The Palestinian group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while his brother – Mohammad Sinwar – is expected to assume a bigger role in directing the war against Israel in the territory, experts say. In its leadership deliberations, Hamas must consider not only the preferences of its main backer – Iran – ...

A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea today, his spokesperson said, adding that the premier was not in the vicinity and there were no casualties. Earlier, the Israeli military said that a drone was launched from Lebanon and that it had hit a building. It was not immediately clear ...

Bangladesh Railway (BR) authorities have decided to operate special trains on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route for five days from October 23 in response to meet passengers demand. A notification from the chief operating superintendent (eastern zone), of Bangladesh Railway, Chattogram announced that the special trains will depart from Dhaka at 11PM and will reach Cox’s Bazar by 7AM the following ...

Outsourcing employees of government institutions blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Saturday morning, demanding nationalisation of their jobs. Hundreds of employees gathered at Shahbagh at around 10:30am, halting traffic movement in the surrounding areas. Many passengers were seen getting off the buses and started walking to reach their destinations, they added. A protester said “Our one-point demand is nationalisation of ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is scheduled to pay a three-day official visit to Bangladesh in the last week of October. “We are working on this,” a senior official told UNB. The UN Human Rights chief is expected to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and other stakeholders to have broad discussions on rights issues, including the ...

A youth was reportedly hacked to death over a trivial matter in Sylhet city on Friday night. The incident occurred around 9:00 PM in the Sagordhigi area of the city. The deceased was identified as Shawn Miah, 25, son of Selim Miah, a resident of the Bonkalapara area. It was learnt that some youths were chatting on Monipur Gali in ...

Bangladesh’s garment industry suffered an estimated production loss of around $400 million due to the recent workers’ unrest in September and October in Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur. Besides, some work orders were diverted to competing countries due to concerns over the law and order situation, said Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Khandokar Rafiqul Islam at a press ...

Serhou Guirassy scored the winner with seven minutes remaining to send Borussia Dortmund past St Pauli 2-1 at home in the Bundesliga on Friday. Leading by a goal after Ramy Bensebaini’s excellent first-half header, Dortmund were pegged back by a long-range effort from Eric Smith to level things up with 12 minutes remaining. Guirassy stepped up in the dying stages, ...

Two drug peddlers were arrested along with 150 pieces of Yaba tablets and 800 grams of hemp at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district early Friday. The arrested men are Sgah Jahan, 45, and Raza Miah, residents of Islampur village under Sukhair Razapur North union in the upazila. They were arrested from a house in the area at around 2:30am. The ...

A court in Dhaka on Friday sent Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury to jail in a case filed over murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in 2023. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Afnan Sumi passed the order as investigation officer of the case Tonmoy Kumar Biswas produced Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the ...