Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury took oath on Sunday as the 26th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at his official residence Bangabhaban at 10:30AM, where Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, among others, were present. Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar aired live the event. On 23 December last, Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury of the Appellate Division of ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-28) recovered 24 powerful electric detonators from Tahirpur border area in Sunamganj district on Friday morning. According to sources, a team of BGB officials from Charagaon Border Outpost conducted a drive near the border pillar 1195/1-S at Maizhati, 30 yards off India border around 8 AM and recovered 24 electric detonators wrapped in polythene and tactfully concealed ...

As self-driving cars get closer to reality, Tesla is striving to remain a big player. But is it sacrificing safety to stay in the game? For the past few weeks, Geoff Perlman, a 61-year-old technology executive from Texas, has been testing a free trial of Tesla’s latest self-driving software as he travels around Austin. He’s impressed: it can handle confusing ...

Tributes have been paid after the death of a councillor who became the UK’s first female Asian lord mayor. Manjula Sood, who was 80, was described as “a dedicated servant to the Leicester community”, having also served as assistant mayor and Labour councillor for the Stoneygate ward in the city. According to her website, Ms Sood came to Leicester from ...

Rashed Khan, general secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad, has resigned from the party and joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Earlier, Rashed Khan submitted his resignation letter to Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur. Rashed has been nominated as the BNP candidate from the Jhenidah-4 constituency. The development was announced at a party event, where BNP Secretary General Mirza ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday offered fateha at the grave of his younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko. Tarique arrived at the Banani Graveyard at around 1:50PM, completing the National Identity Card (NID) registration and voter enlistment process at the Election Commission’s National Identity Wing. He offered fateha at the grave and joined a munajat, seeking salvation of Koko’s ...

Dhaka Capitals assistant coach Mahbub Ali Zaki, who died of a heart attack on Saturday, was laid to rest following his funeral prayers at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Zaki fell ill on the field ahead of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match between Dhaka Capitals and Rajshahi Warriors. He was rushed to hospital, but died on the way. Hospital ...

Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia’s worst humanitarian crises. Already one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries, Myanmar has been hammered by a conflict triggered by a 2021 coup in which the military ousted an elected civilian government led by Nobel ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has completed the National Identity Card (NID) registration process giving fingerprints and Iris scans. He arrived at the Election Training Institute in Agargaon at around 1PM to complete his NID registration and enlist himself as a voter. As part of the process, he provided biometric data and had his photograph taken. ASM Humayun Kabir, DG ...

Several international flights could not land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday morning due to dense fog. According to Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) officials, the flights were diverted to Chittagong, Kolkata and Bangkok as visibility dropped sharply over the capital. They said flight operations will resume as normal once weather condition improves. Passengers are being provided meals ...