Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted that rain or thundershowers would take place at one or two places over Sylhet division in next 24 hours commencing 9 am. “Rain or thundershowers is likely to occur at one or two places over Sylhet division. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country,” a met office ...

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman will attend the 26th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) at Lancaster House in London on Sunday, an event that is also being viewed as an opportunity for Bangladesh to seek broader support for its candidature for the presidency of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir will accompany the ...

Dubai airport, the world’s busiest for international traffic, suspended operations on Saturday after an aerial interception in the area during attacks from Iran. “For the safety of passengers, airport staff, and airline crew, operations at Dubai International (DXB) have been temporarily suspended,” the government’s Dubai Media Office said in a social media post. The announcement came shortly after the aerial ...

Taiwan held off a late Vietnam push to ​secure a 1-0 victory and ‌their first win of the Women’s Asian Cup in Perth on ​Saturday. Su Yu-hsuan’s first-half header ​gave the three-times Asian champions ⁠the lead, with both ​sides otherwise struggling to find cohesion ​in attack before the break. Vietnam, quarter-finalists at the previous edition, had ​nine attempts on goal ...

Home Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on 7 March said that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) intends to break away from the “toxic culture” previously witnessed in the National Parliament. Speaking to journalists at the BNP Chairman’s Gulshan office on the final day of a training workshop for newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs), the minister expressed ...

The coaching and support staff of the Pakistan national cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to begin preparations for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. A five-member contingent landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around noon via Sri Lankan Airlines, marking the start of Pakistan’s build-up to the series scheduled in Mirpur. The early-arrival group is led by ...

Israel’s military said more than 80 fighter jets completed a wave of strikes on Iranian military sites, missile launchers and other targets in Tehran and central Iran on Saturday. “Over 80 Israeli Air Force fighter jets… completed an additional wave of strikes targeting infrastructure belonging to the Iranian terror regime,” the military said in a statement.

Iran’s army said Saturday its navy had launched a wave of drone attacks targeting Israel as well as US bases in the UAE and Kuwait, as the regional war raged into its second week. “The Iranian Navy targeted American bases and occupied territories with a massive wave of drone attacks,” the army said in a statement carried by the official ...

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East and rising security risks in regional airspace have severely disrupted the flight schedule of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. In response to the situation, the state-owned airline has announced the cancellation of all flights on six major Middle Eastern routes until 8 March. Earlier, flights on these routes were suspended from 3 March to 5 ...

Nepal’s centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to win by a landslide in parliamentary polls, according to Election Commission trends Saturday, but with counting still far to go. The high-stakes parliamentary election on Thursday came six months after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government, with at least 77 people killed. The September 2025 youth-led demonstrations, under a loose ...