Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi have welcomed their first child, a daughter, this summer, the couple shared in a statement Thursday. “We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy,” they wrote on social media, but offered no further details about the adoption. Brown, 21, and Bongiovi, 23, were married ...

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday for allegedly “misusing government funds,” a senior police detective said, reports AFP. Wickremesinghe was taken into custody after being questioned about a September 2023 visit to London to attend a ceremony for his wife at a British university while he was head of state, the officer said. “We are producing ...

President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Tabith Mohammed Awal has said they will work to uplift Rajshahi University (RU) stadium. Among the country’s public universities, RU has the only full-fledged stadium on its campus. BFF is thinking about enhancing its amenities more and arranging more mini stadiums outside the stadium. BFF President Tabith Awal came up with the observations while ...

An eight-member delegation from the National Citizens Party (NCP) is set to visit China next week, continuing a series of high-level diplomatic engagements by Bangladeshi political parties with Chinese leadership. Led by NCP Convener Nahid Islam, the delegation will depart for China on Tuesday, 26 August 2025, following a brief official trip to Malaysia from 22 to 24 August. In ...

Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his office on Thursday. During the meeting, Andrews praised Professor Yunus for his leadership in keeping the Rohingya crisis at forefront of international concern. He specifically commended the Chief Adviser’s initiative in convening the upcoming UN International Conference on ...

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has canceled the flat allocation for its officials and employees, following an investigation into allegations of illegal construction and allocation within an under-construction housing project. The decision was made at the 115th board meeting of the BBA, held Thursday at the Bridge Division’s conference room. The meeting endorsed the recommendations of the investigation committee, which ...

The Advisory Council of the interim government has given its approval to a draft agreement that will allow reciprocal visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders from Bangladesh and Pakistan. Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam shared the details during a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy after the meeting of the Advisory Council, which took place at the Chief ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized smuggled Indian goods from Sylhet border areas on Thursday morning. Acting on a tip-off, multiple special teams conducted drives in Sangram, Banglabazar, Sonalichela, Tamabil, Lafarge and Dibir Haor border areas and seized a large quantity of smuggling goods include Indian mehedy, betel nuts, cows, flower sweeps, candies, blankets, sugar, beer, motorcycles and barky. Besides, ...

Bangladesh received $1.64 billion in remittances from expatriate workers in the first 20 days of August, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank. This brings total remittances for the current fiscal year 2025–26 (July 1 to August 20) to $4.12 billion, marking a 19.6% increase compared to the same period last year, when $3.44 billion was sent. Remittances surged ...

Magistrate Md Sarwar Alam officially assumed office as the new Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Sylhet on Thursday. Divisional Commissioner of Sylhet Khan Md Reza-Un-Nabi welcomed him at the DC office at 10:30AM. Sarwar Alam took the charges when the ‘Sada Pathor’ looting scam has drawn widespread attention. Later, the new DC presided over a workshop session on ‘Public Procurement Code ...