A court in Dhaka has sent Kaushik Hossain Taposh, chairman of Gaan Bangla TV, to jail after showing him arrested in a case filed over an attempt to murder businessman Ishtiaque Mahmud during the quota reform movement on July 18. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saifuzzaman passed the order after police produced Taposh before the court and pleaded to place him ...

Former minister and labour leader Shajahan Khan was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday afternoon as he fell ill during interrogation. Inspector Md Faruk, chief of the DMCH Police Outpost, said Shajahan Khan has been admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital for tests due to chest pain. Members of Detective Branch (DB) brought ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain expressed optimism that the newly launched direct air connectivity between Bangladesh and Africa, established by Ethiopian Airlines, will support Bangladesh’s ambitions to become a regional aviation hub. “The direct air link between Bangladesh and Ethiopia will not only boost tourism, trade, and investment but also serve as a gateway to the wider African continent,” ...

Music industry titan Quincy Jones, who collaborated with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, died at the age of 91, US media reported Monday. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Arnold Robinson, in a statement that did not specify a cause, US media reported.

Around 8.5 million cubic feet of gas is being fed to Bangladesh National grid daily from Sylhet-7 gas well in Jaintapur Upazila’s Haripur area, starting from Monday (November 4). Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) authorities confirmed the development, saying, “There are reserves of 94 billion cubic feet of gas in Sylhet-7 gas well which can be lifted for 15 to ...

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are pushing their closing messages to voters on the last day of campaigning before America decides its next president. Both candidates are in a final sprint across key battleground states, with Harris to campaign in Pennsylvania today and Trump heading to North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. On Sunday, Harris vowed to do everything in her ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced an extra £75m to tackle people-smuggling gangs. The cash boost takes funding for the UK’s new Border Security Command (BSC) to a total of £150m for new tech hubs, as well as extra enforcement, intelligence and prosecution staff. In a speech to the Interpol general assembly in Glasgow, Sir Keir called on global ...

New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has started making the first appointments to her top team, ahead of her new shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Badenoch has given former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott the job of shadow education secretary, with Neil O’Brien appointed shadow education minister, the BBC understands. Both will appear in their new roles in the ...

Sainsbury’s has said it will match the price of up to 200 Aldi products in its smaller stores as it battles rivals to get more customers in its convenience stores. Shopping locally for groceries may be handy but people who rely on convenience stores can end up paying far more. Campaigners have criticised retailers for not doing enough to close ...

A new campaign by the NHS in England is encouraging people who experience the first sign of a stroke not to delay calling 999, after analysis of calls made in the last year showed the average time to do so was nearly an hour and a half. England’s most senior doctor says stroke symptoms might not appear obvious or dramatic, ...