Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Bangladesh next month as the South Asian country wants to deepen its relations with Dhaka amid changed political situation, reports UNB. Ishaq Dar’s upcoming trip to Dhaka will be the first visit by any Pakistani Foreign Minister since 2012. Meanwhile, Bangladesh repeatedly wanted Pakistan to “seek apology publicly with ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Friday said since Awami League doesn’t believe in election, it doesn’t deserve to take part in next polls. “We didn’t forget what rampage they (Awami League) had committed while in power illegally. They don’t believe in election. So, why do they bother about it,” he said while addressing the Natore District Jamaat’s workers conference ...

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices. The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through ...

The northeastern district of Sylhet experienced an earthquake, causing panic among residents on Friday morning. The earthquake, measuring 5.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale, occurred at 10:40 am and its epiccentre was in neighbouring Myanmar, said Shah Md Sojib Hossain, assistant meteorologist at Sylhet Weather Department, as per a UNB report. However, no damages or casualties were reported. The tremor ...

  Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have voiced their dissatisfaction over a decision to leave the number of quota seats untouched for the 2024-25 academic year. In a notice Wednesday, authorities announced that the total number of quota seats for the 2024-25 academic year will remain unchanged at 105, as in previous years, reports UNB. According ...

The government has issued new directives for followers of two factions of Tabloghi Jamaat –Maulana Muhammad Zubair and Maulana Saad– to maintain peaceful coexistence in their respective Tablighi Markaz at district and upazila levels. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Thursday. It also said that the previous directives issued concerning Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka ...

The interim government has extended the term of the Election Reform Commission until January 15, 2025. A gazette notification from the Cabinet Division on Thursday confirmed the extension for the commission. The notice was later shared on the commission’s official Facebook page. The government has extended the term of the Election Reforms Commission, constituted by notification SRO No. 329-AIN/2024 issued ...

The interim government has issued a notification recognising Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet of Bangladesh. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs issued the notification on December 24. However, the matter was disclosed on Thursday, January 2. Earlier on December 5, the Advisory Council of the interim government in a meeting approved the proposal of issuing a notification officially declaring ...

The Election Commission (EC) has released the draft voter list for 2025, revealing that the total number of registered voters in the country has risen to 12,36,83,512, marking a growth rate of 1.50%. Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah shared the details during a briefing at the Election Commission headquarters on Thursday (January 2). The data shows ...

Temperatures have dropped as colder arctic air spreads across the UK, with amber cold weather health alerts in place ahead of a weekend of snow forecast for much of the country. Met Office yellow warnings for snow and ice have been issued for much of England and Wales and parts of Scotland over the course of three days, with cold ...