About 2,000 people, including security personnel, have been killed in protests in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday (13 January), the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death toll from an intense crackdown on two weeks of nationwide unrest. The Iranian official, speaking to Reuters, said that what he called terrorists were behind the deaths of both protesters ...

International Cricket Council (ICC) asked Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to reconsider its position while BCB stood firm, repeating its request to relocate the matches to another country. The information came after a video meeting held on Tuesday to discuss Bangladesh’s participation in the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup amid ongoing security concerns over playing matches in India. BCB president Aminul ...

Australia captain Alyssa Healy said on Tuesday she will retire from cricket in March after the team’s home series with India, ending a storied career. The 35-year-old wicketkeeper-batter has been playing for her country for 15 years, making her debut as a teenager. She has played almost 300 matches across all formats, blasting more than 7,000 runs and taking 275 ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) seized a large consignment of smuggled Indian goods worth around Tk 1.5 crore from Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB officials conducted a drive at around 2 AM in the Sat Chhari–Teliyapara area on the Dhaka–Sylhet highway in the upazila and stopped a suspicious sand-laden truck while ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Tuesday slashed customs duty on imported mobile phones by 60 per cent aimed at keeping handset prices within the purchasing capacity of consumers amid rising living costs. It issued two separate statutory regulatory orders in this regard. According to an NBR notification, the customs duty on imported finished mobile phones has been reduced ...

The hearing of a corruption case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her nieces Tulip Siddiq — a British MP — and Azmina Siddiq Ruponti–was ended on Tuesday. After hearing, Judge Rabiul Alam of the Dhaka Special Judges Court-4 set February 2 to deliver its judgement. Earlier, on January 5, the court had brought the testimony in the case ...

The Election Commission (EC) has directed that all types of organisational elections across the country be suspended till February 12 to keep 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum procedures influence-free. The directive was issued on Monday through a letter signed by Mohammad Monir Hossain, Deputy Secretary of the Election Management–2 Wing. The 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum will be ...

An Indian rocket carrying 16 loads of equipment and experiments including an earth surveillance satellite went off track after liftoff on Monday in a fresh setback to the workhorse launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation. It was a second disappointment for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in about eight months, denting its reputation for reliability, with a more ...

Newly appointed United States (US) Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen has said he is keen to work closely with Dhaka to strengthen bilateral relations and promote peace and prosperity in the region. Ambassador Christensen arrived in the capital on Monday with his wife, Deanne Dao, marking the start of his tenure as the 19th US ambassador to Bangladesh. In ...

Three teenagers and a Bangladeshi taxi driver have lost their lives in a horrific road accident in Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK, in the early hours of the morning. The incident has cast a shadow of grief over the entire area. A red Seat Leon car collided head-on with a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi on Wigan Road, Bolton, at around 12.50am ...