Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Friday afternoon to discuss ways to elevate relations between the two countries by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening ties in diverse sectors, reports UNB. He will be visiting Dhaka at the invitation of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. The Malaysian prime minister is expected to land ...

Major General Ashraful Zaman Siddique, Director General (DG) of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), has stated that the BGB holds partial responsibility for failing to prevent Awami League leaders and activists from fleeing the country. At a press conference held at the BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Thursday, October 3, he said, “However, it would not be fair to hold ...

A court in Dhaka has imposed a travel ban on Naimur Rahman Durjoy, former captain of Bangladesh cricket team and Awami League MP from Manikganj-1 constituency, and his wife. Dhaka Metropolitan Court’s senior special judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain issued the order on Thursday following a petition in this regard. Earlier today, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted an application seeking ...

A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press. It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were on board or how many perished but witnesses said they saw rescue services recover at least 50 bodies from the water. They said 10 people ...

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, secured $6.6 billion in new funding, propelling its valuation to $157 billion and cementing its position as the world leader in artificial intelligence. The landmark investment, one of Silicon Valley’s largest, was announced by OpenAI on Wednesday. Founded in 2015 and led by Sam Altman, OpenAI plans to use the funds to advance its AI ...

Bangladesh Women won their first T20 World Cup game in over ten years as they kickstarted the ICC T20 World Cup, 2024 on a positive note with a comfortable win over Scotland Women by 16 runs. After electing to bat, Bangladesh made their intentions clear early on with both openers starting off at a decent clip. Shathi Rani struck a ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested Abdul Gaffar, former chairman of Naogaon’s Patnitala upazila, from Dhanmondi area in the capital early Thursday. A team of elite force arrested him from a house in the area at an early hours, said RAB-2 senior assistant director (media) Shihab Karim. Abdul Gaffar, 67, also the general secretary of upazila Awami League, has been ...

Mahmudur Rahman, former acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, has secured bail in a case filed for plotting to kidnap and kill former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Dhaka Metropolitan Court’s senior special judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain granted the bail prayer on Thursday after hearing on a petition. Mahmudur Rahman lawyer Tanvir Ahmmed Al Amin ...

Two young men died after being electrocuted at Lakhai upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday night. The deceased were Faraj Ali, 30, son of Abdur Rauf Mia, and Jamshed Mia, 35, son of Hazi Rahmat Ali, residents of Goakara village under Bulla union of the upazila. According to police, two men died on the spot while an electric cable of the Rural ...

The general point-to-point inflation rate eased further in September as it reached 9.92 per cent down from 10.49 per cent in August, 2024. Both food and non-food inflation also saw a falling trend in this tenure. According to the latest data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the food inflation declined to 10.40 per cent in September down from ...