Explosions in Iran, US media reports Israeli strikes
Iran's state media reported explosions in central Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival
Student politics, Buet and ‘Smart Bangladesh’
General students of Buet have been vehemently opposing the reintroduction of student politics on their campus, the reasons for which are powerful, painful, and obvious.
India starts voting in the world's largest election as Modi seeks historic third term
Voters in India started casting votes in the world's largest parliamentary election this morning, setting off a marathon poll battle as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a record-equaling third straight tenure in office
IMF’s 3rd loan tranche on track despite repeated failure to hit reserve goal
The minimum net international reserves (NIR) will also remain below the threshold when an IMF mission visits Dhaka next week to review the progress of the programme before releasing around $681 million in the third tranche in May.
US stops UN from recognising a Palestinian state through membership
The United States yesterday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body
Bhasantek fire: 7-year-old dies after parents, grandmother
After the deaths of her parents and grandmother, 7-year-old Lamia, who suffered severe burns in a fire at their house in Dhaka's Bhasantek area on April 12, died at a Dhaka hospital this morning
Anontex Loans: Janata in deep trouble as BB digs up scams
Bangladesh Bank has ordered Janata Bank to cancel the Tk 3,359 crore interest waiver facility the lender had allowed to AnonTex Group, after an audit found forgeries and scams involving the loans.
Nearly half of China's major cities are sinking, researchers say
Nearly half of China's major cities are suffering "moderate to severe" levels of subsidence, putting millions of people at risk of flooding especially as sea levels rise, according to a study of nationwide satellite data released on Friday
Democracy sliding, institutions barely functioning
The quality of democracy in the country has been deteriorating over the years and institutions like Election Commission and Anti-Corruption Commission barely function, eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan said yesterday.
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Ensuring Road Safety: Lowest outcome from highest committees
The government has three high-powered committees to ensure roads are safe. These committees meet infrequently, and when they meet, they make almost identical decisions. And those decisions rarely come to fruition.
Liverpool exit Europa League as Klopp's final season suffers new blow
Atalanta are in the last four of a European competition for the first time since 1988.
A match in which Man City played but Real Madrid won
Antonio Rudiger scored the decisive penalty as Real Madrid beat holders Manchester City in an edge-of-your-seat 4-3 shootout victory to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League for a record-extending 17th time after the teams were locked at 4-4 on aggregate following extra time on Wednesday.
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Kenya's military chief among 10 people killed in helicopter crash
Kenya's military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed when their military helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, President William Ruto announced
Ctg doctors call for work abstention for 2 hrs Saturday
Protesting the recent attack on two doctors in Chattogram, health professionals have announced a two-hour work abstention on Saturday
Papon seeks Argentina’s help in developing Bangladesh football
Nazmul Hassan Papon, the youth and sports minister of Bangladesh, sought assistance from Argentina for developing the country's football and promised to extend Bangladesh’s help to develop Argentina’s cricket during a courtesy meeting at the Sports Ministry today with Marcelo C. Cesa, the ambassador to Bangladesh.
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Israel releases pictures of damage caused by Iran's attack
Iran attacked Israel on Saturday with hundreds of drones and missiles. The Israel Defense Forces released photos of the damage in this attack. The BBC published two of the images today.
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Nor’westers knock out power for 3.5 lakh users
Around 350,000 electricity connections under the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) were disconnected from the power grid after intense nor’westers (seasonal thunderstorms) lashed several districts between Wednesday night and early yesterday, knocking down electric poles and other key instruments.
Make family members quit upazila polls
The ruling Awami League has instructed ministers and its lawmakers to make sure their family members and relatives pull out of the upazila parishad election.
Taliban pull 2 TV channels for ‘violating Islamic values’
Two Afghan television channels have been taken off the airwaves for “violations against Islamic and national values”, a Taliban government spokesman said yesterday.
