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NCP leader Nasiruddin Patwary comes under attack in Jhenaidah
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (329+ words) NATIONAL Citizen Party chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary and his associates came under attack in Jhenaidah on Friday shortly after Jumma prayers, with the party leaders accusing activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Jubo Dal of carrying out the attack. The…...
ICT minister for ensuring access to digital services for disabled people
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (423+ words) Posts, telecommunications and information technology minister Faqir Mahbub Anam has said that ensuring equal access to digital services for persons with disabilities is one of the government's key priorities. As part of the celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2026, Aspire…...
Erdogan shuts liberal Istanbul university
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (241+ words) Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ordered the closure of a top independent university with liberal leanings in the middle of the school year, according to an official decree. The decree, published in the official journal, revokes the operating…...
15 injured as BNP factions in Gazipur clash over extortion
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (498+ words) At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two rival factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday over control of a garment factory's jhut (fabric waste) business and alleged extortion of worker transport buses in Gazipur. Several buses…...
26 AL activists held in city for trying to take "oath" for Hasina return
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (356+ words) The police on Friday detained 26 activists of the Bangladesh Awami League, activities on which remain banned, at places of Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Friday on charge of trying to hold an oath-taking event demanding the return of Sheikh Hasina. Hasina,…...
European powers urge Israel to end settlements
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (388+ words) Italy, France, Britain and Germany urged Israel Friday to stop expanding its settlements in the West Bank, saying the government was "undermining stability" and prospects for a two-state solution. "We call on the government of Israel to end its expansion…...
Protests at child rape, murder spread
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (642+ words) Different social, cultural, and political organisations on Friday staged protest demonstrations in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country demanding speedy and exemplary trial of the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl whose body parts were recently found in…...
Foreign minister to leave Dhaka for Delhi today
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (817+ words) India keen to work together, envoy tells PM Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman is going to India today on a maiden visit during which he is scheduled to hold meetings with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar and national security adviser…...
India's strategic $9b megaport plan for pristine island
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (1394+ words) On a remote island in the Andaman Sea, bulldozers are tearing into pristine forests that are home to one of Earth's most isolated people " part of India's ambition for a $9 billion megaport, airport and city. Designed to rival China's investments…...
Rubio warns Cuba after US indicts Raul Castro
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (621+ words) Secretary of state Marco Rubio warned Cuba on Thursday that the United States was laser-focused on changing the communist system, after the island was stunned by a US indictment of its former president Raul Castro. The US military announced that…...