Fresh blasts were heard across Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning as Iran carried out strikes in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks that killed the supreme leader and other top officials. AFP reporters heard blasts in Dubai, Bahrain’s capital Manama and Qatar — where AFP correspondents saw thick black smoke rising on the clear morning horizon in the ...

Flights of US-Bangla Airlines to Riyadh and Jeddah, the capitals of Saudi Arabia, and Muscat, the capital of Oman, will be operated as per the scheduled time from today (1 March). “Passengers are requested to arrive at the airport four hours before the scheduled flight time. They are also requested to collect their boarding pass from the check-in counter of ...

Vladimir Putin’s four-year-long invasion of Ukraine is the culmination of a quarter century spent tightening his grip on power, crushing opponents and trying to expand Russia’s influence — and borders. Whatever the outcome of the war that has killed hundreds of thousands, wrought massive destruction and forever changed both countries, it will be the central aspect of the 73-year-old’s legacy. ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged authorities to ensure health services for public even if it requires working with limited resources. He made the remarks in the morning while talking to reporters after inspecting the 250-bed General Hospital in Thakurgaon. Fakhrul, also BNP secretary general, said the establishment of a medical college ...

The Bangladesh government is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East, Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad said on Saturday. He made the remarks while visiting passengers stranded at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport due to the ongoing tense situation in the region. During the visit, the minister spoke with the stranded passengers, listened to their concerns, and ...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter have been killed in strikes by the US and Israel, Iranian media reported on Sunday. “After establishing contact with informed sources in the Supreme Leader’s household, the news of the martyrdom of the daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter of the Revolutionary Leader has unfortunately been confirmed,” Fars news agency and other Iranian ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack that extended into a second day Sunday, as the two powers seek to topple the Islamic republic. Iranian state television confirmed Khamenei’s death early Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump announced the killing ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman attended office on Saturday, although it was a public holiday, and called on officials to gear up the implementation process of the government’s election manifesto. The move, similar to last week’s holiday appearance, signals his push to maintain momentum in delivering key policy priorities. Tarique Rahman arrived at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Tejgaon at ...

Poet Mohan Raihan will be awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award on 2. The information was confirmed in a message sent by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs on Saturday. According to the statement, after the announcement of conferring the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2026 on Mohan Raihan, various criticisms surfaced in newspapers and on social media. As a result, the ...

Ask anyone who’s ever worked in a grocery store about the PLU code for bananas, and they’ll answer without hesitation: 4011. It could’ve been decades since they last scanned a hand (the official term for a group of bananas), but that number is forever etched in their memory. Sure, every cashier needs to know the PLU code for bananas. It’s ...