- Independence won thru student-mass people's blood must be retained: Annie
- Foreign Ministry holds event on International Mother Language Day
- Bangladesh embassy in Tokyo observes IML Day
- Farroque warns of conspiracy if election is delayed
- Govt emphasizes preserving endangered languages and ensuring diversity: Foreign Secretary
- Saudi Ambassador extends greetings in Bengali on Feb 21
- Discussion on mother tongue held in Bandarban
- No pain, no gain? Hardly. This year’s fitness buzzword is ‘recovery’
- Poland introduces mandatory firearms training for children
- Only election can restore true democracy: Rizvi
- 25 foreign nationals pay tribute to language martyrs
- South Africa wins the toss, decides to bat against Afghanistan
- Hamas gave body of 'Gazan woman' not hostage Shiri Bibas: Netanyahu
- ADB, World Bank partner on FMRF to increase development impact
- Imported fruit prices surge by up to Tk100 per Kg ahead of Ramadan
- Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever
- CIA plans largest mass firing in nearly 50 years: New York Times
- Gill’s ton guides India to a comfortable win over Bangladesh
- Netanyahu orders 'intensive' West Bank operations after Israel bus blasts
- IGP pays tribute to language heroes
Rising talent Shahbaz Sunny dies
Young actor Shahbaz Sunny has passed away. Actor Ziaul Faruq Apurba confirmed Sunnys death through a Facebook post on Monday morning. Apurba wrote, Actor Shahbaz Sunny is no longer with us. Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Rajiun, expressing his condolences and seeking prayers for the departed actor....
Donald Trump's aid freeze could cause millions more AIDS deaths: UN
President Donald Trumps decision to suspend US overseas funding could result in millions more deaths from AIDS, the head of the UNs programme for the illness warned Sunday, reports AFP. The United States is the worlds largest provider of official development assistance, with most funds directed...
Six killed in fire at South Korean construction site
A fire at a resort construction site in the South Korean city of Busan killed at least six people on Friday, according to fire officials. Around 100 workers evacuated, while another 14 were rescued by helicopter from the top of the structure, said Hong Moon-shik, chief of the Busan Gijang...
Road safety leaders to meet in Marrakech to tackle road deaths
Heads of national road safety agencies and officials from more than 80 countries will gather in Marrakech, Morocco, next week to advance global efforts in reducing road fatalities. The high-level meeting will take place on the eve of the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, aiming...
Study reveals brain waves may reflect life review before death
The question of what happens to the human brain as people approach death has puzzled both regular people and scientists for a long time. Although there are still some unanswered questions, new research seems to have found an answer, offering new understanding of the mystery. The study titled...
KM Shafiullah no more
Former Army Chief and one of the prominent sector commanders of the Liberation War, retired Major General K. M. Shafiullah, has passed away. He breathed his last on Sunday morning while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital It has been reported that the...
Arafat Rahman Koko’s 10th death anniversary today
The 10th death anniversary of Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, is being observed today with due respect and solemnity. The BNP and its associate organizations...
Bangladesh logs first hMPV death
The 30-year-old woman, who had been found infected with the Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV), died while undergoing treatment on Wednesday evening. The hMPV victim Sanjida Akter is the first Bangladeshi who infected with the virus and died. She died of hMPV around 7:00 pm at Infectious Diseases...
Two more die of dengue in 24 hrs
Two more dengue patients died and 31 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning in the country. During the period, 16 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 15 patients were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city, said a statement of the...
Two die of suffocation in India as gas stove on whole night
Two young men suffocated to death in their home in Sector 70 after leaving a gas stove on overnight, police said on Saturday, reports Times of India. The victims, identified as Kapendra (22) and Shivam (23), were residents of Mamura, Sector 70, under the jurisdiction of Phase 3 police station at...
Wildfires near Los Angeles kill 16 as firefighters race against time
Firefighters were racing against time Saturday to get on top of massive wildfires aroundLos Angelesas winds ramped up, pushing the blazes towards previously untouched neighborhoods. At least 16 people were now confirmed dead from fires that have ripped through the city, leaving communities in...
Myanmar military airstrike kills dozens in Rakhine village, UN confirms
An airstrike by Myanmars military government killed dozens in Kyauk Ni Maw village, Rakhine state, this week, according to the United Nations and local reports. The attack on Wednesday destroyed around 500 homes and killed over 40 people, including 26 Muslim villagers whose names were released by...
Gaza death toll 40% higher than recorded: Lancet
Research published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday estimates that the death toll in Gaza during the first nine months of the Israel-Hamas war was around 40 percent higher than recorded by the Palestinian territorys health ministry. The number of dead in Gaza has become a matter of bitter...
Morning coffee may lower risk of early death, study finds
Drinking coffee in the morning may reduce the risk of early death, especially from cardiovascular disease, according to new research. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, found that morning coffee drinkers had a lower mortality risk than those who consumed coffee throughout the...
USA govt moves to block plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
The Biden administration has urged a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks, and two co-defendants, which would spare them the death penalty, reports CNN. In a brief filed Tuesday, the Justice Department argued that...
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty, sparing 60 prisoners
Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once faced the death penalty himself in the 1960s during the war of independence, approved the law this week after a bill...
South Korea plane crash: Only 2 survive among 181
At least 151 people are confirmed dead after the Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, has crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea. Of those, 71 are identified as male and 71 female. The sex of 9 people who have died is yet to be confirmed. Two flight crew were rescued from the...
Teen actor Hudson Meek, known for Baby Driver, dies after falling from moving vehicle
Hudson Meek, the 16-year-old actor best known for his role in Baby Driver, tragically passed away last week after falling from a moving vehicle in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, as reported by CNN affiliate WVTM. CNN on Thursday (Washington local time) reported that on December 19, Meek suffered blunt...
French officials raise Mayotte death toll to 39 after Storm Chido
French officials have increased the death toll in Mayotte to 39, up from 35, following the destruction caused by a powerful cyclone about 10 days ago. Authorities have said thousands may have died in Storm Chido when it hit the islands, a French overseas region off the coast of East...
Renowned Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal passes away
Shyam Benegal, the celebrated filmmaker who spearheaded Indias parallel cinema movement with his groundbreaking, socially-conscious films in the 1970s and 1980s, passed away at the age of 90. Known for redefining Indian cinema with his realism and poignant storytelling, Benegal leaves behind a...
Death toll in Meghna ship robbery attack rises to 7
The Coast Guard and Naval Police have recovered the bodies of five people from a cargo ship anchored in the Meghna River in Chandpur. The bodies of five people were first recovered from different cabins of the ship anchored in the Majhirchar area of the Meghna River in Haimchar of the...
Tomatoes thrown, protest outside Allu Arjun's home over stampede death
A massive protest took place outside the house of Telugu actor Allu Arjun over the stampede earlier on December that claimed a life. A group of people, claiming to students of the Osmania University, barged into his house, threw tomatoes and broke flower pots. The protesters raised slogans...
Dengue: 3 more die in 24hrs
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 561 this year. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), recent fatalities have been reported in various...
Cyclone death toll in Mozambique rises to 45
The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has risen by 11 to 45, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Wednesday. Initial figures released on Tuesday said the cyclone had claimed 34 lives after making landfall in Mozambique on Sunday at the northern Cabo Delgado...
Dhaka ranks second in global air pollution index with ‘Very Unhealthy’ air quality
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 258 on Friday morning, making it the second most polluted city in the world at 10:58 am. The air quality was categorized as very unhealthy, a trend that has persisted over the past few days, according...
Israel strikes Damascus; Turkiye-backed forces seize Manbij
Israeli forces launched large-scale attacks across Syria, targeting three major airports and key military infrastructure, including locations in the capital, Damascus. The strikes mark an escalation in regional hostilities amid ongoing conflicts in the country. In a significant political...
61st death anniversary of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy Thursday
The 61st death anniversary of the champion of democracy and one of the greatest leaders of the undivided India Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed on Thursday, reports BSS. He was the unparalleled leader of all Indian politics, who had dedicated his entire life to ensure the welfare of...
CA pays tributes to Suhrawardy on his 61st death anniversary
Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday paid rich tributes to the champion of democracy and one of the greatest leaders of undivided India Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy on the occasion of his 61st death anniversary, to be observed tomorrow. On the occasion of the 61st death anniversary of...