Fifteen of the 33 hostages due for release in the first stage of the ceasefire have so far been released in exchange for 400 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
A small jet with six people onboard crashed into a busy Philadelphia suburb Friday, officials said, showering wreckage over a wide areas and sparking blazes that caused extensive damage to homes and vehicles
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Md Alam sits on the edge of a flood-protection embankment, hammering wooden planks into place for a makeshift shelter. The 50-year-old day labourer, who has been homeless twice in his life, never thought he would end up here -- again. .“I was barely surviving as a child without a home. Th
The deceased are Shafikul Islam, 35, his wife Sumona Khatun, 30, and his sister Laki Khatun, 25, of Purbo Baoitara village in Sirajganj's Sadar upazila
Girls should not have to fight for their right to play
The impact of newly-elected US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt foreign aid has also reached Bangladesh’s International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b).
At least 50 makeshift houses were being built by razing three hills in Teknaf to accommodate newly arrived Rohingyas.
Over 2.5 lakh residents of Tangail’s Basail upazila are deprived of quality healthcare facilities as the construction of the upazila health complex’s new buildings remains stalled for nearly 20 years.
The Police Headquarters has urged the protesting police personnel, who were dismissed during the previous government, to refrain from blocking roads and causing public suffering while protesting for reinstatement.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed two cases against Awami League leader and former Barguna-1 lawmaker Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, and his wife, Madhabi Debnath, for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and making suspicious transactions worth nearly Tk 50 crore through 23 bank accounts.
The endangered fishing cat is a nocturnal species, which is often misunderstood and feared due to its misleading name, “Mechhobagh.”
A Rangpur court yesterday placed former social welfare minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed on a five-day remand in a murder case.
February 21, 1952. Rajshahi. The day had been a whirlwind of strikes, protests, and meetings.
Indian soldiers killed two fighters in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) along the heavily militarised frontier with Pakistan as they attempted to cross into the Indian-administered part of the disputed territory, the army said yesterday.
Myanmar’s ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported yesterday, a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that plunged the country into chaos after a decade of tentative democracy.
Sri Lanka’s consumer prices fell by 4.0 percent in January, the highest deflation rate since July 1960, official data showed yesterday, as the South Asian nation emerges from its worst economic meltdown.
Cross-border trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar through Teknaf Land Port is in disarray as the Arakan Army, a Myanmar-based rebel group, disrupts ship movement along the Naf river estuary.
At least 75 Rohingya refugees arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia yesterday, but were stopped by authorities from disembarking, local officials said.
Japan saw a record number of suicides among school pupils in 2024, health ministry data showed yesterday.
Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India yesterday, police sources and a Reuters witness said, as tens of millions gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week Hindu festival.
At least 30 people were killed and 60 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, in India's Uttar Pradesh state, a senior official confirmed
Investigators yesterday pushed forward with efforts to retrieve the two aircraft involved in a crash in Washington that killed 67 people and raised questions about air safety in the US capital.
Russia yesterday condemned an executive order by US President Donald Trump to build a new missile defence shield, accusing the United States of trying to upset the global nuclear balance and pave the wave for military confrontation in space.
Overnight Israeli air strikes on the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon killed two people, the health ministry said yesterday, two months into a fragile ceasefire.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment after meeting with US doctors who said the children were at imminent risk of death in the coming weeks.
US President Donald Trump has warned the BRICS member countries against replacing the US dollar as a reserve currency by repeating a 100 percent-tariffs threat he had made weeks after winning the November presidential elections.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would soon decide whether to exclude Canadian and Mexican oil imports from the 25% tariffs that he has vowed to impose on Saturday on the countries' products
Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington's Potomac river killed 67 people, as rescuers pulled victims' bodies from the freezing water
Israel cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees yesterday following accusations it provided cover for Hamas, a move likely to hamper delivery of its vital services after 15 months of offensive in Gaza.
Fabliha Bushra, daughter of slain Lt Col Lutfar Rahman Khan, said this at a press conference at Rawa Plaza in the capital on Wednesday
Israel had been preventing Palestinians from returning to their homes in northern Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating the terms of the truce
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Indigenous students and community members demonstrated in Rangamati, Khagrachari, and Bandarban following an attack by members of an organisation called "Students for Sovereignty" on a programme in Dhaka
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The government has increased the prices of all four types of petroleum fuel by Tk 1 per litre, effective tomorrow [February 1], according to a gazette notification from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division.
Tourism at Saint Martin’s Island in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar comes to a halt from today as the government’s ban on tourist travel takes effect.
The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide up to $1 billion in budget support by June, but the government must commit to several terms that include reducing the tenure and number of private bank directors.
The first phase of six-day Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of Muslims, commenced on the banks of the Turag in Tongi yesterday, with religious sermons after Fajr prayers.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali said if the banned student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) attempts to hold any programme, police will take action against them.
The BNP has secured the support of its allies from the 12-party alliance and Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh for its upcoming programmes demanding the general election be held this year.
The costs of eight mega projects soared by a staggering 68 percent, or $7.52 billion from the initial estimation, mainly due to poor and faulty feasibility studies, corruption, and delays in launch, according to the report of a government-formed task force.
A 70-year-old farmer was beaten to death following a clash over a land dispute in Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj upazila yesterday.
At least 12 people, including a married couple, died in separate road collisions in Sirajganj, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Kushtia yesterday.
Rushing from one university to another, filling out endless forms, searching for a hostel or a shared mess, and trying to keep up with a city that never hits pause -- all while preparing for the entrance exams that could shape their future.
