The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of staff at the US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID to fewer than 300 people from more than 10,000, the New York Times reported on Thursday, reports AFP. The staff who remain include employees who specialize in health and humanitarian assistance, the Times said, citing three people with knowledge of the plans ...

Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from Bhabnul village of Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ambia Begum, 35, wife of Belal Miah, a resident of the same village in the upazila. According to police, locals found Ambia’s hanging body from the ceiling of her room and informed police. A team of police ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged all citizens to ensure the immediate restoration of law and order across the country. In an official statement, he called for an end to all attacks on properties associated with Sheikh Hasina’s family and politicians from the Awami League, emphasizing that no citizen should face violence under any circumstances. While acknowledging the deep ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, and Barrister Zaima Rahman attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. Zaima Rahman, granddaughter of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, represented her father, Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of BNP, at the event, marking her entry into the international political ...

Tourism Malaysia, in collaboration with KPJ Malaysia, is set to make a significant impact at the Dhaka Travel Mart 2025, a prominent travel exhibition. High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh, Mohd Shuhada Othman, formally inaugurated the three day exhibition on Thursday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the envoy highlighted Malaysia’s diverse attractions, favorable ...

Members of Customs Intelligence and National Security Intelligence (NSI) arrested two people with 17.5 kilograms of gold at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Thursday morning. The estimated market value of the seized gold is more than Taka 21 crore, the customs department said. The detainees are Syed Ahmed, 24, of Borolekha upazila in Moulvibazar district and Aftab Uddin, 36, ...

A fire was set at the residence of Awami League Presidium Member Sheikh Selim in Dhaka’s Banani around 1:30 am on Friday. However, due to the absence of police protection, the Fire Service was delayed and could not reach the site until 2:45 am. Unruly crowds set fire to the residence of Awami League Presidium Member Sheikh Selim in Banani. ...

A local leader of Swechchhasebak Dal was reportedly shot to death by miscreants in Narayanganj’s Fatulla on Friday. The incident took place early in the morning near Fatulla railway line. The dead, Mamun Hossain, son of the late Saman Ari Bepari of the Purba Lalpur railway line area of Fatulla, was a joint convener of the Thana Swechchhasebak Dal, in ...

Police arrested three people with a large quantity of anti-government propaganda leaflets at Motijheel’s Arambagh in Dhaka. The arrested are Nazrul Islam, 42, Jahangir Biswas, 32, and Shipon, 20. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the DMP Media and Public Relations Department Muhammad Talebur Rahman gave this information on Thursday (February 6). He said that on Thursday afternoon, on a tip-off, a ...

Liverpool will face Newcastle in the English League Cup final after demolishing Tottenham 4-0 on Thursday. Their dominant display reversed Spurs’ 1-0 advantage from the first leg of the semifinal, securing a 4-1 aggregate victory. This result keeps Arne Slot’s team in the hunt for an extraordinary quadruple of trophies in his debut season as manager. It sounds like Liverpool ...