The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a Tk 244.14 crore project aimed at strengthening disaster resilience and creating employment for vulnerable communities in disaster-prone areas. The decision came during ECNEC’s 10th meeting of the year, held at the NEC Conference Room in Dhaka on Wednesday. ECNEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus presided over ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday urged “dialogue” and “de-escalation” after violence between Commonwealth members India and Pakistan. “Rising tensions between India and Pakistan will be of serious concern for many across Britain,” he told parliament. “We are engaging urgently with both countries, as well as other international partners, encouraging dialogue, de-escalation and the protection of civilians,” he added. ...

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has claimed that 10 members of his family and four of his aides were killed in India’s targeted airstrikes under Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, news agency PTI reported. A statement attributed to Azhar, who was arrested in India in 1994 and released after the Air India IC 814 hijack, says that ...

A total of 2,248 pilgrims left here for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to perform this year’s Hajj. Among them, 1,446 pilgrims used Biman Bangladesh Airlines and 802 pilgrims used Saudis Airlines. Director (Joint Secretary) of Hajj Office under the Ministry of Religious Affairs Md Lokman Hossain revealed this information. Religious Affairs Adviser Dr A F M Khalid Hossain formally inaugurated ...

The National Consensus Commission held a meeting on Wednesday with Nagorik Oikya as part of its ongoing efforts to build agreement among political parties on key national reform proposals. The commission’s Vice-Chairman, Professor Ali Riaz, along with members Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Safar Raj Hossain and Monir Haidar, Special Assistant to Chief Adviser, participated in the talks, according to an ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s wife Dr Zubaida Rahman, who returned to the country after 17 years, is going to get back her previous government job. Health Ministry’s joint secretary AKM Fazlul Haque confirmed the matter to media on Wednesday. The ministry will issue a notice in this regard within two or three days after completing some process, Fazlul Haque ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered to send actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique in jail in a case filed for an attempt to kill a rickshaw-van driver Abdul Jabbar Howlader during last year’s student-led July-August Mass Uprising. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain passed the order after the investigation officer produced him before the court after a seven-day remand. On ...

Three international flights en route to Bangladesh were diverted on Tuesday midnight due to heightened airspace security concerns following a missile strike near the India-Pakistan border. Group Captain Muhammed Kamrul Islam, executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, confirmed the reason behind the rerouting, saying the civilian aircraft were advised to avoid the affected airspace. Dhaka-bound Turkish Airlines flight (TK ...

Lucy says she’s always been a bit of worrier, but two years ago she began to get anxious and started having panic attacks. “I didn’t know what was happening and my parents didn’t either,” says the 15-year-old. “It was scary. The attacks would occur without warning. It got worse and I began to have them in public.” Lucy started missing ...

Nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies are on display at the Tower of London to mark 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe. The red poppies have been positioned to resemble a cascading “wound” at the heart of the Norman fortress, which was bombed during the Blitz. Some of the flowers were first shown at the site in ...