At least 24 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are non-functional, according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
An Indian court yesterday extended the custody of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until April 1 in a graft case related to the national capital territory’s liquor policy, local media said.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said yesterday it had uncovered evidence that the gunmen who killed 143 people in an attack on a concert hall last week were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”.
China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the Maldives, officials said yesterday, a gift from the world’s highest mountains to a low-lying archipelago threatened by rising seas.
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge yesterday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind’s dramatic downfall.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said 80 percent of BNP leaders and activists faced torture unleashed by the “fascist” Awami League government.
Bangladesh is in com-munication with the Somali pirates, regarding the release of Bangladeshi sailors on the hijacked MV Abdullah, said Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday.
Increasing teachers’ salaries and adding benefits to attract talented students to the profession is necessary to improve the quality of education in the country, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.
For Kochi Begum and others in her community, the gradual intrusion of saline water has been a major challenge, as it has been affecting their reproductive health.
Results of Dhaka University admission tests for all units for the academic year 2023-2024 were published yesterday.
Like the lawmakers in general seats, businesspeople also dominate the list of reserved seat MPs in the 12th National Parliament.
The relocation of Karwan Bazar began yesterday with the shifting of Dhaka North City Corporation’s office.
Yunus Centre yesterday said Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus received an invitation from Baku Forum XI that he would receive an award from Unesco during the conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan from March 14 to 16.
India yesterday summoned a top United States diplomat after Washington said it was “closely watching” events following the jailing of a senior opposition leader weeks ahead of parliamentary elections.
Myanmar’s military was behind dozens of seemingly unrelated Facebook pages spewing hate speech against the Rohingyas prior to its dramatic 2017 crackdown against the mostly Muslim minority, a UN probe found yesterday.
Six Pakistan High Court judges have accused the nation’s intelligence agency of intimidating and coercing them over “politically consequential” cases in a letter seen by AFP yesterday.
Black flies exploded into the air as plastic waste fell from bamboo conveyor belts into skips on a solar-powered barge attempting to remove rubbish from the main river of Thailand’s capital Bangkok.
India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.
Sri Lanka’s prime minister said yesterday that China has pledged to develop the island nation’s strategic deep sea port and the capital’s airport after talks with his counterpart in Beijing.
The Delhi High Court today refused to interfere with the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case
India today strongly objected to the remarks made by a US State Department spokesperson on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest in a corruption case, saying "in diplomacy, states are expected to be respectful of the sovereignty and internal affairs of others"
The world’s top court yesterday ordered Israel to “ensure urgent humanitarian assistance” in Gaza without delay, saying “famine has set in”.
Disgraced cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Thursday following his conviction in one of the biggest financial fraud cases in history
Police were responding to his mental distress call, reports The New York Times
The pilot of the cargo freighter that knocked down a highway bridge into Baltimore Harbor had radioed for tugboat help and reported a power loss minutes earlier, federal safety officials said on Wednesday, citing audio from the ship's "black box" data recorder
Though the candidates are the same as last time, the 2024 US presidential election promises to be unique in other ways -- pitting two men facing challenges unprecedented in the 235-year history of US democracy
Divers on Wednesday recovered the remains of two of the six workers missing since they were tossed into Baltimore Harbour from a highway bridge that collapsed into shipping lanes when a faltering cargo freighter rammed into the structure, officials said on Wednesday
In a strange twist, global warming could even help out timekeepers by delaying the need for history's first "negative leap second" by three years, a study published yesterday suggested
Gazans waited again Tuesday in their hundreds for food to fall from the sky at beaches in the famine-stalked north, a day after nearly 20 died trying to get to parachutes carrying aid.
"Tk 1.26 crore was spent in the election. I'll recoup it by any means. I will engage in this much wrongdoing, and I will not do it again," Natore-1 MP Md Abul Kalam Azad said.
At a time when the tradition of puppetry is slowly but surely vanishing, a group of schoolchildren in Brahmanbaria performed a dance as "human puppets", which garnered a lot of attention on social media.
Camel milk tea has brought that difference for the people of the capital. And this tea is available at the shop named 'Bachelor Express' on Road No 52 of Gulshan area
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the night of March 21 in the liquor policy-linked money laundering case. Now Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is in jail, but the party's members, including leaders, MPs, councillors, and workers, remain steadfast in their resolve to follow his instructions
Fire broke out at Korail slum in the capital's Banani, Gausia kitchen market in Narayanganj's Rupganj and a super board factory at Jamaldi area in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj
Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is scheduled to visit Bangladesh next month as the two countries eye strengthening political, diplomatic, and economic relationship amid a shift of global geopolitics.
A group of robbers impersonating officials of the Detective Branch of police have snatched Tk 35.75 lakh from a man in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila.
Prime Ministry Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned for all-out preparations to reap the benefits of Bangladesh graduating from the least developed countries to a developing nation.
Night-time shopping has a certain charm to it, almost a like starry-eyed rebellion. Come Ramadan, staying out late into the wee hours has almost become a trend for Dhakaites.
Four people suffered burn injuries as a small fishing boat caught fire after its engine exploded in the Karnaphuli river at Chattogram’s Patenga yesterday.
Work of an under-construction bridge over Adampura Canal in Patuakhali’s Dasmina upazila has remained suspended for nearly a year now due to shortage of adequate labourers.
Donald Lu, US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, appreciated the contributions of Bangladeshi Americans in building foundations of bilateral relations between the two nations.
A Dhaka court yesterday sent Bangladesh Industrial Financial Company Ltd’s former chairman Maj (retd) Abdul Mannan and five other directors to jail in a case filed over embezzling Tk 8 crore.
Alarming levels of air pollution, unsafe water, poor sanitation, and exposure to lead caused over 2.72 lakh premature deaths in Bangladesh in 2019.
Ten individuals -- including four children -- who were abducted from Teknaf’s hilly areas in Cox’s Bazar, have returned, reportedly after paying a ransom of Tk 200,000 to the captors.