An Israeli military operation Friday targeting Hamas militants near the Kamal Adwan Hospital has put the last major health facility in northern Gaza out of service, the World Health Organization said. “Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burnt and destroyed during the raid,” the WHO said in a statement on X. Israel’s military claimed in a statement ...

US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. “In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing space ...

Three houses were completely gutted in a fire that broke out at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday morning. The incident happened at around 11:00AM at Asammura village under Patharia union in the upazila. Locals said that the fire broke out in the area and engulfed several houses within a short time, leaving three houses completely gutted, including all ...

Bangladesh’s migrant workers sent home Taka 1,102.22 crore in remittances through mobile financial service (MFS) providers in October 2024, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. This figure represents a remarkable 95.22 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase from the Tk 564.61 crore that was sent home through MFS providers in October 2023, reports BSS. The increase reflects the growing popularity of MFS, ...

Khelafat Majlis is holding a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Saturday. BNP, Jamaat-e-Islam, AB Party, Islami Andolon and several other party leaders and activists also joined. Centering the programme, thousands of activists of the Khelafat Majlis started thronging at the venue since 9AM. Maulana Md Ishak, the party’s amir, inaugurated the programme. From this session, the ...

The government has issued an order canceling all temporary passes, except government officials and employees, to enter the secretariat. Access to the Secretariat using accreditation cards issued to journalists has been suspended until further notice. The order was announced in a notification signed by Khoda Bakhs Chowdhury, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, on Friday (December 27). The notification said, ...

Sukharanjan Bali, who was abducted from the main gate of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) before he could appear before the tribunal and testify for the then crimes against humanity case accused Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, said he was pushed over the border and handed over to Indian Border Security Force (BSF) by the personnel of Bangladesh Police and ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the remnants of fascism are still there in the government departments. Problems will get multiplied if election is delayed. He was speaking at a dialogue titled “Unity, Reforms, Election” organized by Krishibid Institution Forum for Bangladesh Studies at Krishibid Institution auditorium in Dhaka on Friday (December 27) afternoon. Mirza Fakhrul said: ...

At least five people were killed and ten others were injured after a bus crushed a car, ran over a motorcycle and rear-ended a microbus at the Dhaleshwari toll plaza on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Keraniganj on Friday morning. Dewan Azad, an official from Sreenagar fire service station, has acknowledged the incident and the death toll. CCTV camera footage from ...

He told this in a video message played in an election dialogue arranged by the Forum for Bangladesh Studies (FBS) at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. Prof Yunus said different countries have various age criteria for their nationals to make them voter. He expressed his hope that the Election Reform Commission will surely recommend such an age. “I ...