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58 Myanmar border guards take refuge in Bangladesh

08:08 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

At least 58 members of Myanmar's paramilitary Border Guard Police (BGP) on Sunday took refuge in Bangladesh fleeing their posts amid reports of heavy gunfights between the government troops and the rebels in the junta-run country...

BCL leader remanded over housewife gang rape at JU

06:57 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Four people, including a leader of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), have been put on a three-day remand in a case over the gang rape of a housewife on the campus. They are Mostafizur Rahman, international affairs secretary of JU unit BCL, and students Sabbir Hasan, Sagor Siddique, and Hasanuzzaman...

Govt has no plan to arrest Dr Yunus unnecessarily: Anisul

05:08 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said the government has no plan to arrest or send to jail Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus unnecessarily...

Ivory Coast net 122nd-minute winner to reach semis

04:18 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Host nation Ivory Coast produced another amazing Africa Cup of Nations escape act as Oumar Diakite's 122nd-minute winner sent the 10-man Elephants into the semi-finals at heartbroken Mali's expense...

12 kg LPG price hiked by Tk 41

03:38 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has increased the prices of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) by Tk 41 to Tk 1,474 per 12 kg cylinder. The new prices will come into effect from 6 pm on Sunday (February 4)...

Bangladesh, US to work for combating climate change: Saber

02:44 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Sunday said Bangladesh and the United States (US) will work together to protect the environment and fight climate change.

14 Myanmar BGP members take shelter at BGB camp in Bandarban

02:14 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

A total of fourteen members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar have fled and taken refuge in Bangladesh after being attacked by the insurgent group Arakan Army.

Bangladeshi injured in firing from Myanmar

12:54 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

A Bangladeshi man was killed by firing from Myanmar side of the border at Tombru area in Naikhongchhari of Bandarban on Sunday morning. The injured is Prabir Dhar, 58, son of Judhistir Dhar of Tmobru camp area.

4 more devotees die at Ijtema venue

12:19 PM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Four more devotees died at the Biswa Ijtema venue on Saturday night, taking the death toll to 19.

Russia says 20 killed in Ukraine attack on bakery in occupied east

11:49 AM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Russia's emergencies ministry said its workers had retrieved the bodies of 20 people from the rubble following a Ukrainian attack on a building housing a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the occupied eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk on Saturday.

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies

11:07 AM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek. Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Mr Geingob had died in the early hours of Sunday morning.

First phase of Biswa Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

10:07 AM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

The first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims, concluded on Sunday as thousands of devotees prayed for peace, progress and welfare of the country as well as the Muslim Ummah.

Mbappe to join Real Madrid at end of season, reports say

09:00 AM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

France captain Kylian Mbappe will join LaLiga giants Real Madrid when his contract with Paris St Germain finishes at the end of the season, Le Parisien and ESPN reported on Saturday.

Forest fires kill 51 in Chile, menace urban areas

08:47 AM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 51 people and the death toll is likely to keep climbing, authorities said on Saturday, as emergency services battled to snuff out flames threatening urban areas.

US, Britain wage strikes against Iran-linked Houthis in Yemen

08:31 AM, 04 Feb 2024 Sunday

The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, in the second day of major U.S. operations against Iran-linked groups following a deadly attack on American troops last weekend.

BNP-Jamaat patronizing militants: Anisul

09:43 PM, 03 Feb 2024 Saturday

Urging the countrymen to remain alert, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said BNP and Jamaat are patronizing militant organizations...

100MT of potatoes arrive through Hili from India

09:12 PM, 03 Feb 2024 Saturday

Some 100 metric tons of potatoes have arrived through the Hili land port in Dinajpur from India as the vegetable import resumed...

Iraq says 16 including civilians killed in ‘new US aggression’

07:49 PM, 03 Feb 2024 Saturday

At least 16 people have been killed in US strikes in Iraq, the government said, as it condemned the “new aggression against” its sovereignty and warned of dire consequences in the region...

Malik stars as Barishal hand Khulna first defeat in BPL

07:03 PM, 03 Feb 2024 Saturday

Shoaib Malik came up with stellar allround performance as Fortune Barishal snapped Khulna Tigers' winning streak in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) by handing them a five-wicket defeat at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday...

530 migrants including 94 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia

05:49 PM, 03 Feb 2024 Saturday

Malaysia's immigration police have detained as many as 530 migrants, including 94 Bangladeshi nationals...