BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to United Hospital in Dhaka early Wednesday, hours after he was returning home from Thailand. Prof AZM Zahid Hossain, a member of the party standing committee, said Fakhrul was taken to the hospital after he suddenly fell sick at his Gulshan residence at 12 midnight. His condition is stable as he ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that citizens across Bangladesh are waiting with anticipation to exercise their right to vote in the next national election, after being denied meaningful participation in recent polls. Speaking in Kathmandu on Tuesday, the former commerce minister stressed that the upcoming election, scheduled for February next year, carries special significance for ...

Cybersecurity remains a critical concern for Bangladesh’s banking sector in lead-up to the upcoming national elections, warned Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser at Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. Speaking at a seminar titled “Cyber in Financial Sector of Bangladesh: Security in Digital Future,” held at a hotel in Dhaka, Faiz revealed that only 17 ...

A court in Dhaka has registered an attempted murder case naming 98 individuals; among them, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The case was filed by Mushfiqur Rahman Abir, a BNP activist, who accused the defendants of a brutal assault during a campaign event in December 2022. According to the complaint lodged with Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Zakir ...

The Malaysian government will hire 24.68 lakh foreign workers under its calling visa program, with applications open until December 31, 2025. The announcement was made on Tuesday, August 19, by Malaysia’s Home Minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, and widely reported across Malaysian media. Saifuddin said foreign workers will be recruited across 13 sub-sectors, including agriculture, plantations, and mining. Other ...

A growing number of US teenagers are using caffeine pouches to get an energy rush, say experts who worry the trend could soon take off in the UK. The small teabag-like pouches, placed between the lip and gum, deliver a quick caffeine hit, straight to the bloodstream. Some social media influencers are pushing products, recommending them to gym-goers for performance ...

BNP has raised objections to the preamble and clauses 2, 3, and 4 of the final draft of July Charter, saying the preamble contains “false information.” BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed made the remarks while exchanging views with journalists at his residence in Gulshan on Tuesday (19 August) morning. The BNP leader said some issues that were never discussed ...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Russia’s Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a “rough situation” for Putin, reports Reuters. In an interview with the Fox News “Fox & Friends” programme, Trump said ...

Writer and researcher Gazi Munsur Aziz has undertaken an expedition to Everest Base Camp in memory of his late friend, Everest summiteer Sajal Khaled. Carrying the slogan “We want peace, not war- We want to build a green world,” Aziz completed the journey, reaching the base camp at 2:45 PM on June 13. He began trekking from Lukla, Nepal, on ...

At least 26 individuals were injured in a clash between players and supporters from two different unions in a football tournament organised by Shantiganj Upazila administration of Sunamganj district on Monday. The incident occurred at Pagla Field during a match between West Pagla and Jaykalas unions in the upazila. According to locals, tensions rose after a referee’s call, causing a ...