Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in another presidential debate against Kamala Harris ahead of the Nov. 5 election, after several polls showed his Democratic rival won their debate earlier this week. “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” the former president wrote on social media site Truth Social. Trump had participated in a debate against ...

A Sylhet court has granted bail to former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a murder case filed over the killing of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria. Sylhet’s Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Swapan Kumar Sarkar passed an order granting bail to Babar. Babar’s lawyer Md Shahiduzzaman confirmed about the bail. He said, “Lutfuzzaman Babar sought bail on ...

An Argentine court on Thursday delayed to March 2025 the long-awaited criminal trial of seven of the eight medical professionals accused of negligence in the death of Argentina football legend Diego Maradona. The trial was set to start next month, after a previous postponement in May, but is now on track to begin on March 11 next year, according to ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday accorded a reception to the Bangladesh cricket team at his office at Tejgaon in the capital, following their 2-0 Test series victory against Pakistan in August-September 2024. Welcoming the cricketers at the reception, the Chief Adviser called their success in Pakistan a historic one and said the whole nation was proud of their ...

Amanullah Khan, founding chairman of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), passed away on Thursday. He was 80. Amanullah Khan, also the chairman of Cosmos Group of Companies, breathed his last around 5pm in the capital’s United Hospital while undergoing treatment there due to old age complications. He left behind his wife, brothers, many close relatives and a host of well-wishers ...

Learning to cook changed Jon Watts’ life. At 18, he was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in a young offenders institute – and when he was there, he learned to cook as part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. “Learning to cook in prison meant that I had a skill that could be used in the outside world. It gave me ...

The first infection with “mpox” virus was registered in India, Azernews reports, citing the Ministry of Health of India. According to the report, laboratory tests confirmed that the patient had West African monkey group 2 virus (Clade 2). This case is unique and similar to 30 cases reported in India since July 2022. It is not part of the current ...

Former Supreme Court justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been transferred to Sylhet Central Jail after being discharged from the Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital on Thursday afternoon. On August 24, Manik was physical assault by a group of lawyers and unidentified individuals on Sylhet court premises when he was being taken to the court. After being taken to jail ...

30 autorickshaws, five shops vandalised At least 15 people were injured in a clash between autorickshaw drivers and shop owners of City Supermarket shopping complex in Bandarbazar area of Sylhet city this afternoon. Around 30 autorickshaws and five shops were also vandalised in the incident that ensued around 1:30pm and continued for two hours following an altercation between the drivers ...

A Dhaka court has placed former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on a seven-day remand for questioning in a case over the murder of a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader in police custody around a decade ago. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam placed the accused on remand on Thursday after the police produced him before ...