The BNP has expelled 73 grassroots leaders for taking part in the first phase of the upcoming upazila elections, violating the party’s decision. The punitive action was taken against the party leaders as per its constitution, said a press release, signed by BNP Senior Joint General Secretary
Gas supply will remain suspended for all categories of customers in different areas in Dhaka city for 12 hours from 9 am to 9 pm on Saturday for emergency works in the gas pipeline. According to Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution company Ltd, the areas where gas supply will remain off include
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simin Hossain on Friday said moral and ethical upliftment is now the most required quality of human being needed to establish an equal society free from violence against women and ensure women's rights from a sustainable point of view. She said women's
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said Bangladesh and Thailand have potential to strengthen cooperation in the fields of trade and investment, food security, tourism, public health, energy and ICT. “I strongly feel that we have the opportunity to strengthen our cooperation in the fields
The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel’s military campaign against Gaza’s ruling Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has reduced
A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother’s womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died after just a few days of life, the doctor who was caring for her said on Friday. The baby had been named Rouh, meaning Soul. Her mother, Sabreen Al-Sakani, was serio
Bangladesh and Thailand have expressed willingness to work together to deal with the Rohingya issue as the two countries are sheltering the Rohingyas who fled from Myanmar. Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said this after a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Tha
Yemen's Houthis said they targeted the MSC Darwin ship in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, as the Iran-aligned group resumed attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea region in solidarity with Palestinians fighting Israel in the Gaza war. The Houthis also fired a number of ballistic and winged missi
Two vegetable traders have died after a covered van hits them in Manikganj’s Saturia Upazila. The accident took place around 7:30am at Golra Bus Stand on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Friday, said Sukhendu Basu, chief of Golra Highway Police Station. The dead were identified as Abdus Sala
US troops have begun construction of a maritime pier off the coast of Gaza that aims to speed the flow of humanitarian aid into the enclave when it becomes operational in May, the Pentagon said on Thursday. President Joe Biden announced the pier in March as aid officials implored Israel to ease ac
Abdul Ali, a sanitary businessman at Rajabari Bazar of Sreepur Upazilla in Gazipur, became millionaire after purchasing a Walton brand air conditioner under the company’s ‘nonstop millionaire’ benefits in the nationwide ongoing ‘Digital Campaign Season-20.’ A total of
