Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled an attempt by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) to push 10 people into Bangladesh through Kochurgul bordering area in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district. The incident took place early Thursday at Kochurgul bordering area, BGB officials aid. BGB sources said that BSF attempted to push the group across the border into Bangladesh early in the ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged educated young people to become self-reliant by pursuing innovation and entrepreneurship, citing the success of a local innovator in Thakurgaon. Speaking at the inauguration of Soleman Solar Irrigation Pump at Molani Bazar in Raipur Union of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, Fakhrul ...

Iran’s incumbent Supreme Leader Mojtaba Ali Khamenei will not attend the official janaza events of his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after receiving assassination threats from Israel, according to Iran’s representative in India. The representative also said the decision was made after Israel threatened to assassinate Mojtaba Khamenei if he appeared at the funeral ceremonies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed ...

Bangladesh Navy under the Official Security Assistance (OSA) received five patrol boats from Japan as part of efforts to strengthen security cooperations between the two countries. This is the first OSA project for Bangladesh, which was decided by the government of Japan as OSA FY2023 Project, said Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday adding that this aims to assist ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Friday after completing his official visit to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. During the visit, he held meetings and exchanged views with senior defence and military officials of both countries to strengthen bilateral defence relations and cooperation, according to a release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate. The Army ...

The Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Friday expressed his profound condolences at the tragic demise of the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and condemned his brutal killing. He conveyed solidarity of the government and the people of Bangladesh with the government and the brotherly people of Iran during this period of national mourning. The ...

Five children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am on Friday morning, and no death from confirmed measles was reported over the same period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the total death toll from measles and related symptoms has reached 729. During 8am Thursday-8am Friday, 1,107 people have been diagnosed ...

More than 20 million people are expected to attend the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, according to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB. IRIB, citing Al Jazeera, said the turnout could include nearly 10 million residents of the capital, along with millions of mourners from across the country. Funeral prayers and mourning ceremonies are also scheduled in the ...

The Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (Bajus) has raised gold prices for the second consecutive day, increasing the price of 22-carat gold by Tk4,374 per bhori to Tk228,556, including VAT. The new rates were announced on Friday after local pure gold prices increased. Under the revised rates, 21-carat gold will cost Tk218,292 per bhori, 18-carat gold Tk187,440 and traditional-method gold Tk153,148, all ...

Switzerland secured a place in the FIFA World Cup last 16 with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Algeria on Thursday, thanks to goals from Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye. Breel Embolo opened the scoring after 20-year-old Johan Manzambi burst down the left flank and delivered a low cross into the box for the striker to finish. It was Manzambi’s second ...