Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Saturday announced that the government will soon introduce a ‘Probashi Card’ for Bangladeshi migrant workers in line with its election manifesto commitments. He also revealed that initiatives are underway to regularise the status of around 25,000 undocumented Bangladeshis currently living in Spain. Speaking to journalists at Sylhet Circuit House, according ...

A total of 54 flights from Dhaka to various Middle Eastern destinations were cancelled from Saturday afternoon until Sunday (1 March) morning due to security concerns following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent closure of regional airspace. Executive Director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Group Captain SM Ragib Samad confirmed the development in a statement issued on ...

At least eight people were killed during pro-Iran protests at the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, a rescue service spokesman told AFP. “We have moved at least eight dead bodies to Karachi’s civil hospitals, while 20 others were injured in the consulate incident,” said Muhammad Amin, a spokesman for the Edhi Foundation rescue service, ...

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has been admitted to hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia. He is currently receiving treatment at United Hospital in the capital. The minister’s personal officer Shahiduzzaman confirmed the matter to the media on Sunday, stating that he was hospitalised following the pneumonia diagnosis and that his physical condition is now improving. Amir ...

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed along with other senior generals in US and Israeli strikes on the country, state TV reported on Sunday. State TV listed the name of Mousavi along with defence minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, Revolutionary Guards chief Mohammad Pakpour, and head of the defence council Ali Shamkhani as among those killed during Saturday’s ...

Several thousand Shia Muslims joined street demonstrations in Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday to protest against the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after strikes by the United States and Israel. Protesters holding red, black, and yellow flags converged on the main square in the heart of Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir. Many of them chanted anti-Israel ...

Fresh blasts were heard across Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning as Iran carried out strikes in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks that killed the supreme leader and other top officials. AFP reporters heard blasts in Dubai, Bahrain’s capital Manama and Qatar — where AFP correspondents saw thick black smoke rising on the clear morning horizon in the ...

Flights of US-Bangla Airlines to Riyadh and Jeddah, the capitals of Saudi Arabia, and Muscat, the capital of Oman, will be operated as per the scheduled time from today (1 March). “Passengers are requested to arrive at the airport four hours before the scheduled flight time. They are also requested to collect their boarding pass from the check-in counter of ...

Vladimir Putin’s four-year-long invasion of Ukraine is the culmination of a quarter century spent tightening his grip on power, crushing opponents and trying to expand Russia’s influence — and borders. Whatever the outcome of the war that has killed hundreds of thousands, wrought massive destruction and forever changed both countries, it will be the central aspect of the 73-year-old’s legacy. ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged authorities to ensure health services for public even if it requires working with limited resources. He made the remarks in the morning while talking to reporters after inspecting the 250-bed General Hospital in Thakurgaon. Fakhrul, also BNP secretary general, said the establishment of a medical college ...