Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu has sought an unconditional apology to the nation for his previous ‘moral mistakes’. “I may have made many mistakes as the Secretary General of the Jatiya Party in the last four years. You will look upon them with forgiveness.” Chunnu said party decisions had sometimes prevented them from taking the right course. ...

Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Commissioner Dr Nazmul Karim Khan has said that a woman named Parul Akhter alias Golapi has made a ‘honeytrap’ shortly before the murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin. At a press briefing on Saturday noon, the police commissioner said a man named Badshah fell into the trap of Golapi while credited while withdrawing Tk 25,000 from a ...

Vehicle movement on the Dhaka-Barishal highway was suspended as students blocked the highway for the third consecutive day on Saturday to press home their three-point demands. The students took to the highway at Nathullabad Bus Terminal area 11:30AM, disrupting vehicular movement of Barishal with six southern parts of the country. They also chanted various slogans during the protest. A huge ...

The National Citizens Party’s Sylhet district joint coordinator Abul Ahsan Jabur, also elder brother of ATM Turab, a journalist who was martyred during the last year’s July uprising, resigned from the party on Thursday night. Turab, a regional daily’s photo-journalist, was shot to death allegedly by the police during a clash between the students and the law enforcers in Zindabazar ...

Hundreds of firefighters on Saturday battled for a second day a large wildfire near Athens that left one dead, with strong winds raising fears it could spread, reports AFP. A fire department spokesman said over 260 firefighters with nearly 80 fire engines and 12 aircraft were deployed in Keratea, a rural area some 43 kilometers (27 miles) southeast of Athens. ...

US President Donald Trump’s media group and Tesla, the electric vehicle giant led by Elon Musk, are part of a growing wave of companies amassing large reserves of bitcoin in a bid to diversify assets, hedge against inflation, and attract crypto-savvy investors. Once seen as a fringe investment, bitcoin has become a strategic financial tool for both tech firms and ...

The Bangladesh U-19 cricket team has advanced to the final of the ongoing tri-nation series in Zimbabwe, finishing at the top of the points table. In a high-scoring encounter at Harare Sports Club on Friday, Azizul Hakim Tamim’s side defeated the hosts by 160 runs. Powered by an impressive half-century from opener Rifat Beg and several other key contributions, Bangladesh ...

Impressed by the stunning football skills of young Sohan from Matlab Uttar in Chandpur, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has taken prompt action to support the budding athlete’s future. The announcement was made via the official Facebook page of BNP’s media cell. As a video showcasing Sohan’s football talent went viral on social media, Tarique Rahman immediately ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin announced that Election Commission (EC) is actively preparing to hold the next national election within a short timeframe, despite facing several challenges. Speaking at a views-exchange meeting held at EC’s Rangpur regional office on Saturday, CEC highlighted the significant task of restoring public confidence in the electoral system. “People have lost trust in ...

Bangladesh’s U-20 women’s football team delivered a stunning performance, demolishing East Timor 8–0 in their second Group A match of the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers at the Laos National Stadium on Friday. The dominant victory showcased Bangladesh’s growing strength on the youth stage, with Trishna Rani emerging as the star of the night after netting a clinical hat-trick. ...