Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that four countries are coming to probe the fire at the cargo village area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. ”The four countries are England, Australia, China and Turkey. The experts will determine whether any negligence or mismanagement contributed to the incident.”

The National Citizen Party (NCP) is holding talks with the National Consensus Commission to discuss multiple aspects of the July Charter. The meeting began at about 10:15AM on Saturday in the Parliament’s LD Hall. The NCP delegation includes Akhter Hossen, member secretaries Sarwar Tusher, Khaled Saifullah, Javed Rasin and Joint Convenor Zahirul Islam Musa.

Plaid Cymru have won the by-election in the Senedd seat of Caerphilly for the first time. The Welsh nationalist party secured 15,960 votes – and candidate Lindsay Whittle cried as the result was announced. Mr Whittle is 72 years old and had stood as a Plaid candidate 13 times since 1983. He will now hold the seat until the Senedd ...

Afua Kyei, the Bank of England’s chief financial officer, has been named the UK’s most influential black person. The 43-year-old is one of the UK’s most senior finance leaders, in charge of the financial governance of the Bank’s £1 trillion balance sheet and funding reforms. The BoE executive director topped the 2026 Powerlist, which recognises the most powerful people of ...

Emergency measures announced for the Mayor of London yesterday have stoked concerns that tackling the city’s housebuilding crisis will come at the cost of affordable housing New emergency powers announced for the Mayor of London must not become a ‘new normal’ that leads to the watering down of affordable housing provision, industry figures have warned. Yesterday, the Ministry of Housing, ...

A case of attempted murder has been filed in Bogura against former President Abdul Hamid, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader, and 172 others, more than 14 months after the incident. The case was lodged with Bogura Sadar Police Station on October 22 by Md. Araf, son of Mizanur Rahman of Nataipara, Bogura. Around 250–300 others ...

A group of disabled graduates attempting to march from Dhaka University’s Raju Sculpture to the Chief Adviser’s residence at Jamuna were stopped by police at Shahbagh on Friday afternoon. They were demanding special recruitment and an increase in the age limit for government jobs. The march, organized under the banner of the Disabled Graduates’ Council, started around 3:00 p.m. but ...

Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has addressed questions about his neutrality following a meeting with the chief adviser and three political parties. In a Facebook post on Friday, he said his name appeared on one party’s list, but stressed, “I am not accustomed to biased thinking or decision-making.” He emphasized that he has always carried ...

Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort is proud to announce a special culinary event, “The Local Culinary Heritage of Bangladesh,” to celebrate the rich and diverse flavours of Bangladeshi cuisine. The event, scheduled to take place on 15 October will continue till 25 October every day at 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM, aims to showcase traditional dishes from various regions of ...

A mother and her young daughter were killed and 10 others injured when a tourist bus plunged into a roadside ditch on the Sylhet–Sunamganj highway at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district early Friday. The accident occurred around 5:30 AM near Inatnagar village in Pagla Bazar area of the upazila. The victims were on their way to visit the scenic Tanguar ...