Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan left Dhaka for Italy Wednesday on an official visit. The Air Chief will visit Italy from May 8 to 14, ISPR said in a media release on Wednesday evening. During the visit, he will attend the AeroSpace Power Conference (ASPC) 2025 on 08–09 May 2025 at ...

A Sylhet court sentenced a man to death and four others to life term imprisonment on Wednesday over a murder case in Gopalganj upazila of the district in 2021. Sylhet Additional Sessions Judge Mahmudul Hasan pronounced the verdict. The condemned convict was Wahidur Rahman Sunny, a resident of Hajipur village under Golapganj upazila of the district. Those who got life ...

Renowned Bangladeshi singer Kumar Bishwajit is set to return to live performances, after taking a step back from music following the 2023 road accident that seriously injured his only son Nibir in Canada. Since the incident, Bishwajit and his wife have been living in Canada, where Nibir received treatment. However, with signs of gradual recovery in his son’s condition, the ...

Today marks the 164th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the towering figure whose literary genius redefined Bangla literature, music, and the cultural identity of the Indian subcontinent through his embrace of contextual modernism. Tagore was born on 25 Baishakh, 1268 in the Bengali calendar (May 7, 1861) at the Jorasanko mansion in Kolkata. A poet, philosopher, playwright, and painter, Tagore ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday extended heartfelt appreciation to the thousands of supporters and citizens who turned out to welcome his mother and party Chairperson, Khaleda Zia, upon her return from London after four months of medical treatment. In a statement issued by Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP conveyed Tarique Rahman’s thanks to the masses ...

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a Tk 244.14 crore project aimed at strengthening disaster resilience and creating employment for vulnerable communities in disaster-prone areas. The decision came during ECNEC’s 10th meeting of the year, held at the NEC Conference Room in Dhaka on Wednesday. ECNEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus presided over ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday urged “dialogue” and “de-escalation” after violence between Commonwealth members India and Pakistan. “Rising tensions between India and Pakistan will be of serious concern for many across Britain,” he told parliament. “We are engaging urgently with both countries, as well as other international partners, encouraging dialogue, de-escalation and the protection of civilians,” he added. ...

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has claimed that 10 members of his family and four of his aides were killed in India’s targeted airstrikes under Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, news agency PTI reported. A statement attributed to Azhar, who was arrested in India in 1994 and released after the Air India IC 814 hijack, says that ...

A total of 2,248 pilgrims left here for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to perform this year’s Hajj. Among them, 1,446 pilgrims used Biman Bangladesh Airlines and 802 pilgrims used Saudis Airlines. Director (Joint Secretary) of Hajj Office under the Ministry of Religious Affairs Md Lokman Hossain revealed this information. Religious Affairs Adviser Dr A F M Khalid Hossain formally inaugurated ...

The National Consensus Commission held a meeting on Wednesday with Nagorik Oikya as part of its ongoing efforts to build agreement among political parties on key national reform proposals. The commission’s Vice-Chairman, Professor Ali Riaz, along with members Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Safar Raj Hossain and Monir Haidar, Special Assistant to Chief Adviser, participated in the talks, according to an ...