Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service reported on Monday that five people were killed and 92 others injured in Iran’s latest missile strikes on central Israel, raising the earlier death toll from four. The casualties occurred across four strike locations. According to the MDA, the fatalities included “two women and two men around the age of 70, as well ...

Sonia Gandhi, the chief of the Congress party in India’s parliament, has been admitted to a hospital in New Delhi with a stomach-related ailment. She was admitted to the Department of Gastroenterology at Ganga Ram Hospital at 9pm local time on Sunday. She is under observation, broadcaster NDTV reports, citing the hospital. On Jun 7, Sonia had been admitted to ...

Several cocktails were exploded in front of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday morning centering former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s case. Meanwhile, police personnel seized seven cocktails from Dhaka University and High Court areas on Monday. Later, on information, bomb disposal unit reached the spot at 9AM, said Shahbagh Police Station OC Md Khalid Monsur. Police team is on the ...

A BNP delegation met with British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke on Monday morning. The meeting began around 10:30AM at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office and it lasted for an hour. BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan and Organising Secretary Shama Obaed were also present during the meeting.

The Padma and Jamuna bridges saw a record-breaking toll collection of nearly Tk 60 crore during the recent Eid-ul-Azha holidays, as tens of thousands of vehicles crossed the two key national routes. According to the Bridge Division, a total of Tk 59.77 crore was collected in tolls over the Eid travel period, with the highest single-day earnings recorded on June ...

Bangladesh reported one death and 26 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning (15 June), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest figures, the death toll has risen to 29,503 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country has reached 20,51,833. A total of 291 samples were tested during the latest ...

The United Kingdom (UK) is providing full support to Bangladesh in recovering laundered money linked to individuals associated with the regime of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur said today (15 June). “The government is in intensive discussion with UK to recover laundered money. Our communication with the UK is deep at the technical ...

Veteran politician and Gano Forum president Mostafa Mohsin Montu passed away on Sunday afternoon while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka. He was 79. According to family, Montu breathed his last at Square Hospital in the capital around 5:10 PM. He had been under medical care for age-related complications. Montu, a prominent figure in Bangladesh’s democratic political landscape, ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said that they will finish the pending works related to elections with the help of everyone. “The commission will perform its duties as a referee, nonetheless who are the players and who will win.” CEC Nasir said this in a post-Eid meeting for views exchange with the commissioners and officials of the ...

From the moment we enter the world, fathers are often the protectors and providers of our lives, always working in the background to ensure we are safe, secure, and loved. As children, we look up to them, sometimes quite literally, as the strongest people we know. They fix what’s broken, lift us onto their shoulders when we’re tired, and somehow ...