Rear Admiral Khondaker Misbah-ul-Azeem has been appointed as the country’s new Navy Chief. He will be promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on July 23 and will assume charge as the Chief of the Bangladesh Navy on the same day. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced this in a press release on Thursday (July 16). The ISPR said Rear ...

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), automation and technology-driven production could put nearly 1.22 million jobs in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry at risk, with women expected to bear the brunt of the disruption, according to a new report by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Released on Wednesday, the report warns that unless Bangladesh adopts comprehensive policy measures, technological ...

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested retired Major Md Mozaffar Hossain, one of the key plotters behind the assassination of late President Ziaur Rahman. The fugitive was apprehended from the capital’s Banani DOHS area at midnight yesterday after evading justice for 45 years. Following primary legal procedures, he was handed over to the Bangladesh Army for a ...

They say the eyes are the window to the soul, and what a wise adage this is! Indeed, the first thing we tend to notice about people is the story their eyes are telling us. Our emotions, feelings, and moods and their swings are expressed largely through them and boy, do they tell a tale for one and all! Bengali ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained six Bangladeshi nationals, including a child, while they were attempting to illegally cross into India through the Muraichhara border in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar. The detainees were later handed over to Kulaura Police Station. A case under the Passport Act has been filed against five of them. According to BGB and police sources, ...

Shabana Mahmood has emerged as the frontrunner to become Andy Burnham’s chancellor after a fierce briefing war over the prospect of Ed Miliband being appointed to the powerful role. Senior Labour figures with knowledge of Burnham’s thinking told the Guardian they expected the home secretary to be moved to the Treasury amid concerns that Miliband would become a target for ...

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is backing calls for a maximum workplace temperature as pressure grows on the government to protect workers from the impact of repeated heatwaves across the UK. The extreme heat has left people struggling to cope as temperatures in some workplaces climb above 40C, causing thousands of schools to close and hospital and transport systems ...

French lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a bill that will create a legal right to assisted dying for adults with incurable illnesses, capping an intense ethical and political debate. The legislation will, under strict conditions, allow a person who requests it to receive a lethal substance. The substance could be self-administered or, if the person is physically unable to do so, ...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at a US air base in Jordan. The military action was taken in retaliation for an alleged American strike near a children’s cancer facility in Iran. According to the IRGC, American troops utilized military facilities in Jordan to launch strikes against various Iranian targets, including the area near the hospital. In ...

Passengers travelling between Dhaka and Sylhet are set to benefit from a new non-stop intercity train service, with the government approving the launch of the “Tanguar Express” to ease growing demand on the busy route. Railways Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam told parliament on Wednesday that the prime minister had approved the introduction of one pair of non-stop intercity trains on ...