Instead of Bangladesh, peacekeeping forces should be sent to India, said Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (rtd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday. He made this remark at a programme at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Multipurpose Training Ground in Narayanganj’s Purbachal after reporters drew his attention to a recent statement by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that United ...

Kylian Mbappe said he will take full responsibility for a “big mistake” after the striker missed another penalty in champions Real Madrid’s 2-1 defeat at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Wednesday. A week after the French superstar failed from the spot in the Champions League against Liverpool, he endured further misery from 12 yards as Los Blancos allowed league ...

Bitcoin broke the $100,000 mark for the first time Thursday on hopes US president-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to deregulate cryptocurrencies when he takes office next month. The cryptocurrency hit $100,010 in early Asian trade, having enjoyed a blistering rally since the November 5 election of Trump, who pledged on the campaign trail to make the United States ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun following widespread criticism over the president’s brief imposition of martial law. Choi Byung-hyuk, South Korea’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has been nominated to replace Kim, according to the defense ministry. Kim resigned on Wednesday shortly after the opposition Democratic Party filed a motion to impeach ...

The seventh edition of the 12-team Standard Chartered (SC) Cup five-a-side Corporate Football Tournament 2024 will be held this month. Participating teams are IDLC, Abul Khair Group, United Group, Unilever Bangladesh Limited, Incepta Pharmaceuticals Limited, Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Limited, Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages Limited, DBL Ceramics Limited, PRAN Group, Fakir Fashion Limited, British American Tobacco Bangladesh, and Robi Axiat, UNB reports. The ...

The International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday issued a ban on the broadcast of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ‘hate speech’ in media and on social platforms. The tribunal also directed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove the hate speech from social media. A three-member ICT bench, headed by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza, passed the order on Thursday ...

Prime accused in Advocate Saiful Islam Alif murder case has been arrested from Kishoreganj. A team of police, in a drive, arrested Chandan from Bhairab upazila of the district at about 11:45PM on Wednesday, Bhairab Police Station OC Md Shahin confirmed. He is now under Bhairab police custody. According to the police, Chandan had planned to go to his in-laws’ ...

The government has appointed New Age journalist Foyez Ahammad as the senior assistant press secretary to the Chief Adviser. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday (December 5). Foyez Ahammad has been appointed to the vacant post of Deputy Press Secretary to the Chief Advisor on a contractual basis. There are three assistant press ...

In the wake of the situation now prevailing in the country, Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has sought opinions on three issues from political parties. It was stated by Asaduzzaman Fuad, joint member secretary of Aamar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), after coming out of a meeting held at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital at about 5:15pm on Wednesday ...

Customs intelligence officials at Sylhet Osmani International Airport seized 11 gold bars from a Dubai-Sylhet flight (BG-248) on Wednesday morning. The gold bars, weighing a total of 1.283 kilograms, were discovered abandoned inside the aircraft at around 9:50 AM. The market value of the seized gold is estimated at approximately Tk 1.37 crore, confirmed Bikash Chandra Debnath, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) ...