- Simmons wants proper Test wicket against Zimbabwe
- Cultural heritage and sustainable development intertwined
- Civil society groups are in Trump’s sights for punitive action
- Former Man United prospect Joe Thompson dies at 36
- 10 dengue patients hospitalized in 24 hrs
- Shafiqul refutes rumours of Magura Medical College closure
- ANFREL delegation meets Fakhrul, discusses election issue
- Shafiqul criticises cricketer Shakib for joining JS polls with AL ticket
- Announcing a roadmap is essential to establish a people's government
- There are examples of turning ex-enemies into allies
- Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza
- Strange sell-off in dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in US
- Man Utd stun Lyon in 9 goal classic to reach semis
- Dhaka Polytechnic Institute students march wearing ‘shrouds’
- NCP to attend talks with Consensus Commission
- Prince Harry requested police protection following an al Qaeda threat
- Plane engine shoots out fire after hitting an animal on takeoff
- 4 people killed, 1 injured as cable car plunges into a ravine in Italy
- Bangladesh should focus on ‘protecting rights of its own minorities’
- US will abandon Ukraine peace efforts if no progress made soon: Rubio

Palestinian envoy thanks Bangladesh for mass rally in Dhaka
The Palestinian Ambassador to BangladeshYousef Ramadan has expressed deep gratitude to the people of Bangladesh for what he called one of the most powerful displays of solidarity with Palestine in recent memory. In a statement issued on Sunday, Ambassador Ramadan hailed Saturdays mass rally in...

10 Palestinian films chronicling the struggle for land and identity
Over the last two decades, Palestinian film directors have released a variety of movies that collectively form a cinematic archive of Palestinians struggle for survival and their native land. The New Arab has curated a list of the ten Palestinian movies you should watch. Paradise Now (2005):...

Israel kills 58 more Palestinians as Gaza death toll surpasses 50,800
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 58 more Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry, raising the death toll from Israels ongoing conflict since October 2023 to 50,810. In the last 24 hours, 213 people were also injured and transferred to hospitals, bringing the total number of...

Israeli forces raid cities, refugee camps in West Bank
Al-Aqsa Today, a Palestinian channel, is reporting that Israel has deployed a large number of forces to the city of el-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, reports Al Jazeera. The move comes amid reports of Israeli raids on the nearby refugee camps of Jalazone and al-Amaari, the city of Qalandiya,...

Jamaat ameer urges all to stand by Gazan Palestinian
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has urged the Muslim Ummah and the peace-loving people of the world to make a united effort to stop the brutal attacks and genocide in Gaza and stand by the oppressed people there, reports BSS. He made the call while addressing an iftar-mahfil...

Malaysia willing to accept 15 released Palestinians, says Tok Mat
Malaysia is prepared to accept 15 Palestinians recently released from Israeli prisons as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan announced, according to a Star report. Under the deal, which took effect on January 19, some freed...

US immigration agents arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia
U.S. immigration agents have arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New Yorks Columbia University, the student workers labor union said on Sunday, reports Reuters. The student, Mahmoud Khalil, who studies at the universitys School...

Palestinians hope Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’ brings global support
Palestinians hope the Oscar victory of No Other Land will bring support as they face possible expulsion by Israel, reports AP. Just last week, Israeli troops demolished a Palestinian familys shed in this remote, hilly part of the West Bank, residents reported. It was the latest instance of...

Lavrov in Qatar speaks out on new US talks, frozen Russian assets
Russia is waiting for Europeans to stop lying that Moscow is refusing to engage in talks on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference as he wrapped up his trip to Qatar. He also said the issue of frozen Russian assets will not disappear from the Ukraine settlement...

Israeli tanks roll into Jenin, Palestinians prepare for lengthy invasion
A crowd of people gathered to watch two massive armoured bulldozers rumble into the Jenin refugee camp, tearing apart the asphalt to clear a path for three Israeli tanks, Al Jazeera reported. This is the first time Ive seen a tank with my own eyes, a young man said, his voice a mixture of awe...

Hamas says talks with Israel contingent on release of prisoners as agreed
Talks with Israel through mediators on further steps in a ceasefire agreement are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being released as agreed, Hamas official Basem Naim said on Sunday, reports Reuters. Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it...

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teenagers
Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian teenagers during two separate raids in the occupied West Bank. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli forces opened live fire at Ayman Nassar al-Haymouni, 13, on Friday night, while he was visiting relatives in the Jabal Jawhar...

Hamas to free 6 Israeli hostages as Israel releases 600 Palestinians
Hamas is set to release six more Israeli hostages from Gaza on Saturday, though the exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is overshadowed by heightened tensions that threaten the fragile ceasefire, reports AP. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged retaliation after what he...

Israel to release 602 prisoners in Gaza swap Saturday: Palestinian NGO
Israel will free 602 inmates from jails on Saturday as part of a hostage-prisoner swap with Hamas under an ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club advocacy group. Among those released, 445 are people from Gaza who were arrested after Hamas October 7 attack that...

Hamas-Islamic Jihad condemn Israeli raid on Palestinian detainees
Palestine resistance movements -- Hamas and Islamic Jihad have condemned in the strongest terms a raid by special Israeli prison units on a section of Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and their assault against Palestinian detainees as a criminal act reflecting the Tel Aviv...

Palestinians burn ‘humiliating’ shirts after release
Israels move to force the released Palestinians to wear shirts with a Star of David logo and we will not forget or forgive written in Arabic has prompted anger and been slammed as a racist crime, reports Al Jazeera. On Saturday, 369 Palestinians were released in exchange for three captives in...

Arab states oppose Trump's Gaza plan, Egyptian FM tells Rubio
Egypts top diplomat informed U.S. Senator Marco Rubio that Arab nations stand united with Palestine in opposing Donald Trumps plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza and take control of the besieged enclave. In a statement, Egypts foreign ministry noted that Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry...

Palestinians appeals for emergency aid as Gaza faces dire housing and reconstruction needs
With fighting in Gaza paused, Palestinians are appealing for billions of dollars in emergency aid - from heavy machinery to clear rubble to tents and caravans to house people made homeless by Israeli bombardment. One official from the Palestinian Authority estimated immediate funding needs of...

Turkey slams 'inhumane' US proposal to relocate Gazans
Speaking in Qatar on Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan condemned the U.S. proposal to forcibly relocate Palestinians from Gaza, calling it inhumane. He expressed Turkeys strong opposition to the idea, which was first suggested by former U.S. President Donald Trump, and reiterated Turkeys...

Arab leaders reject Trump call for transfer of Palestinians
Arab foreign ministers on Saturday rejected any transfer of Palestinians from their land under any circumstances, presenting a unified stance against US President Donald Trumps call for Egypt and Jordan to take in residents of the Gaza Strip, reports Arab News. In a joint statement following a...

Hamas hails historic return of Palestinians to north Gaza
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have begun returning to the northern part of the war-wracked Gaza Strip after a deal was reached between Hamas and Israel over exchange of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners, Press TV reported. It was announced that Hamas has agreed to...

Israel releases 200 Palestinian prisoners
A total of 200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have been freed under the terms of a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Seventy of them will be deported to countries in the region, Al Jazeera and BBC reported. However, the Israeli government accuses Hamas of breaching...

Israeli snipers kill two Palestinian children despite ceasefire
Israeli gunfire has killed two Palestinian children and injured several others in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, despite a ceasefire currently in effect between Israel and Hamas. Zakaria Hamid Yahya Barbakh was fatally shot on Monday near al-Awda Square in southern areas of Rafah city,...

‘We used to see the sky through small squares’
Rose Khwais, who was among the Palestinians freed on the first day of the ceasefire deal, says she became unwell due to poor conditions while she was imprisoned by Israel, reports Al Jazeera. We used to see the sky through small squares. I used to say, I hope I will see the sky without these...