The interim government has said the claim that the incidents of crime are sharply rising in Bangladesh this year is not fully supported by available data. “In fact, the data reveals stabilisation in major crime categories over the past 10 months,” said Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder on Monday. Citing statistics from the Police Headquarters, the ...

After a suspension of over two months, arrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed its direct flights on the Sylhet-Manchester route. Biman’s BG-788 flight departed from Sylhet Osmani International Airport for Manchester at 12:50 pm on Monday with 193 passengers on board, said Biman station manager Shakil Ahmed. The resumption has brought relief among UK-bound expatriates many of whom had feared the ...

National Consensus Commission Vice Chair Prof Ali Riaz has said that women’s protest, their powerful voices, their resistance gave a new strength to the anti-fascist movement and pushed it toward change. He made the remarks while presiding over the 13th day discussion of the second-round reform dialogue with political parties at the Foreign Service Academy on Monday. Ali Riaz said ...

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca declared his side’s 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the final of FIFA’s revamped Club World Cup as meaningful as winning the Champions League. Maresca, who took charge at Chelsea just a year ago, said the new competition deserves to be held in the same regard as Europe’s premier club tournament. “I have the feeling that ...

BNP on Monday formed an investigation committee to probe the recent murder of a scrap trader in Old Dhaka’s Mitford area. “There are reasons to suspect that this murder is being used for political gain and that such an incident is being used as an excuse at the instigation of certain quarters to disrupt the atmosphere of the upcoming national ...

Cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana Tammi on Monday pleaded not guilty in a case filed over the alleged unlawful marriage of Tamima. Appearing before Dhaka’s Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Zakir Hossain, the couple denied the charges and sought justice. The day was set for the couple’s statements under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), where ...

A third group of 30 Bangladeshi nationals has returned home from Tehran amid ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel. The group arrived in Dhaka early Monday morning on an Air Arabia flight and landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, according to a spokesperson from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This repatriation follows two earlier phases. On July 1, the first ...

An aircraft has crashed at London Southend Airport. Essex Police said it was alerted to a 12-metre plane on fire at the site in Southend-on-Sea shortly before 16:00 BST on Sunday. The East of England Ambulance Service said four crews were at the scene including a rapid response vehicle, a hazardous area response vehicle and a senior paramedic. A spokesperson ...

Brits can expect 31C weather again on Sunday as the UK is hit by its third heatwave of the year. The soaring temperatures are a slight respite from the 33.1C recorded on Saturday in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, but still mark a sweaty UK summer so far. Scotland recorded its hottest day of the year yesterday, with 32C reached in Aviemore in ...

Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced deaths from such illnesses by nearly 60 percent, according to a new study, reports AFP. A similar number of infections are also believed to have been prevented, while billions of euros have been generated in estimated economic benefit. The Gavi vaccine alliance, which ...