Russian strikes leave 600,000 without power in Ukraine

At least 600,000 people in Ukraine were left without power on Wednesday following a massive Russian missile and drone attack on energy and critical infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.The attack ...

Two 'Cockroach' movement leaders jailed for five days after Delhi protest

Two leaders of India’s “Cockroach” youth movement have been sentenced to five days in jail after being detained during a protest in New Delhi demanding the resignation of the country’s ...

Uttara garment workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for wage hike

Several thousand garment workers blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the capital’s Uttara area on Thursday morning, demanding an increase in minimum wages, timely payment of wages and an end to arbitrary ...

CIID seizes Viagra, other products worth Tk 1.13 crore

Customs intelligence officials have seized goods worth Tk 1.13 crore including Viagra, insulin, banned skin-whitening creams in a series of raids at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and the Kamalapur Railway ...

School roof collapse kills 28, injures more than 30 in Pakistan

At least 27 children and a female teacher were killed and more than three dozen people injured when the roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, ...

President calls for making agriculture more profitable

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today called for transforming Bangladesh’s agriculture sector into a profitable and revenue generating sector.“Bangladesh’s agriculture is no longer a profitable sector...As farming could not generate ...

PM mourns death of veteran BNP leader Abdul Hai

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday expressed deep sorrow over the death of former deputy minister, five-time MP and veteran BNP leader Abdul Hai, describing him as a tested leader ...

PM urges officials to go beyond duties to protect environment

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today called on people from all walks of life to take initiatives to protect the environment and forests, urging government officials to go beyond their routine ...

18 railway coaches made in India set to arrive this afternoon

The first consignment of 18 modern broad-gauge railway coaches, supplied under an agreement between Bangladesh Railway and India’s Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES), is scheduled to enter Bangladesh ...

Dengue deaths hit highest single-day toll again with 10

Ten people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, matching the highest single-day death toll from the mosquito-borne disease this year, while 1,943 new cases ...