The coaching and support staff of the Pakistan national cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to begin preparations for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. A five-member contingent landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around noon via Sri Lankan Airlines, marking the start of Pakistan’s build-up to the series scheduled in Mirpur. The early-arrival group is led by ...

Israel’s military said more than 80 fighter jets completed a wave of strikes on Iranian military sites, missile launchers and other targets in Tehran and central Iran on Saturday. “Over 80 Israeli Air Force fighter jets… completed an additional wave of strikes targeting infrastructure belonging to the Iranian terror regime,” the military said in a statement.

Iran’s army said Saturday its navy had launched a wave of drone attacks targeting Israel as well as US bases in the UAE and Kuwait, as the regional war raged into its second week. “The Iranian Navy targeted American bases and occupied territories with a massive wave of drone attacks,” the army said in a statement carried by the official ...

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East and rising security risks in regional airspace have severely disrupted the flight schedule of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. In response to the situation, the state-owned airline has announced the cancellation of all flights on six major Middle Eastern routes until 8 March. Earlier, flights on these routes were suspended from 3 March to 5 ...

Nepal’s centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to win by a landslide in parliamentary polls, according to Election Commission trends Saturday, but with counting still far to go. The high-stakes parliamentary election on Thursday came six months after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government, with at least 77 people killed. The September 2025 youth-led demonstrations, under a loose ...

ABM Abdus Sattar, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, stirred significant debate in political and administrative circles last year after claiming that he possessed evidence of “massive corruption” involving eight advisers and two secretaries of the interim government. However, he did not disclose their names at the time. When he made the allegation, Abdus Sattar was serving as the personal ...

Explosions were heard in Dubai and Bahrain’s capital Manama on Saturday, one week into Iran’s retaliatory attacks on targets around the Gulf. Two blasts were heard in Dubai and one in Manama, where a warning siren sounded. “Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place,” Bahrain’s interior ministry posted on X. A minor ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has demanded the interrogation of former interim government adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, alleging that “election engineering” occurred at every stage of the 13th national parliamentary election. He made the remarks while addressing a protest rally held after Friday prayers at the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka. The rally was ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman hosted an iftar gathering on Friday in honour of diplomats accredited to Bangladesh. The event was held at the state guesthouse Jamuna in Dhaka. Ambassadors, high commissioners, and representatives of various diplomatic missions in Dhaka attended the iftar. The prime minister was joined by his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, and daughter, Barrister Zaima Rahman. During the ...

Israeli air strikes across Lebanon have killed at least 123 people and wounded hundreds this week, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, as fighting intensifies along Israel’s northern front with Hezbollah. The ministry said the death toll from Israeli attacks since Monday has risen to 123, with at least 683 others injured. Lebanese state media reported that Israeli warplanes ...