Heathrow is among several European airports hit by a cyber-attack affecting an electronic check-in and baggage system. The airport warned of possible delays due to a “technical issue” affecting software provided by Collins Aerospace to several airlines. Brussels Airport said a cyber-attack on Friday night meant passengers were being checked in and boarded manually, while Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport also reported ...

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has called for stronger enforcement, institutional transparency and an end to faulty environmental clearances to protect Bangladesh’s ecological future. Speaking as chief guest at a seminar titled “Strengthening Environmental Regulatory and Enforcement Capacity for a Sustainable Bangladesh,” organized by World Bank in Sreepur upazila, Rizwana urged Department of ...

If you are so confident, then why don’t you join the election instead of making excuses one after another to obstruct it?, questioned BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He also criticised Jamaat’s demand for banning Jatiya Party and members of the 14-party alliance while the party is now on the streets together with a party that contested ...

Senior Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs Nasimul Ghani inaugurated the service as the chief guest on Friday in Pakistan. Photo:PID The Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad officially launched the e-passport service on Friday, marking a significant step forward in enhancing consular services for Bangladeshi nationals in Pakistan. The inauguration ceremony was held at High Commission premises, with Senior Secretary ...

US President Donald Trump is planning to invite King Charles and Queen Camilla to the US next year, a senior White House official confirmed to the BBC. The date of the visit – which will come as the US marks its 250th anniversary – remains unclear. Trump made a second state visit to the UK this week to meet with ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said Bangladesh has an urgent need to transition towards cleaner, safer and afrdable energy solutions as the country navigates a new path toward sustainable economic development. In a press release on Saturday, the CA’s press wing said Prof Yunus made this request at a virtual conference on Thursday (September 18) evening with Carl Page, ...

Actress Sabnam Faria has tied the knot in a quiet ceremony held on Friday after Asr prayers. The wedding took place at Masjid Al-Mustafa on Madani Avenue, just outside Dhaka, in presence of close family members and friends. The groom is a corporate professional currently working as an Assistant Vice President at a private bank. He holds a postgraduate degree ...

An increase in cases of a rare but fatal form of encephalitis has put authorities in India’s southern state of Kerala on alert, forcing them to step up testing to address what they say is a serious public health challenge. Kerala has reported around 69 cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) since the beginning of this year including 19 deaths ...

A Sudanese paramilitary group reportedly killed 43 civilians while praying inside a mosque early Friday in the besieged city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, said a local medical group. The Sudan Doctors Network said Friday on X that Muslim worshipers, including older people and children, were killed in a drone strike launched by the Rapid Support Forces, ...

Bangladesh witnessed a year-on-year growth of 23.7 percent in remittance inflows, reaching US$1,770 million in the first seventeen days of September, according to the latest data released by Bangladesh Bank. In the same period last year, remittance inflows stood at $1,430 million. From July to September 17, 2025, expatriates sent a total of $6,669 million in remittances, up from $5,568 ...