Iranian missile strikes on Tel Aviv damaged at least 40 buildings, forcing more than 200 residents to evacuate their homes and take shelter in three hotels, Israeli daily Haaretz reported, citing the city municipality. The strikes came after Iran vowed sweeping retaliation for the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack. Missiles were fired at ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma has met with Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed for the first time since the minister assumed office. According to responsible ministry sources, the Indian High Commissioner arrived at the Secretariat at 10:50AM to join the meeting with Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed. The meeting continued until 11:45AM. Several important issues were discussed in the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has ordered the authorities concerned to keep 100,000 volunteers ready in Dhaka to deal with any potential earthquake situation. After a meeting with the Prime Minister, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu disclosed this while talking to reporters at the Secretariat on Sunday The minister said the Prime Minister gave several instructions In view ...

Dhaka begins to stir in a different way once the long day of fasting ends and the city quiets down. The roads grow emptier and the air turns slightly cooler while groups of friends and families step out with one shared mission: to find the perfect Sehri. What was once a quiet meal within the comfort of home has gradually ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Saturday announced that the government will soon introduce a ‘Probashi Card’ for Bangladeshi migrant workers in line with its election manifesto commitments. He also revealed that initiatives are underway to regularise the status of around 25,000 undocumented Bangladeshis currently living in Spain. Speaking to journalists at Sylhet Circuit House, according ...

A total of 54 flights from Dhaka to various Middle Eastern destinations were cancelled from Saturday afternoon until Sunday (1 March) morning due to security concerns following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent closure of regional airspace. Executive Director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Group Captain SM Ragib Samad confirmed the development in a statement issued on ...

At least eight people were killed during pro-Iran protests at the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, a rescue service spokesman told AFP. “We have moved at least eight dead bodies to Karachi’s civil hospitals, while 20 others were injured in the consulate incident,” said Muhammad Amin, a spokesman for the Edhi Foundation rescue service, ...

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has been admitted to hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia. He is currently receiving treatment at United Hospital in the capital. The minister’s personal officer Shahiduzzaman confirmed the matter to the media on Sunday, stating that he was hospitalised following the pneumonia diagnosis and that his physical condition is now improving. Amir ...

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed along with other senior generals in US and Israeli strikes on the country, state TV reported on Sunday. State TV listed the name of Mousavi along with defence minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, Revolutionary Guards chief Mohammad Pakpour, and head of the defence council Ali Shamkhani as among those killed during Saturday’s ...

Several thousand Shia Muslims joined street demonstrations in Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday to protest against the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after strikes by the United States and Israel. Protesters holding red, black, and yellow flags converged on the main square in the heart of Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir. Many of them chanted anti-Israel ...