Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Base located at Kurmitola inside Dhaka Cantonment has been renamed “Bangladesh Air Force Base Bir Uttam AK Khandker”. The renaming ceremony of Bangladesh Air Force Base Bir Uttam A K Khandker was held on Thursday at Kurmitola Air Force Base in Dhaka Cantonment, said an ISPR release. Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air ...

Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar has said no other country wishes more wellness for Bangladesh than India as this amicable nature is “encoded in the country’s DNA.” Jaishankar made the remarks while attending the Rising India Summit 2025 in New Delhi on Wednesday, reports Indian media outlet Firstpost. At the event, the Indian minister expressed concerns over recent happenings in ...

Police are yet to be fully revived from the violence and arson attacks the force had suffered during the August 5 uprising, said Home Adviser Lt. Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday. Not a single vehicle was bought for them (police stations) to replace those burnt during the protests, he said adding that,the situation will improve if budget is ...

The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that it had reached a staff-level deal with Ivory Coast authorities, paving the way towards disbursements amounting to about $740 million. The announcement comes after reviews of the country’s economic reform program and its climate change reform program, the IMF said in a statement. Authorities continue making “great strides” towards objectives that include reducing ...

Liverpool are making progress on talks over a new contract for Mohamed Salah and the Premier League leaders are increasingly confident he will stay at Anfield next season, according to reports on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Egypt international is out of contract at the end of this season along with Liverpool team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold. While Alexander-Arnold has ...

Upazila health complexes and some community clinics are currently facing a shortage of antihypertensive drugs as the programme funded by multiple lenders “HPNSP” under which the medications are procured remains halted, according to health experts. To address the shortage, antihypertensive medications will be purchased next June with government funding. Dr Muhammad Habibur Rahman, line director of the Community Based Health ...

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A court here on Thursday issued arrest warrant against 18 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed in a case lodged over taking 10-katha plot through fraud in Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Purbachal New Town Project. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, accepting formal charge filed in the case. ...

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations for 2025 will begin across the country at 10:00 am on Thursday. This year, a total of 1,490,142 candidates are expected to sit for the examinations under nine general education boards in 2,291 centres in 18,084 institutions of the country. Of them, there are 701,538 male and 788,604 female students. Under ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged the United Kingdom to deepen its collaboration with Bangladesh, particularly in revitalising the country’s healthcare system and expanding cooperation across other key sectors. The call came during a meeting with Baroness Rosie Winterton, the UK Trade Envoy to Bangladesh, held at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka. “We are at a transformative ...