A Biman Bangladesh Airlines, arriving from Dubai, returned to Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong, shortly after take-off on Thursday morning due to a technical malfunction. Flight BG 148, with 287 passengers on board, departed for Dhaka at 8:37AM but had to return shortly afterward due to a technical fault, landing safely back at the airport at 8:58AM. The aircraft ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia underwent some medical tests at Evercare Hospital in the capita early Thursday. She went to the hospital from her Gulshan residence around 1:48AM for some tests as per the advice of her medical board. BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan confirmed this. He said the BNP chairperson stayed at the hospital for approximately 35 minutes ...

A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque from his Dhanmondi residence in the capital on Thursday morning. Confirming the development, DB police Joint Commissioner (North) Rabiul Islam Bhuiyan said that the former chief justice was picked up earlier today. He was brought to the DB office. At least two cases have been ...

Adults who consume more dietary copper tend to perform better on cognitive tests, including memory, attention and language, research has found. In a study of more than 2,400 Americans aged 60 and above, those eating roughly 1.4mg of copper a day scored higher on a number of cognitive assessments than those consuming less than 0.8mg. Copper, though needed in only ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed deep shock over the tragic death of many children and injuries to hundreds more after a fighter jet crashed into a school compound in Dhaka. “My heartfelt condolences to the people of Bangladesh. The loss of many children in this tragic accident and the heroic sacrifice of teacher Mahreen Chowdhury have ...

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has firmly said the government has no reason to underreport the causality figures. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Shafiqul drew on his decades-long experience in reporting on major disasters and said it was ‘virtually impossible’ to hide the number of casualties from a disaster in Bangladesh. As someone who has reported on numerous ...

The identities of six people, who died in the air force fighter jet crash into Milestone School and College at Uttara, are yet to be determined, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The bodies are currently kept at the morgue of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka, according to a media release from the ministry. Under the supervision ...

Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda’s debut film Saiyaara is set to maintain its box office dominance, as no major Hindi releases are scheduled for July 25. Directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Yash Raj Films, the romantic drama released on July 18 and has already crossed ₹100 crore in just four days, making it one of 2025’s top five ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in an anti-smuggling operation seized smuggled goods worth Taka 2.25 crore from different frontier areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts during the last 24 hours. A BGB team conducted drive in Pratappur, Sangram, Panthumai, Tamabil, Sonarhat, Kalairag and Banglabazar border areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts and seized the goods, said Lieutenant Colonel Md. Nazmul Haque, ...

A Syrian government fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people had died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, but concluded that commanders had not given orders for the revenge attacks. The incidents in the coastal region were the worst violence to hit Syria since the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad last year. ...