Five Bangladeshi women returned home through Benapole land port on Tuesday night after serving jail terms in India. Petrapole immigration police handed them over to Benapole immigration police around 8pm under special travel permits. The returnees were Papia Akter, Shimu Akter, Sharmin Khatun, Lovely Khatun and Rozina Khatun. They are from Jashore, Narail, Bagerhat and Tangail districts. Officer-in-Charge of Benapole ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has assured business leaders that the government will take steps to address the ongoing gas crisis affecting the country’s industrial sector. The assurance was conveyed during a meeting with the Prime Minister at the Secretariat on Wednesday (29 July), Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) President Showkat Aziz Russell told reporters after the meeting. The BTMA president ...

Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl IGP) Barrister Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday formally assumed charge as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Earlier, he served as Director of the National Security Intelligence (NSI), according to a gazette notification issued here yesterday. A 15th BCS Police cadre officer, he joined Bangladesh Police as an ASP in 1995. During ...

The Habiganj district administration has imposed Section 144 across the municipal area to prevent any untoward incidents amid rival political programmes announced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the National Citizen Party (NCP). The gathering of four or more people, as well as processions, rallies and public meetings has been prohibited at designated locations within the municipal area until ...

Asian stocks rebounded on Wednesday after a brutal selloff a day earlier as anxiety about valuations, rising competition and AI spending rocked markets ahead of crucial earnings from big tech firms and a Federal Reserve policy decision. Oil prices jumped in early trading after fresh attacks in the Middle East shattered the relative calm of recent days in the US-Iran ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said on Tuesday that his government considers ensuring quality education for every student in the country as one of its top priorities. “To this end, integrated initiatives, effective supervision and the implementation of timely plans to bring qualitative changes at every level of the education system will continue,” he said. The premier made the remarks while ...

A German culinary invention has sparked a heated debate online, with foodies divided over the controversial ‘croner’ – a fusion of a croissant and a doner kebab. The unusual street food item was shared on Twitter/X by a user who wrote: “I’m sorry to report that Germans have invented a croissant doner and are calling it a croner.” The image ...

Bangladesh and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation to prevent human trafficking, enhance border management and promote safe migration through greater use of technology and institutional capacity building. The commitment came during a courtesy meeting between Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and newly appointed IOM Chief of Mission in Bangladesh Dr Laura Tomm-Bonde ...

Cometh the hour, cometh the man: Zinedine Zidane did not let down the 100 or so French football fans waiting outside the federation headquarters as he came outside to greet them moments after being unveiled as national coach on Tuesday. The French football icon’s smile was as warm as the sun beating down on the supporters — some of whom ...

A schoolboy has been stabbed to death in Sylhet city following a dispute over a football match. Md Manjurul Alam, additional deputy commissioner (Media) of the Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said the incident occurred near the Kazirbazar Bridge on Monday evening. The deceased, Md Rifat Ahmed, 15, was a resident the Khasdabir area of the city. He was a ninth-grade student ...