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 ...

More than 150 underprivileged tea workers at Maizdihi Tea Estate of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district, received new sarees as festive gifts in a heart-warming initiative ahead of Sharadiya Durga Puja. The sarees were distributed on Friday by Bismillah NM Zulfikar Foundation. The event was held at Maizdihi Tea Garden premises, with the presence of Bismillah NM Zulfikar Foundation’s chairperson ...

Liverpool manager Arne Slot thanked Everton for the support they showed their Merseyside rivals after Diogo Jota’s tragic death in July, reports AFP. Jota died at the age of 28 in a car accident in Spain, plunging Liverpool into mourning just weeks after they celebrated winning the Premier League title. The Portuguese’s final goal came in the last Merseyside derby ...

Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights Mounir Satouri has said the national election in Bangladesh must take place in a ‘fair and transparent’ manner and its results should be respected by all, stressing that political stability is essential for economic development and improved living conditions in the country. “Of course, the upcoming elections (Feb next) must take ...

Bangladesh has been re-elected to the Council of Administration (CA) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) for another four-year term at the organisation’s 28th Congress in Dubai on Thursday. Bangladesh received 97 of 157 votes, ranking 9th among the 10 elected members, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said in a statement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office of the ...