Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there is no room for division in the name of religion in Bangladesh, stressing that people of all faiths enjoy equal rights and dignity. He made the remarks while addressing a views-exchange meeting and representatives’ conference titled “Ensuring the Protection and Security of Minorities”, organised by ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir on Friday said Bangladesh Police is determined to regain its tradition of excellence in sports alongside its professional policing duties. Speaking as the chief guest at the prize-giving ceremony of the Bangladesh Police Football Championship (IGP Cup) 2025 at the newly built Bangladesh Police Football Ground in Purbachal, the IGP said ...

OpenAI announced on Friday that it had surpassed the symbolic milestone of 1 billion active users, less than four years after the launch of its popular chatbot ChatGPT. “Our models now reach more than one billion active users and more than two million businesses. As people gain confidence in the technology, they use it more deeply,” the company said in ...

Ziaur Rahman Foundation Vice-President and noted physician Dr Zubaida Rahman on Friday called for creating a nationwide database of people suffering from thalassaemia and other congenital rare diseases to ensure better care and support for patients. “It is necessary to prepare a nationwide database of people suffering from thalassaemia and other congenital and rare diseases, and to maintain a registry,” ...

India said Friday it will provide $8.8 billion in financial support for offshore oil and gas exploration as part of its efforts to reduce its heavy reliance on energy imports. India, the world’s third-largest importer of oil and the second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), has faced major disruptions due to restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz driven by ...

About 49,000 migrants have entered into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco in the last 24 hours via wall scaling and through sea, while 18 lost lives during process, Officials estimate. According to a report by BBC, videos taken by locals and images show thousands of people, swimming into the city of Ceuta on Thursday. Local media reported ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon said on Friday that no direct, indirect, visible or invisible conspiracy to divide the nation on the basis of religion, ethnicity, locality, language, race or gender will be allowed to succeed. “If anyone seeks to use followers of any religion for political or personal interests, or attempts to grab state machinery through religion, ...

Franco Baresi, one of football’s greatest defenders and an Italian legend, has died at the age of 66. He was AC Milan’s captain and sweeper. Baresi spent his entire professional career with one club for two decades. This legendary man was an inseparable part of Milan’s history. Baresi played 719 matches for AC Milan between 1977 and 1997. His bond ...

India is examining Bangladesh’s request for the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, the government has told a parliamentary panel, more than eight months after Dhaka made the request, even as MPs urged New Delhi to use Bangladesh’s political transition to reset bilateral ties. The Ministry of External Affairs’ written response, contained in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External ...

Bangladesh’s ex-minister SM Rezaul Karim was confronted by a former leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in London, where he faced sharp criticism over allegations of enforced disappearances, killings and political repression during the previous Awami League government’s tenure. A video circulating on social media yesterday shows the former JCD leader accusing Rezaul Karim of remaining silent over what ...