Only 12 trucks delivered aid to North Gaza since October: Oxfam
Only 12 trucks delivered aid to North Gaza since October: Oxfam

Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory. Of the meager 34 trucks of food and water given permission to enter the North Gaza...

No final decision taken, says BNP after meeting with allies
No final decision taken, says BNP after meeting with allies

BNP has started a series of talks with allied parties in the anti-fascist movement on the ongoing political situation in the country and the 13th National Parliament elections. The BNPs liaison committee held separate Talks with the 12-party alliance, the Nationalist Like-Minded Alliance and the...

Wildfire in Pakistan kills 180 animals, devastates Thar communities
Wildfire in Pakistan kills 180 animals, devastates Thar communities

A wildfire that erupted on December 18 in Khokhrapar Union Council and parts of Achhro Thar has killed 180 animals, destroyed crops, fodder, and over 50,000 trees across 20 acres, according to villagers, as reported by DAWN. The blaze, which reportedly started near the Indian border, wiped out...

Nationwide internet blackout was on Hasina’s order: Palak
Nationwide internet blackout was on Hasina’s order: Palak

Former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has confessed the nationwide internet shut down was a deliberate move on Sheikh Hasinas orders. His testimony was recorded by ICTs investigation agency following a questioning session held yesterday, Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam said while...

ICT seeks explanation of Quader's departure from country
ICT seeks explanation of Quader's departure from country

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sought an explanation from the police chief within 15 days regarding how Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader left Bangladesh, according to ICT Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam, reports Dhaka Tribune. Tajul made this statement following a...

Hasina was nucleus of secret prison network, says ICT chief prosecutor Tajul Islam
Hasina was nucleus of secret prison network, says ICT chief prosecutor Tajul Islam

Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, is at the center of allegations involving a secret prison network that has reportedly operated for the past 16 years. Advocate Mohammad Tajul Islam, Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), claims Hasina is directly linked...

France rushes aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead
France rushes aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead

France sent ships and military planes to Mayotte, a small French island near Africa, after it was hit by the worst cyclone in almost 100 years on Monday. Authorities fear that hundreds, possibly thousands, of people have died. Survivors wandered through streets littered with debris, searching...

Israeli airstrikes kill 18 in Gaza, targeting Hamas and aid sites
Israeli airstrikes kill 18 in Gaza, targeting Hamas and aid sites

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 18 Palestinians on Saturday, according to medics. The Israeli military stated it targeted gunmen operating from shelters and aid storages. Medics reported that at least 10 people were killed in an airstrike near the municipality building in Deir...

US, Iraq address path to stability in Syria
US, Iraq address path to stability in Syria

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani in Baghdad on Friday, with a significant focus on tackling the ongoing crisis in Syria. Secretary Blinken reaffirmed U.S. support for a Syrian-led political process aimed at establishing an inclusive...

Excessive suspicious banking transactions identified
Excessive suspicious banking transactions identified

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed six cases against former government ministers and their families, accusing them of accumulating illegal wealth totaling around Tk 155 crore. The cases were filed on Thursday at the Dhaka integrated district office. The individuals named in the cases...

Internet blackout in July movement: Palak to be interrogated by ICT probe body
Internet blackout in July movement: Palak to be interrogated by ICT probe body

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday gives permission its probe body to interrogate former state minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on December 18 over internet blackout enforced by then government throughout the country during the...

2 snatchers arrested over attack on anti-discrimination activists
2 snatchers arrested over attack on anti-discrimination activists

Sonargaon Thana police have apprehended two individuals in connection with a robbery and assault targeting coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement. The incident took place last Sunday night in the Mograpara area of Sonargaon. The suspects have been identified as Mobarak Hossain...

Murder case against Hasina: Court seeks probe report by 8 Jan
Murder case against Hasina: Court seeks probe report by 8 Jan

A Dhaka court on Tuesday set 8 January 2025, as the deadline for police to submit the probe report in the case filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed in police firing in Dhakas Mohammadpur area on 19 July during mass...

Palak remanded again
Palak remanded again

A Dhaka court on Monday placed former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on a three-day remand in connection with the murder of student Monir Mia in the capitals Chankharpul area during July mass uprising, reports Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sefatullah issued the order....

Israeli foreign minister Sa’ar meets Blinken to discuss Gaza,  Lebanon issues
Israeli foreign minister Sa’ar meets Blinken to discuss Gaza, Lebanon issues

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met on Thursday (Washington time) with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Malta, on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial. The two leaders discussed several pressing regional issues, with a particular focus on the situation in Gaza and the ongoing...

Deprived deputy secretaries of 25 different cadres getting promotion soon
Deprived deputy secretaries of 25 different cadres getting promotion soon

The Ministry of Public Administration has decided to approve promotional orders of some deprived government officials. Md Obaidur Rahman, additional secretary of the Recruitment, Promotion, and Transfer (APD) of the ministry said this on Tuesday, reports UNB. Obaidur Rahman said that Deputy...

Businesspeople call for security
Businesspeople call for security

Instability in the garment sector continues to persist. Since the beginning of this year, there have been protests over wages, factory attacks over the dominance of the Jhut business after the fall of the government, and most recently, a violent incident where workers attacked the factory owners...

Dipu Moni, Palak among four ex-MPs shown arrested in new cases
Dipu Moni, Palak among four ex-MPs shown arrested in new cases

A Dhaka court on Monday sent four former MPs, including former Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni, to jail showing them arrested in new cases, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahmed passed the order. Those sent to jail also include former state minister for Post,...

BGB detains 47 Bangladeshi nationals from Maheshpur border area
BGB detains 47 Bangladeshi nationals from Maheshpur border area

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 47 Bangladeshi nationals during separate raids in various border areas under Maheshpur Battalion (58 BGB) of Jhenaidah on Saturday, reports UNB. Lieutenant Colonel Shah Md. Azizus Shahid, Commander of Maheshpur Battalion (58 BGB), confirmed the matter....

CMP detains Obaidul Quader's relative
CMP detains Obaidul Quader's relative

Police arrested a relative of former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader in Chattogram city. AKM Siraj Ullah, brother-in-law of Obaiduls elder brother Mirza Quader, was arrested on Thursday night in the Green View Residential Area under the Bayezid Bostami police station. Siraj...

Fears for Gaza hospitals as fuel and aid run low
Fears for Gaza hospitals as fuel and aid run low

The health ministry in Gaza, controlled by Hamas, stated on November 22 that hospitals have only two days worth of fuel remaining before they will have to cut back on services. This comes after the United Nations warned that the delivery of aid to the war-torn region is being severely crippled....

James to perform in Saudi Arabia on Nov 22
James to perform in Saudi Arabia on Nov 22

Popular singer James will perform in Saudi Arabia after getting an invitation from the Saudi government. The rock legend will mesmerise the audience at Al-Suwaidi Park in Riyadh on November 22 as part of the Bangladesh Culture segment of the high-profile Riyadh Season. Riyadh Season is a...

G20 summit calls for Gaza aid and resolution to Ukraine conflict
G20 summit calls for Gaza aid and resolution to Ukraine conflict

Leaders of the worlds 20 largest economies have called for a global agreement to combat hunger, increased humanitarian aid for Gaza, and an end to hostilities in both the Middle East and Ukraine. The leaders issued a joint declaration on Monday that emphasized these priorities but offered few...

Almost 100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted, UN agency says
Almost 100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted, UN agency says

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that a convoy of 109 aid trucks carrying food was violently looted in Gaza on Saturday. Ninety-seven of the lorries were lost and their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload their aid after passing through the Israeli-controlled Kerem...

Receiver appointments deepen industry crisis
Receiver appointments deepen industry crisis

There are numerous precedents for appointing receivers in industrial establishments in the country in the aftermath of various events. However, unfortunately, in almost every case, the outcome has been unfavorable. Many once-established industrial groups have turned into moribund enterprises after...

Businesses struggle to survive amid ongoing Israeli raids
Businesses struggle to survive amid ongoing Israeli raids

Lina al-Khalil has fled her south Beirut home to escape escalating Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, but she still returns daily to the bombarded area to keep the family business running. Its more important than my house, said the pharmacist, in her 50s, of the business she inherited from her father...

U.S. states Israel has not violated law on blocking aid to Gaza
U.S. states Israel has not violated law on blocking aid to Gaza

The U.S. has stated that Israel has not violated American laws regarding the blocking of aid supplies to Gaza, following the expiration of a 30-day deadline issued by the U.S. for Israel to improve humanitarian access. The deadline was set with the threat of cutting some military assistance if...

BGB detain 36 Bangladeshis for attempting to cross Jhenaidah border
BGB detain 36 Bangladeshis for attempting to cross Jhenaidah border

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 36 Bangladeshis, including eight children, for trying to cross into India through the border in Jhenaidahs Maheshpur upazila, authorities said on Wednesday. They were detained in the border areas of Matila, Baghadanga, Samanta, Kholashpur, Paliyanpur,...