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Two more children have died with measles symptoms in the country. With this, the death toll has reached 948, while 100 people have died from confirmed measles.
The two warehouses remained locked during the day. No one could tell what was inside. But as night fell, illegal consignments of foreign cigarettes would leave the premises, reaching different parts of the country through courier services.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 546 people and filed 61 cases during a 24-hour anti-crime operation across the capital, police said Thursday (September 17).
The dollar’s troubles are no longer coming entirely from outside. Some of them, increasingly, seem to be coming from within the system itself. Donald Trump wants to make America great again—by raising tariffs, tightening the gates of trade and keeping the key to sanctions firmly in his hand. But global markets are a strange place. Push someone too hard, and sooner or later they begin looking for another door. BRICS is now looking for that side door.
Three organisations from the same political family, six top leaders, every one of them has been sentenced to death.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
India defeated Afghanistan by 127 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. With this victory, Shreyas Iyer's team whitewashed Afghanistan 3-0 in the three-match T20 series.
Floyd Samba, 17, shone in his first match in the Manchester City jersey. He grabbed attention by scoring a brace on debut. Current champions Manchester City advanced to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup by beating Norwich City 5-0 with his brilliant performance.
Farhan Ali Wahid, Zidan Yusuf and Shuki Itfusa, three expatriate footballers, have secured places in the final squad for the ASEAN Cup by proving themselves in the national team camp despite not yet getting the chance to play in the red-green jersey. Bangladesh is leaving for Indonesia with these three new faces to take part in the competition.
Bangladesh has been placed in a tough group in the FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival 2026 to be held in Azerbaijan. In Group ‘G’, Bangladesh is with Portugal, Wales, Indonesia, Burundi and Fiji.
The name of the historic Abahani ground in the capital's Dhanmondi has been changed as of Thursday. From now on, the ground will be known as Dhanmondi Cricket Ground. At the same time, responsibility for the ground has been handed over from Abahani Club to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Bangladesh women's football team suffered a 6-0 defeat to South Korea in the Asian Games. After conceding two goals in the first half, Bangladesh had two opportunities to reduce the deficit after the break but failed to capitalise on them. They then conceded four more goals in the final 25 minutes to suffer a heavy defeat.
At least 16 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Among the dead are 11 civilians and five police personnel. At least 50 others were injured in the incident. As the condition of several of the injured is critical, the death toll is feared to rise further.
NBC News has reported that an F-16 fighter jet has crashed in a residential area of Grand Traverse County in northern Michigan of the United States. The pilot was able to eject safely before the aircraft crashed on Friday (September 18).
Financial Times has reported quoting four people involved in the discussions that the Venezuelan government and opposition have almost finalized an agreement on transferring nearly $4 billion worth of gold reserves of the country’s central bank from the Bank of England to the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.
Member of Parliament for Kishoreganj-4 and BNP leader Advocate Md Fazlur Rahman has said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah's father sold fish and his real name was 'Jinnah Punja'.
Sadia Akter, organising secretary of the National Citizen Party's (NCP) Netrokona district committee, accused in a fraud case for allegedly taking money in exchange for family cards, has been temporarily relieved of her party post.
The government is trying to import gas from Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar to address the country’s electricity and energy crisis, BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has claimed.
Former leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra Union have condemned and protested the display of a photograph of Pakistan's first Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) museum. They also demanded the immediate removal of the photograph from the museum.
Three organisations from the same political family, six top leaders, every one of them has been sentenced to death.
On August 16, 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul just a day prior. The last stage of the US military's withdrawal was still in progress. At Hamid Karzai International Airport, events transpired that day which appeared to challenge any straightforward characterization of disorder.
Bangladesh does not need to win the global race for computing power. It needs to rediscover its own strength: organising people so that technology creates shared prosperity.
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi has met with Mahdi Amin, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Education, Primary and Mass Education, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, and Labour and Employment.
Bangladesh has expressed interest in leveraging Norway's experience and increasing technical cooperation with the country to make the local government system more effective and stronger. The two countries also discussed local government elections, development projects and increasing women's participation at the local level.
Arijit Singh has taken a break from playback. Yet listeners cannot stay away from the magic of his voice. This time the name of this music artist has again come up in discussion after the release of the new song ‘Jai Jai Ram’ of Nitesh Tiwari’s much-discussed film ‘Ramayana’. However, the most discussion is taking place around a surprising piece of information about its recording—Arijit allegedly gave nearly 200 takes of the song to bring out the perfect emotion.
The growing social media trend of using intravenous (IV) glutathione drips to achieve lighter, brighter skin is drawing concern from doctors, who warn that the treatment has limited evidence of long-term safety or effectiveness and can carry serious health risks.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has added new provisions to the method of using stamps or banderoles on packets of manufactured and imported tobacco cigarettes. For this, the ‘Method of Determining Price of Manufactured or Imported Tobacco Cigarettes and Using Stamp or Banderole on Packets Rules, 2019’ has been further amended.
