Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has arrived in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on a four-day official visit. A Cathay Pacific flight, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, landed at Narita International Airport at 2:05PM, 25 minutes ahead of schedule, where he was received with state honours by Japan’s Chief of Protocol, senior Japanese officials and Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan. ...

ATM Azharul Islam, the then assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Wednesday morning. After necessary formalities, around 9:30 AM, he walked out of Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) where he had been undergoing treatment for the last few months. His party leaders and activists welcomed him at the BMU gate, DIG Prisons Md ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has voiced deep disappointment at the interim government’s failure to announce a clear roadmap for upcoming national elections, despite recent meetings between political leaders and Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus. At an urgent press conference held Tuesday afternoon at BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office, senior leaders warned that the party’s continued cooperation with ...

Notorious fugitive and top-listed Subrata Bain was arrested along with an associate during a three-hour army operation in Kushtia town early Tuesday morning. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), the elite operation began around 5:00 AM and concluded by 8:00 AM at a rented house in Kalishankarpur area of the district town. Subrata and his aide were taken ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has alleged that the nation has been pushed into leaderless and darkness by killing responsible leaders. “A responsible leader is not born every day.” Shafiqur Rahman said “During Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian regime, our six top leaders were executed through false cases in what can only be described as manipulated judicial killings. Many other leaders and ...

More than 30 people have been killed in a series of attacks on villages in central Nigeria in recent days, a local government official reported on Monday. The violence, which unfolded between Friday and Sunday in Benue State’s Gwer West local government area, is the latest in a long-running conflict between herders and farmers over land access. According to Ormin ...

A top World Health Organization official deplored Monday that none of the agency’s trucks with medical aid had been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip since Israel ended its blockade. Humanitarian aid has begun trickling back into the Palestinian territory in recent days after more than two months of blocked access, reports AFP. For more than 11 weeks, “there has ...

Carlo Ancelotti has named his first Brazil squad after officially taking over as head coach, recalling experienced midfielder Casemiro for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay. The 33-year-old, who captained Brazil at the 2022 World Cup, returns after nearly a year-long absence from the national setup. Neymar, still recovering from injury, was left out of the squad ...

A car rammed into a packed crowd celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title victory on Monday leaving 27 people hospitalised, but police said they were ruling out terrorism. “We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it,” Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference, adding ...

Japan has lost its long-held position as the world’s largest creditor nation for the first time in 34 years, falling behind Germany despite its net external assets reaching a record high, officials said Tuesday. According to Japan’s finance ministry, the country’s net external assets stood at 533.05 trillion yen ($3.7 trillion) at the end of 2024 — a 12.9 percent ...