A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been caused by a "grossly negligent" construction firm using unsafe materials, police said on Thursday. Almost a full day after the fire began, firefighters were strug
Kazi Golam Murshed Latiful Bari, a former CSP official and government secretary, has died at the age of 92. He died on Tuesday at Dhaka’s Square Hospital, according to a media statement sent by East West University. Born on Aug 7, 1933, Bari's death marks the end of a long and exemplary lif
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday morning started its second-phase meeting with law enforcement agencies, including the armed forces, in a bid to finalize the deployment strategy of security personnel during the upcoming national election and referendum scheduled for February 2026. The meet
The government has ordered the transfer of 158 Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) to various government offices ahead of the national election. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday night. The transfers, involving senior assistant secretary-l
The well-marked low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjacent Sri Lanka coast has intensified into a depression, says the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. All four maritime ports in the country have been advised to raise distant cautionary signal No.1. The BMD has also advis
A Dhaka court has sentenced Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladeshi prime minister ousted by the July Uprising, to a total of 21 years in jail in three cases over corruption in the allocation of land in the Purbachal New Town Project.
A judge has begun reading out the verdicts in three cases against 23 suspects, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case over misusing government power to allocate plots in the Purbachal New Town Project in Dhaka. The first verdict is in a case against Hasina and 11 others. Dhaka S
Boeing said on Wednesday it will produce AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for international customers, including 96 for the Polish Armed Forces, under a foreign military sales contract worth nearly $4.7 billion awarded by the US Army. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2028, Boeing said. Poland's
A 25-year-old man has been hacked to death allegedly by his rivals over previous enmity in Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj district. The incident occurred in Chauddakahunia village of Baushia union in the upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Joy Sarkar, son of Jamal Sarkar of
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it reached a staff-level agreement on a new four-year, $8.2 billion program for Ukraine as the country faces mounting wartime fiscal pressures. The IMF said the agreement, which replaces the existing $15.6 billion Extended Fund Facility approved in
Two National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded on Wednesday in downtown Washington near the White House in what officials described as a targeted ambush, and the suspect was in custody after suffering gunshot wounds during the incident. The suspect was identified by the Department of
Concerned by internal rifts in several districts following the announcement of its initial candidates for 237 seats, BNP is now considering dropping controversial and heavily disputed nominees from its preliminary list for the 13th national election. A team of senior party leaders has been tasked
