India captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from test cricket, bringing an end to a significant chapter in his international career just weeks before India’s five-match series against England begins on June 20. In a post shared on Instagram, the 38-year-old expressed gratitude for representing India in the longest format of the game. “It’s been an absolute honor to ...

Bangladesh’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) reached 52.9 in April, signaling continued expansion across key sectors of the economy, though at a slower pace, according to data released by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and Policy Exchange. The overall growth was driven by mixed sectoral performances. While manufacturing, construction, and services all posted slower rates of expansion, the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for an immediate halt to the escalating violence between India and Pakistan, offering to mediate what has become the worst military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in two decades. Speaking from the White House, Trump expressed concern over the growing conflict. “It’s so terrible,” he said. “I get along with both, I ...

Nine months after the fall of the Awami League government, former President Abdul Hamid has left the country early Thursday. Reliable sources have confirmed that he departed Dhaka at 3:05 AM on Thursday aboard a Thai Airways flight. A responsible official at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport confirmed the news of his departure. According to the source, Abdul Hamid left for ...

The Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) administration has filed a case against 71 people, including police, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders, teachers, officials and employees, in the murder of Abu Sayeed. The university’s registrar Dr. Md. Harun Or Rashid filed the case with Tajhat Metropolitan police station as the plaintiff today against the 71 people and 80-100 unidentified people for ...

Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan left Dhaka for Italy Wednesday on an official visit. The Air Chief will visit Italy from May 8 to 14, ISPR said in a media release on Wednesday evening. During the visit, he will attend the AeroSpace Power Conference (ASPC) 2025 on 08–09 May 2025 at ...

A Sylhet court sentenced a man to death and four others to life term imprisonment on Wednesday over a murder case in Gopalganj upazila of the district in 2021. Sylhet Additional Sessions Judge Mahmudul Hasan pronounced the verdict. The condemned convict was Wahidur Rahman Sunny, a resident of Hajipur village under Golapganj upazila of the district. Those who got life ...

Renowned Bangladeshi singer Kumar Bishwajit is set to return to live performances, after taking a step back from music following the 2023 road accident that seriously injured his only son Nibir in Canada. Since the incident, Bishwajit and his wife have been living in Canada, where Nibir received treatment. However, with signs of gradual recovery in his son’s condition, the ...

Today marks the 164th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the towering figure whose literary genius redefined Bangla literature, music, and the cultural identity of the Indian subcontinent through his embrace of contextual modernism. Tagore was born on 25 Baishakh, 1268 in the Bengali calendar (May 7, 1861) at the Jorasanko mansion in Kolkata. A poet, philosopher, playwright, and painter, Tagore ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday extended heartfelt appreciation to the thousands of supporters and citizens who turned out to welcome his mother and party Chairperson, Khaleda Zia, upon her return from London after four months of medical treatment. In a statement issued by Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP conveyed Tarique Rahman’s thanks to the masses ...