Nagorik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) with chest pain early Sunday. His personal physician, Dr Shoaeb Muhammad confirmed the news saying that Manna has suffered a cardiac arrest and is currently under intensive observation at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital. He is not out of danger ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his office. He paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser at his office on Sunday noon, press secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed. Source said, General Waker-Uz-Zaman informed law and order situation of the country to Prof Muhammad Yunus. Besides, they will discuss different internal issues of ...

A blast at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 19 people and injured 17 others, state media reported Sunday, reports AFP. “The number of people killed in the Tabas mine incident… rose to 19,” the official IRNA news agency said, adding that “17 others were wounded” in the blast late Saturday.

Two children drowned in a pond while taking bath at Lakhai upazila in Habiganj district on Friday evening. The incident happened at Noaggao village under Bamoi union in the upazila. The deceased were identified as Sushi Akhter, 5, daughter of Sohag Miah, and Sohag’s sister’s daughter Barsha Akhtar, 4, residents of the area. It was learnt the two children went ...

RMG workers of a garment factory in Gazipur’s Sadar upazila blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Sunday morning demanding attendance bonuses. Following the protest, vehicle movement on the both sides of the highway came to a standstill. The protest led to severe traffic congestion from Chandana Chowrasta to Mauna. The workers of Palmal Group of Industries Ltd started the demonstration at ...

Former Railways minister Nurul Islam Sujan has been placed on fresh five-day remand in Jatrabari murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain passed the remand order on Sunday. Earlier, investigation officer (IO) Mriganko Shekhar Talukder pleaded for 10-day remand after producing the former minister before a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court from jail. On the other hand, the defense lawyer submitted ...

Paris Saint-Germain dropped their first points of the Ligue 1 season on Saturday after needing an Ousmane Dembele equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw at Reims. Reims took an early lead when Japan winger Keito Nakamura beat Marquinhos to compatriot Junya Ito’s cross and fired under PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov, again filling in for the injured Gianluigi Donnarumma. PSG lost ...

Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, with the researchers urging action to avoid this grim scenario. Superbugs—strains of bacteria or pathogens that have become resistant to antibiotics, making them much harder to treat—have been recognized as a rising threat to global health. The ...

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has said the true independence of judges in Bangladesh hinges on the abolition of the long-standing dual governance system within the judiciary. The joint authority of the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Law must be dismantled to facilitate a separate secretariat under the Bangladesh Supreme Court, he told judges of subordinate courts at the ...

Bangladesh U-20 football team had a disappointing start in the Group A match of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers, falling to a 0-4 defeat against higher-ranked Syria at Lach Tray Stadium in Hai Phong, Vietnam, on Saturday evening. Facing a tough challenge against Syria, ranked 92nd by FIFA, Bangladesh, ranked 186th, trailed 0-2 at halftime. Kawa Issa opened ...