A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on Friday) after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by. Nasa said the probe was “safe” and operating normally after it passed just ...

In 1984 an unassuming appeal for Tampa Bay fans was placed in a UK American football magazine. It was during a season when the NFL team had lost more games than they had won and were being called one of the worst franchises in American sport. Despite the team’s poor form, it struck a chord with fans, and the first ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of “fakery” over Reform UK membership numbers, after his party said they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. A digital tracker on Reform’s website shows its membership numbers have overtaken the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservatives earlier this year. Badenoch said Reform’s counter was “coded to tick up automatically”. Farage ...

A man has appeared in court charged with four counts of attempted murder after pedestrians were hit by a car in London’s West End on Christmas Day. The car was travelling on the wrong side of the road in Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho – in the capital’s theatre district – when it hit four people at 00:45 GMT on Wednesday. One ...

South Korea’s parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon Suk Yeol’s powers over his short-lived declaration of martial law, plunging the country deeper into political chaos, reports Reuters. The impeachment of Han, the acting president since Yoon was impeached on Dec. 14 for declaring martial law on Dec. 3, has pushed ...

Global Islami Bank reconstituted its Shari`ah Supervisory Committee. The six-member Shari’ah Supervisory Committee of the bank reconstituted in a meeting of the board of directors held at the head office of the bank on 26 December 2024. Chairman of Jamea Quasemia Kamil Madrasah, Narsingdi Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree has been elected as Chairman of the committee. Other members of the committee ...

Two committees have been formed by the Labour and Employment Ministry to assess the damages caused by the fire that broke out at the Building No 7 of Bangladesh Secretariat where the ministry located. Joint secretary Begum Morsheda Akter was made convener of a 5-member committee which is formed to determine the extent of damage to the documents and important ...

Bangladesh Bank has set the maximum age limit for entering jobs at the non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to 32. From now on, like government jobs, people can join banks and financial institutions up to the age of 32. The central bank has given this instruction in a notification on Thursday. Bangladesh Bank said that the Ministry of Law, Justice and ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to conduct Investigation into the allegations of corruption in allocating plots in RAJUK’s Purbachal New Town project in the names of six members of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s family. The five others are — Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed, daughter Sayma Wazed Putul, Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana, her son Redwan Mujib Siddique Bobby and daughter ...

A high-level committee has been formed to investigate the massive fire incident at the Secretariat, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday. He made the announcement while briefing reporters at the spot on Thursday morning. “Whether the fire at building no: 7 of the Secretariat was part of a conspiracy or an act of sabotage, ...