- Cook Islands announces deep sea minerals deal with China
- Bangladesh also walks out during Israeli speech at Global Ministerial Conference
- Early wicket loss against India an accident: Razzak
- Attempts being made to hijack revolution to come to power: Amir Khasru
- Zelensky 'not ready' to sign minerals deal with US: source
- BNP’s goal is to establish government of the people: Mintoo
- Hamas hands over 6 hostages to Red Cross
- England makes highest team total as Duckett hits 151 in Champions Trophy
- EC suspends six employees over NID fraud
- CEC wants to hold elections like the Eid festival
- None can survive by means of corruption: Shafiqur Rahman
- AP sues three Trump administration officials
- Environmental protection will shape our future: Rizwana
- Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teenagers
- Disney’s 'Snow White' live-action remake drops motion poster
- Vietnam govt approves $8.36B railway project to China
- Creatinine levels: the silent indicator of kidney health
- No load shedding during Ramadan, summer, says energy advisor
- Robbery and molestation in bus: 3 arrested in Tangail
- Fakhrul urges democratic forces to build livable Bangladesh
Ex-state minister placed on 5-day remand in murder case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former state minister for industries, Kamal Ahmed Majumder, on a five-day remand in connection with the murder of Anwar Hossain Patwari. The incident occurred in the Golchattar area under Mirpur Model Police Station during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement....
Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years
Lebanons new prime minister on Saturday formed the countrys first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and signed a decree with new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam forming the new...
Spanish ministers agree to cut working week to 37.5 hours
Spanish ministers agreed on Tuesday to cut the legal working week to 37.5 hours with no change in salary, forging ahead with one of the coalition governments flagship measures despite opposition from employers associations. During its weekly meeting, the cabinet approved the reduction, from 40...
Ex-rail minister remanded for 3 days
A Panchagarh court has put former railway minister Nurul Islam Sujan on a 3-day remand in a case over the murder of an easy bike driver during the anti-discrimination student movement in Panchagarh. Senior Judicial Magistrate Nahid Aktar Juliyetissued the order following a hearing on Thursday,...
Indonesia moves closer to lifting iPhone 16 sales ban, says investment minister
Indonesia is on the verge of finalizing a deal with Apple Inc. that could lead to the lifting of the ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country, according to Investment Minister Rosan Roeslani. Speaking with Bloomberg News on Tuesday, Roeslani expressed confidence that the issue could be resolved within...
Ex-minister Adv Qamrul on 4-day remand in 2 extortion cases
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday placed former food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam on a total of four-day remand in two extortion cases filed with the Kamrangirchar Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Belal Hossain passed the order after police produced the former minister before the...
ACC begins probe against Hasina, Joy over $300m laundering
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an investigation into former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy for allegedly laundering $300 million in New York, US, and London, UK, reports Dhaka Tribune. ACCs Public Relation Officer Akhtarul Islam confirmed the...
Malaysian minister to be fined for smoking at eatery
Malaysias foreign minister Mohamad Hasan will be issued a fine for puffing a cigarette in a non-smoking area, the countrys health minister said Wednesday. Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad earlier this week reposted a photo of foreign minister Mohamad Hasan smoking at a street-side eatery in the...
Top court stays bail of ex-state minister Mahbub Ali
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed the High Courts order granting bail to former state minister for aviation, Mahbub Ali, in connection with the murder of one Siam under Dhakas Mirpur police station, reports Dhaka Tribune. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led...
Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s next PM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government last week, reports AP. Bayrou, 73, a crucial partner in Macrons centrist alliance, has been a well-known figure in French politics...
Kabul suicide bombing kills Taliban refugee minister
The Talibans refugee minister Khalil Haqqani was killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday. Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sarajuddin Haqqani. A suicide bomber disguised himself as a visitor to the Interior Ministry compound, detonating...
Environment Advisor calls for urgent global action on drought and land degradation
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change of Bangladesh, said that issues like droughts, and land degradation demand immediate, collaborative action and shared investments in a unified vision of climate resilience. Highlighting Bangladeshs...
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,...
Kim and Russian minister agree to strengthen military relations
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov had a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and decided to strengthen military ties between their two countries, as reported by North Koreas state media on Saturday. The United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending...
18 including former ministers, MPs shown arrested in fresh cases
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday showed 18 people, including former ministers and members of parliament (MPs), arrested in fresh cases filed over murder, and attempted murder during the student-led July-August mass uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Belal Hossain passed the orders as police...
Ex-food minister Qamrul sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent former food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam to jail in a case lodged over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud in the capitals New Market area, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order as police produced Qamrul before the court after end...