Transport owners and workers have threatened to enforce a 72-hour nationwide strike from August 12 if their eight-point demand is not met by August 11. They came up with this warning at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club at 11AM on Sunday. Saiful Alam, general secretary of the Bangladesh Road Transport Owners’ Association, said that if the ...

Vice Chair of the National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz has said that the draft of the national charter will be sent to all political parties by Monday. ”Our aim is to sign the national charter. The commission has prepared the initial draft of the charter which will be sent to the political parties by Monday. We think that if ...

China is facing a growing outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness, with thousands of cases now reported in the southern part of the country. As of Friday, chikungunya cases had surged to 4,014, marking a sharp increase since local authorities in Foshan, Guangdong province, began tracking the virus two weeks ago, according to health department data. Foshan has been particularly ...

Turkey has recorded its highest-ever temperature, reaching 50.5°C on Friday in the southeastern town of Silopi, the environment ministry announced on Saturday. This new record surpasses the previous high of 49.5°C set in August 2023. Located just 10 kilometres from the borders with Iraq and Syria, Silopi sits in the province of Sirnak, one of the regions most affected by ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its upcoming policy meeting this week, despite mounting political pressure from President Donald Trump and growing concerns about the economy. The central bank, which has held its benchmark lending rate steady at 4.25% to 4.50% since the start of the year, is taking a cautious, data-driven approach ...

An Inter Miami team missing the suspended Lionel Messi missed the chance to gain ground on Eastern Conference leaders FC Cincinnati after being held to a 0-0 draw in Major League Soccer on Saturday. Messi and team-mate Jordi Alba were both barred from playing the home game against Cincinnati after controversially withdrawing from this week’s MLS All-Star Game in Texas. ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is witnessing renewed organizational energy in Sunamganj-1 (comprising Dharmapasha, Jamalganj, Tahirpur, and Moddhanagar upazilas) as grassroots restructuring intensifies under new leadership. At the heart of this resurgence is Kamaruzzaman Kamrul, a member of the BNP’s district convening committee, former district organizing secretary, and ex-upazila chairman. Popular among youth and seen as a frontrunner for party ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has submitted its income and expenditure report for the year 2024 to the Election Commission (EC).Wheat import In the last year, the party’s income was Tk 15,65,94,842, which was Tk 1,10,80,151 in 2023. And the expenditure was 4,0,80,4,823, which was Tk 3,65,23,970 in 2023. In 2024, the party’s surplus was Tk 10,85,90,019. A delegation of BNP, ...

A train operator which runs services between London and the home counties has announced a temporary summer timetable. South Western Railway is reducing some of its services from London Waterloo to destinations in Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire between 28 July and 29 August. It will affect off-peak services, which the company said have fewer customers during the summer holidays. It ...

The UK government is considering having the public finances formally assessed only once a year following a suggestion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The global economic watchdog said the change could avoid “overly frequent” switches in policy to meet the government’s borrowing rules. The UK’s independent forecaster – the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) – currently assesses if the ...