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Ray of hope emerges to build new Bangladesh: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed hopes to build the country in a new manner following the downfall of the fascist autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. We all are very optimistic as the scenario has been changed due to the fall of the fascism....

Vietnam govt approves $8.36B railway project to China

Vietnams parliament has approved a major $8.36 billion railway project aimed at linking its northern port city of Haiphong to Chinas Yunnan province via the border city of Lao Cai. The ambitious project received near-unanimous support from lawmakers, with 455 out of 459 voting in favor. The...

ICC Champions Trophy: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 60 runs

Tom Latham and Will Young both hit centuries as New Zealand kicked off their ICC Champions Trophy campaign with a 60-run win over hosts Pakistan in Karachi on Wednesday. Young (107 off 113 balls) scored his first overseas ODI century, while Latham (118 from 104 balls) hit his eighth ton as New...

New notes without Mujib’s portrait to be available in May

The central bank is set to release new notes excluding the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman towards the end of April or in early May, Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Arif Hossain Khan told reporters on Wednesday. The new notes will be available before Eid-ul-Adha in June. The government is...

New passport issued based on national ID card

For new passport applications, there will be no need for police verification. The passport will be granted based on the information validated online from the national ID card database. Along with this, the Ministry of Home Affairs sent a summary to the Chief Advisor on Monday, mentioning four...

A grand scheme of billions in loot!

Despite strong criticism from students, teachers and parents ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasian led government introduced a new curriculum, and allocated money for the scheme Dissemination of New Curriculum. Though teachers were not trained in that curriculum, the scheme directors spent 828...

4.0 magnitude earthquake shakes New Delhi, residents take to streets

An earthquake caused a tremor in the Indian capital, New Delhi, early this morning, prompting residents quickly leave their homes and take to the streets. The quake, with a magnitude of 4.0, occurred at 5:36 AM on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was located in Dhoulakua, Delhi, at a...

Maha Kumbh: 18 killed in stampede at New Delhi station

At least 18 people, including 11 women and four children died in a stampede at the New Delhi rail station on Saturday night, reports NDTV. As two trains for the Maha Kumbh being delayed, an overcrowding situation created at the station. Chief casualty medical officer of the LNJP hospital in...

Isaac Newton's chilling letter predicts the world’s end

Isaac Newton predicted the end of the world in a chilling letter he penned over 300 years ago. The renowned physicist who discovered the law of gravity wrote in 1704 that the world would cease to exist in 2060, according to the New York Post. Interestingly, he opted for the word reset instead of...

Man who lost $800 million in Bitcoin in landfill wants to buy dump

Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, beneath layers of years-old trash, lies a hard drive that could unlock almost $800 million worth of bitcoin or so James Howells believes, after accidentally discarding the drive in 2013, CNNs Lianne Kolirin reported this on Friday. Now, after years of legal...

New Zealand clinch tri-series title with a 5-wicket win against Pakistan

Despite the absence of key players Lockie Ferguson, Ben Sears, Matt Henry, and Rachin Ravindra due to injuries, New Zealand secured the tri-series title in Karachi, sending a strong message to the hosts just five days before their Champions Trophy opener at the same venue. With their senior...

Bezos’s rocket firm Blue Origin to cut 10% of workforce

US billionaire Jeff Bezoss erospace company Blue Origin will reduce its workforce by about 10% following a period of rapid expansion, CEO Dave Limp told employees on Thursday. We grew and hired incredibly fast in the last few years, Limp wrote in an email, calling the layoffs a tough but...

Pakistan in tri-nation series final with record chase

Pakistan eliminated South Africa from the tri-nation series with centuries from skipper Mohammad Rizwan and vice-captain Salman Ali Agha, reports UNB. The centuries lead the home team to its highest-ever successful run chase in an ODI just a week ahead of Champions Trophy. Rizwan struck an...

Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor for prescribing abortion pill

An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country. Grand jurors at the District...

‘New PPP’ emerging with fresh faces and policies: Qureshi

Shah Mahmood Qureshi, vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), penned a handwritten letter from Kot Lakhpat jail on Monday, asserting that a transformed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is taking shape, marked by a shift from the Bhutto legacy to the Zardari-led era, reads a DAWN report....

US backs interim govt efforts to chart democratic path: New envoy

New Charge daffaires (CDA) in US embassy in Dhaka Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson on Sunday retreated Washingtons support for the interim government efforts to chart a prosperous and democratic path for the Bangladeshi people. She reassured the US support when met for the first time with Adviser...

Perplexity AI proposes merger with TikTok US, source reveals

U.S. search engine startup Perplexity AI has submitted a bid to merge with TikToks U.S. operations, according to a source familiar with the matter. The bid was presented to TikToks Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on Saturday, the source told Reuters. TikTok is facing a potential U.S. ban...

Bezos' New Glenn reaches orbit in first launch

Blue Origins giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earths orbit for Jeff Bezos space company as it aims to rival SpaceX in the satellite launch business. Thirty stories tall with a reusable first stage, New...

Israel kills female Palestinian journalist

Another Palestinian journalist has been killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip, taking the death toll to 205 since early October 2023 when the regime launched its all-out onslaught against the blockaded coastal sliver. Local organizations identified the new victim as Ahlam al-Nafed, who...

Chinese tourists cancel Thai trips amid safety concerns

Concerns over safety in Thailand have led to a surge in cancellations from Chinese tour groups ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. Independent travelers are also showing slower booking patterns due to heightened fears. Recently, Hong Kong-based singer and actor Eason Chan canceled his concert...

Blue Origin to attempt rocket launch again

Blue Origin will make another attempt to launch its enormous new rocket, potentially as soon as Thursday, after a delay due to ice accumulation in a critical plumbing system, reports AP. The 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn rocket was scheduled to lift off before dawn on Monday with a prototype...

Iran adds 1,000 high-tech drones to combat fleet

Irans Army has reinforced its combat forces by incorporating 1,000 state-of-the-art drones, designed for strategic missions and long-range operations. On Monday morning, 1,000 strategic drones with advanced anti-fortification and stealth capabilities were added to the combat organization of the...

Five things to know about Blue Origin's new rocket New Glenn

Blue Origin, the US space companyfounded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, is poised for a historic first:its maiden voyage into orbital space with a brand new rocket, New Glenn. Here are five key things to know about the heavy-lift vehicle aiming tochallenge SpaceXs dominance in the commercial...

Blue Origin set to challenge Musk’s SpaceX

A quarter century after its founding, Jeff Bezoss Blue Origin is finally ready for its maiden orbital voyage with a brand new rocket the company hopes will shake up the commercial space race. The launch initially scheduled for Sunday was pushed back a day due to unfavourable sea conditions, Blue...

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in 3rd ODI

Asith Fernando and Maheesh Theekshana shared six wickets as Sri Lanka bowled out New Zealand for 150 runs in 29.4 overs to win the third one-day international by 140 runs Saturday, reports UNB. Fernando took 3-26 and Theekshana 3-35 to jointly knock the top off the New Zealand innings as it...

Students to get new books by February

Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus, said the free textbook distribution among primary and secondary-level students could fully be completed by February 2025. He on Thursday shared the information while addressing a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy in the...

New year, new launch: SpaceX to deploy Starlink simulators on starship

SpaceX is taking its Starship test flights to the next level, with the upcoming launch aiming to show payload deployment for the first time. The payload in question will be 10 Starlink simulators that will be similar in size and weight to the next-gen satellites SpaceX plans to use Starship to...

Five killed in firework chaos in Germany

CNN reported five people were killed and dozens of emergency workers were injured as a spate of incidents involving fireworks marred New Years Eve celebrations in Germany. Despite calls for a nationwide ban on the private use of fireworks, they continue to be a significant part of New Years...