The second and last day of the countrywide 48-hour blockade of the main opposition BNP, Jamaat and like-minded parties, is underway with normal presence of public transport on roads. The blockade will end at 6 am on Friday. Rickshaws and CNG-run autorickshaws are dominating on the Dhaka streets while a few private vehicles are seen plying the streets. Guardians were ...

New Zealand (NZ) and Sri Lanka (SL) will lock horns in the 41st match of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The match will be contested at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday, November 9. New Zealand are coming off four consecutive defeats in the ongoing tournament. They are currently in fourth place with four wins and ...

Ben Stokes’ maiden World Cup hundred lead struggling champions England to clinch a 160-run win in their bottom of the table clash against the Netherlands in the 40th match of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. Ben Stokes’ first-ever World Cup century and three-wicket hauls from Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid ...

Journalist and presenter Mithila Farzana has been given two-year contractual appointment to the post of director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular in this regard on Wednesday. The circular states that Mobasshira Farzana Mithila has been appointed to the post of director/counselor (Grade-5) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for two years ...

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Malaysia’s leader Anwar Ibrahim has said his nation will maintain ties with Hamas and will “not punish” the group. Malaysians should “unanimously back” the Palestinian cause, the prime minister told parliament on Tuesday. Mr Anwar was responding to a proposal by US lawmakers to sanction Hamas’s foreign supporters. Analysts say this is also politically expedient in a country where support ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the country’s estimated loss to the economy stands at over US$3.5 billion from the six days alone between October 28 and November 6 as BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and their allies observed a total of six days of blockades and strikes. “The hardest hit are small traders, day labourers, and ...

Glasgow, United Kingdom – The leader of the United Kingdom’s main opposition party, Labour, has refused to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, a position that is costing him political support and could dent his chances in a new general election. In recent months, Sir Keir Starmer’s traditionally left-wing party has enjoyed a considerable lead over the UK’s governing, right-wing ...

Britain’s King Charles III has delivered his first opening address of parliament since taking the throne, laying out the government’s policy priorities in areas spanning the economy, foreign policy and criminal justice. The annual address – known as the King’s or Queen’s Speech – is a centuries-old tradition marking a new parliamentary session. The remarks are prepared by the government ...

Lack of access to dentists is costing lives because mouth cancers are not being spotted or treated early enough, a health charity has told BBC News. The disease killed more than 3,000 people in 2021 – up 46%, from 2,075 a decade ago, latest figures obtained by the Oral Health Foundation show. And last year, a BBC News investigation revealed ...