Former Chief Whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah’s son Moin Abdullah was arrested from a house at Gulshan-2 in the capital early Saturday. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrest in the morning. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police conducted a raid in the area around 3:30AM and arrested Moin. He was wanted in several ...

Israel struck military sites in Iran early on Saturday, saying it was retaliating against Tehran’s strikes on Israel this month, the latest attack in the escalating conflict between the heavily armed rivals. Hours later the Israeli military said its strikes had been completed and its objectives achieved, but a semi-official Iranian news agency vowed a “proportional reaction” to Israeli moves ...

Bangladesh cricket team captain Najmul Hossain Shanto is unwilling to continue in his role, an international cricket media reported on Saturday. The news came as the Bangladesh team is gearing up for the second Test against South Africa in Chittagong, starts on October 29. Cricbuzz, a cricket website, reported that he is not willing to continue in his role and ...

Bangladesh Army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Saturday. General Waker-uz-Zaman briefed the Chief Adviser about his recent visit to the United States and Canada during the meeting. The army chief returned home on Friday after an 11-day official visit to the US and Canada. During the visit, the ...

Six people were killed as a truck smashed a CNG-run autorickshaw in Narsingdi’s Shibpur upazila on Saturday afternoon. The accident happened at Poncharbari area on the Monhordi-Shibpur-Itakhola regional road. Confirming the accident news, Shibpur Model Police Station OC Md Afzal Hossain said the identities and other details of the deceased could not be known immediately. Fire Service and police members ...

Pakistan thrashed England by nine wickets in the third Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday to seal the series after spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan dismissed the visitors for 112. Noman finished with 6-42 and Sajid 4-69. England won the first Test by an innings and 47 runs while Pakistan took the second by 152 runs, both in Multan.

Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been elected unopposed as the president of the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA), according to a BOA press release issued on Friday. The election commission, formed on the occasion of BOA President Election 2024, officially declared that General Waker-Uz-Zaman was elected unopposed as multiple nomination papers were not filed against the post and only one ...

Sir Keir Starmer has attempted to define who “working people” are, amid renewed scrutiny of his tax plans ahead of next week’s Budget. Labour promised at the general election not to increase taxes on working people – but the party did not define who it had in mind. The government is looking at increasing tax on asset sales, such as ...

The UK is to announce five new freeports and a new investment zone in the Budget next week as part of a bid to boost economic growth. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it is part of a plan to help create thousands of jobs and more trade in the UK. Speaking to the BBC, Sir Keir said freeports – ...

A day after India’s news portal The Print reported that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been residing in the VVIP area of Lutyens’ Delhi, Hindustan Times reported today, citing intelligence sources, that she is staying in a secure bungalow in the VVIP area located in central Delhi near India Gate and Khan Market. Multiple layers of security shield ...