Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has announced substantial cash rewards for people who provide information leading to the recovery of looted and illegal firearms, as the government moves to intensify […]
Dhaka Medical College, the country’s oldest medical education institution, is set for a major infrastructure overhaul under a Tk 1,154.83 crore government project aimed at replacing ageing and unsafe buildings […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Israel’s “militant” government of destabilising the Middle East through provocative actions, while calling for stronger cooperation among Muslim-majority countries to counter growing regional […]
A 97-year-old woman has been rescued alive after spending hours trapped beneath the rubble of a care facility destroyed by devastating floods in Nepal. Guna Maya Bohara is now receiving […]
Nepal’s death toll from catastrophic flash floods along its border with China has risen to 626, while 2,426 people remain missing as search-and-rescue operations entered their fourth day on Saturday […]
A low-pressure system has formed over the Bay of Bengal, prompting authorities to hoist local warning signal No. 3 at all four of Bangladesh’s seaports. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department issued […]
A pall of grief has descended on the family home of Zakir Hossain, a Bangladeshi migrant worker from Bhairab in Kishoreganj, who was killed in a gas plant explosion in […]
Barrister Iftikhar Gilani of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been sworn in as the 17th prime minister of Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Gilani took the oath […]
Irene Zubaida Khan, an internationally recognised human rights expert, has assumed office as Bangladesh’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Khan formally took charge after presenting her credentials to […]
Norway’s King Harald V has died at the age of 89, after he was taken to hospital last week for treatment for a rare blood condition. The palace in Oslo […]