A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people and left almost 300 missing may have been spread by unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work, police said on Thursday. Working through the night, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped on the upper floors of the Wang ...

Sylhet’s rail communication with the other parts of country which was suspended after an engine went out of order in Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district was restored after three hours on Thursday afternoon. Monir Hossain, Noapara Station Master, said the Dhaka-bound inter-city ‘Kalni Express’ train from Sylhet went out of order near Itakhola Station in Madhabpur upazila around 10:30 am, ...

Brazilian authorities on Wednesday approved the world’s first single-dose dengue vaccine, which they hailed as a “historic” achievement as cases of the mosquito-borne disease soar globally due to rising temperatures. Dengue, known for intense flu-like symptoms, crushing fatigue and body aches, reached record global levels in 2024 and researchers have attributed its spread to climate change. Brazil’s health regulatory agency ...

Harry Kane endured a rare quiet night as Bayern Munich fell 3-1 to Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday, suffering their first defeat of the season. Despite the setback, the Bayern striker insisted there was no reason to panic and suggested the two sides could meet again in the later stages of the competition. “It was a tough game, ...

Kylian Mbappe scored all four goals as Real Madrid hung on to beat Olympiacos 4-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday and end a three-match winless run in all competitions. Chiquinho fired home from 20 yards to finish off a neat move as Olympiacos took an early lead in Greece, but Mbappe stole the show and took over as the ...

A mild earthquakemeasuring 3.6 magnitude shook Dhaka and several other regions across Bangladesh on Thursday afternoon, marking the latest in a series of tremors to affect the densely populated nation. The tremor was recorded around 4:15:47 PM, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The tremor, originating from Ghorashal in Narsingdi at a depth of 6.2 miles, was felt in ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been shifted to Coronary Care Unit (CCU) from cabin of Evercare Hospital in the capital. She is under close observation in the CCU under the supervision of local and foreign specialist doctors of her medical board, said Khaleda’s personal physician Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain to media on Thursday while they were wanted to know about ...

Over 51,000 Bangladeshis living abroad have registered to vote through a postal ballot system for the first time. According to the Election Commission (EC) website, a total of 51,533 expatriates had completed registration through the ‘Postal Vote BD’ app as of 10AM on Thursday as the country opens overseas voting ahead of the 13th national election and the upcoming referendum. ...

Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul, children of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have been jailed for five-year each in a case lodged over alleged irregularities in allocating a 10-katha plot in RAJUK New Town Project in Purbachol. Joy, former information and communication technology adviser to her mother, was also fined Tk 1 lakh in this case. Judge Mohammad ...

Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been jailed for 21 years in three cases over corruption in the allocation of plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal New Town Project. Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of the Special Judge’s Court-5 of Dhaka pronounced the judgement around 11:45AM on Thursday. Hasina will serve seven-year jail sentences in each three cases. Hasinas son Sajeeb Wazed ...