A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Tuesday morning after pilot noticed sparks in one of its engines. According to the airport sources, a Turkish plane, with 290 passengers, left the airport for Istanbul around 7AM on Tuesday. But within 15 minutes, the pilot found sparks in one of its ...

Starlink, the satellite internet service by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has officially launched operations in Bangladesh, according to an announcement made on Tuesday, 20 May. The news was shared via Facebook by Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser. Taiyeb stated that Starlink representatives informed him of the development during a phone call on 19 May, later confirming the ...

A young Bangladeshi mountaineer, Ikramul Haque Shakil, has etched his name into the global record books by becoming the youngest person to trek from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest, breaking a long-standing world record. The record-setting expedition, titled “Sea to Summit”, saw Shakil walk an estimated 1,300 kilometers from Inani Beach in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh all the ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke met leaders from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s women’s wing and discussed the issues of mutual interest. They had an insightful discussion about their community engagement and the policy issues that matter most to them and their members, said the High Commission in a post from its verified Facebook page.

Senior BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday described the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as the guardian of nation’s sovereignty and democratic legacy, asserting that the country’s political foundation would not exist in its current form without the party’s contributions. Speaking as the chief guest at a party membership drive held at Sylhet Shilpakala Academy, Salahuddin emphasized BNP’s historic role in ...

The government is set to launch a management fund to handle recovered money and assets seized from financial offenders, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur said today (19 May). The fund will be used to support the country’s poor and underprivileged population, he said at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka this afternoon. The announcement came ...

European fishing vessels will be given a further 12 years of access to British waters as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s “reset” with Brussels. A late-night deal was struck with the European Union ahead of Monday’s major summit with Brussels chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa. St. Regis Resort in Northwestern Costa Rica to Build a $30 Million ...

GPs in England and their patients are to help the NHS find more victims of the contaminated blood scandal. It is thought thousands of people could have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s; part of a scandal which affected more than 30,000 people in the UK. From June, patients ...

Election commissioner Abdur Rahman Masud has commented that Awami League has no chance to participate in elections if the suspension order of registration is not canceled or withdrawn. “The government has banned Awami League’s activities, the Election Commission has suspended its registration. If the suspension order is not canceled or withdrawn, the party will not be able to participate in ...

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that everyone must develop the habit of using cloth and jute bags instead of polythene. “We need to limit the use of plastic at every level, especially eliminate single-use polythene bags.” The adviser made this remark during a discussion with different environmental organasations and students at Rajshahi circuit house ...