the first phase on January…
Pakistani General Rao Imran Sartaj’s remarks framing military duties as divine jihad raise concern
Major General Rao Imran Sartaj, Inspector General of the Frontier Corps (North) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has described his responsibilities and…
Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport for December return from India
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested a new passport and national identity card so she can return from…
Nvidia opens probe after CEO Jensen Huang admits affair with woman likely spying for China
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company and a central supplier of advanced chips for the AI boom, has…
Crude bomb blasts rock Dhaka; captured youth claims himself BNP activist
Two men were beaten by a mob and handed over to Shahbagh police on Sunday evening after a series of…
PM’s Aide: Sheikh Hasina can’t simply return and be accepted
Referring to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, acting secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and…
Trump calls for a renewed full-scale war with Iran ‘highly unlikely’
President Donald Trump said Sunday that it is “highly unlikely” he will order the United States back into full-scale war…
Burj Khalifa lights up with ‘Happy Diwali’ message for UAE residents
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building at 828 metres, illuminated on Saturday with a bright “Happy Diwali” greeting as…
Crude bomb explodes inside CID headquarters in Dhaka
A crude bomb went off inside the compound of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters in Malibagh, Dhaka, on the…
Gadi Risenkot to become next Israeli PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government on Sunday, November 8. Herzog’s…
James sings lines praising Bangabandhu, Zia at November 7 concert
On Saturday, 7 November 2026, a free open-air event titled “Concert for Solidarity” was held at Manik Mia Avenue in…
October sees 64 mob beatings nationwide, killing 32
The tendency to take the law into one’s own hands and the scale of extrajudicial violence in the country have…
Former AFP reporter Sam Jahan rebuts Shafiqul Alam’s corruption claim
Former Agence France-Presse (AFP) text stringer and video journalist Shikder Abir Mahmud Jahan, better known by his byline Sam Jahan,…
Hindus celebrate Kali Puja, Deepabali tonight
The Hindu community is celebrating Kali Puja, also known as Shyama Puja, and Diwali (Deepabali) across the country tonight with…