Exposure to wildfire smoke may increase lung cancer patients’ risk of dying from their disease, particularly among non-smokers, but the effect may be mitigated by certain cancer treatments, according to a large California study presented at a major medical meeting on Saturday. Researchers tracked more than 18,000 people with non-small cell lung cancer – the most common kind – between ...

The Forum Panel, led by Mahmud Hasan Khan (Babu), secured a landslide victory in the biennial election of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), winning 31 out of 35 director posts, according to final results announced by the election commission. The election was held simultaneously on Saturday at two centres—Dhaka and Chattogram. Of the Forum’s 31 victories, 25 ...

For UEFA Champions League final, both teams have made strategic adjustments. For Inter Milan, the return of French defender Benjamin Pavard, who has recovered from injury, is a major boost. Pavard’s inclusion strengthens their defense and brings added experience to the squad. To make room for him, Yann Bisseck has been dropped. On the PSG side, the absence of Osman ...

Bangladesh Secretariat staff have staged a protest demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. Around 11AM, a short rally and procession, led by the Bangladesh Secretariat Employees Unity Forum organisation’s co-chairman Nurul Islam, were held at the Secretariat’s Badamtola. They were then raised different slogans–‘Illegal black law should be banned,’ ‘We will not accept that black law’. ...

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division on Sunday ordered the Election Commission to restore Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s registrationas political party, which was cancelled by the High Court in 2013. The court also directed the EC to dispose of the pending issues of Jamaat. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, delivered the verdict following an appeal filed ...

The prosecution on Sunday pressed formal charges against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising. First time, the tribunal is telecasting live trial procedures. The two accused in the report are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former IGP ...

Sylhet Office : Four members of a same family, including two children, were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Riyaz Uddin, 50, his wife Rahima Begum, their daughter Samia Khatun, 15, and son Abbas Uddin, 13. According to locals, the incident occurred around 2:00 AM at Bakhtiarghat ...

A murder investigation has been launched following the fatal stabbing of a woman in Croydon. Police were called to Frith Road at 09:07hrs on Saturday, 31 May following reports of a stabbing. Officers attended with the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance, who treated two injured people at the scene. A woman in her 20s sadly died at the ...

LaLiga side Real Madrid topped the list of the most valuable soccer teams in the world for the fourth year in a row with a valuation of $6.6 billion, business magazine Forbes has said, reports Reuters. Real became the first soccer club to bring in a billion dollars in a single year after they posted a record $1.13 billion in ...

Hamas on Saturday said it had responded to a ceasefire proposal from US envoy Steve Witkoff, saying 10 living hostages would be freed from Gaza as part of the deal, reports AFP. The Palestinian militant group did not explicitly say it had accepted the version of the proposal it received on Thursday, which reportedly included a provision for the release ...