In the absence of enforcement of the government directive, shops dealing in non-essential items remain open in most part of the Dhaka city. The picture was taken at 8.15pm on Friday from the busy Kalshi Road area of Mirpur. —...
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The question of who the next managing director (MD) of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) will be remains unresolved, more than a month after the government cancelled the contract of the previous MD.The Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD)...
A Dhaka court has placed former official of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Major (retd) Manjil Haider Chowdhury on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the killing of hawker Abdul Wadud during the July Uprising, reports...
An additional 100 seats have been allocated for students in the visitors' gallery of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) to enable them to directly observe parliamentary proceedings, reports BSS.The decision was approved by the Jatiya Sangsad Speaker following a demi-official (DO)...
Pranay Verma, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union, reports UNB.The Ministry of External Affairs of India announced his appointment on Friday, noting that...
JHENAIDAH, April 10 (BSS): Attorney General Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal has said the July uprising sparked an anti-fascist spirit in the country, and the current government upholds that spirit."The expectation of the people to build an anti-fascist state through...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar addressing a rally alleging widespread electoral fraud and violence perpetrated by the "ruling party men" during the by-elections to the Sherpur-3 and Bogura-6 constituencies held on April 9. Dhaka city north and south...
Expressing displeasure over what he termed a 'Shahbagh-like attitude,' Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Friday urged NCP's Hasnat Abdullah, MP for Cumilla-4, to follow parliamentary norms, reports UNB."Don't be so intolerant, Mr. Abdullah. This is not Shahbagh Square. This is...
The Jatiya Sangsad on Friday passed Dhaka Central University Bill 2026 aimed at bringing seven government colleges in the capital under a unified academic structure to enhance the quality of higher education and resolve long-standing administrative gridlocks, reports BSS.The enactment...
BNP candidate Rezaul Karim Badsha won the Bogura-6 by-polls, while his party colleague Mahmudul Haque Rubel secured victory in the Sherpur-3 elections, held on Thursday, report agencies.In the two constituencies, their closest rivals were Abidur Rahman Sohel and Masudur Rahman,...
The BNP has started selling party nomination forms for the women's reserved seats in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, report agencies.BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi inaugurated the programme formally around 11:00am on Friday at the party's Nayapaltan central...
MOSCOW, April 10 (AFP): Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev is in the United States for talks on the economy, Russia said Friday, stressing that he would not be holding discussions on the Ukraine war."Kirill Dmitriev is not conducting negotiations on a...
VATICAN CITY, April 10 (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday at the Vatican for his first meeting with Pope Leo XIV, a private audience expected to be dominated by the Iran war.The French leader, who arrived with his wife...
First Lady Melania Trump has denied connections to Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters at the White House that any claims linking the two "need to end today", reports BBC.In a surprise announcement on Thursday, the first lady called for congressional hearings...
LONDON, April 10 (AFP): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump on Thursday agreed the "need for a practical plan" to get shipping moving again through the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran ceasefire, the UK leader's...
WASHINGTON, April 10 (AFP): Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday that he would not resign under US pressure and called for open dialogue in his first television interview with an American broadcaster."We have a free sovereign state, a free state....
PARIS, April 10 (AFP): Ocean temperatures hit near-record highs for March, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday, signalling a likely shift toward El Nino conditions that can amplify heat extremes on an already warming planet.Copernicus said average sea...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump's threats to wipe out Iran, "a whole civilization," ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to questions of removing him from office in his second term.By the dozens, Democrats came out...
BUENOS AIRES, April 9 (Reuters): Argentina will wrap up their World Cup preparations in June with friendly matches against Honduras and Iceland in the United States, the Argentine football federation said on Thursday.World champions Argentina will face Honduras on June...
Italy's Jannik Sinner serves to Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime during the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament quarter final tennis match on Court Rainier III at the Monte-Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, south-eastern France on Friday. — AFP
LONDON, April 10, (AFP): Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior said that Enzo Fernandez remains dropped for Sunday's Premier League clash against Manchester City despite apologising for comments that cast doubt over his future at Stamford Bridge.The Argentina midfielder, linked with Real...
LIVERPOOL, April 10 (AFP): Arne Slot says he feels "complete support" from Liverpool's hierarchy despite mounting pressure on the Dutch manager after a disastrous season.Liverpool have lost three games in a row, including a 4-0 hammering by Manchester City in...
Brazil's Laura Cardoso has become the first player ever to take nine wickets in a T20 international, recording figures of 9-4 against Lesotho, reports BBC.The seamer achieved the feat in three overs as Lesotho were bowled out for 13 in...
New Zealand have called up left-arm seamer Ben Lister to their ODI and T20 squads for the Bangladesh tour. Lister replaces Kristian Clarke, who has been ruled out with a hand injury, reports Cricbuzz.Clarke suffered a laceration to the webbing...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has advanced the match timings for the upcoming home series against New Zealand and the Sri Lanka women's team as part of a national effort to conserve fuel and electricity, reports UNB.Under the revised schedule...
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters): Asia's biggest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) importers, including India and China, are racing to replace disrupted Middle East supplies with cargoes from the Americas, driving spot premiums to record highs, analysts and traders said.LPG...
LONDON, April 10 (Reuters): USA Rare Earth is considering building a magnet plant in France, its CEO said on Thursday, after agreeing to pay 40 million euros ($47 million) for a stake in French rare earth processing firm Carester.The United...
Europe's airport industry group has warned that the continent could face a systemic jet fuel shortage in three weeks unless the Strait of Hormuz opens up, calling for urgent EU-wide action to secure supplies ahead of the peak summer travel...
LOS ANGELES/MONTREAL, April 10 (Reuters): Some shippers caught between high jet fuel prices and congestion in vital Middle East waterways are now looking for transport routes in unexpected places, with a recent ceasefire between Iran and the United States unlikely...
The European Union and Washington are closing in on an agreement to coordinate on producing and securing critical minerals, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, reports Reuters.The potential deal would include incentives such as minimum price guarantees that could favour non?Chinese...
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