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At the International Crimes Tribunal-2, testimony of witness SI Sheikh Abzalul Haque in the Ashulia case, involving the burning of six bodies and the killing of seven people, sparked a heated exchange between prosecution and defense lawyers.
The Appellate Division has declared the much-discussed verdict to abolish the non-partisan caretaker government system during the election period as illegal. With this, the caretaker government system returned after 14 years.
Both the government and the Election Commission must take visible initiatives to allay the growing public anxiety surrounding the national elections, said Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
The Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has officially begun in Geneva. This landmark global treaty has been pivotal in shaping the trajectory of public health. At this conference, nearly every country in the world has come together to confront one of the gravest public health threats—tobacco use, which claims millions of lives each year.
What if we grabbed our biscuit packet to eat with our morning tea instead of the biscuit itself? Or what if we ate the water bottle after drinking from it? Sounds strange, right? But this could actually be the future!
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Pakistan’s legendary pacer Shoaib Akhtar will serve as mentor for Dhaka Capitals in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the franchise confirmed on Thursday (November 20) via social media.
Liton Das struck century after Mushfiqur Rahim as Bangladesh tightened their grip on the second Test against Ireland, reaching 387-5 at lunch on Day 2 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.
Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Governing Council again on Wednesday announced a revised date for the BPL Players’ Auction 2026.
Experienced Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim scored a century in the 100th Test of his career.
The ICC U-19 World Cup is going to be held in Zimbabwe next year. The tournament will run from January 15 to February 6, 2026. Bangladesh will play their first match against India in the competition on January 17.
The draw for the 2026 World Cup will be held on December 5. However, the 48 teams of the upcoming mega tournament have not yet been finalized. Since the World Cup qualifiers, 42 countries have confirmed their tickets for the tournament to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. On Wednesday, 8 new countries added their names to the list. The remaining 6 countries will join them through play-offs.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's trip to Washington has been a triumph, with Donald Trump rolling out the red carpet for "the future king" and absolving him of the criticism he has faced for years.
At least 28 Palestinians have been killed in a wave of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, medical sources tell Al Jazeera, in one of the largest breaches of the United States-brokered ceasefire that came into effect last month.
Iran must “cooperate fully” with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, according to a draft resolution submitted to the agency’s board by Britain, France, Germany and the United States, and seen by AFP on Wednesday.
National Citizen Party (NCP) is insisting on implementing the ban on using the picture of anyone other than the party chief in election campaigns.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has termed the current political situation in the country as a 'transitional period'.
Former Mirpur Ward Commissioner and Awami League leader Murad Hossain, 65, died while in custody on Tuesday (November 18).
Rajbari district BNP has expelled Akmal Hossain Chowdhury, organisational secretary of Rajbari Municipality BNP, for violating party discipline by chanting obscene slogans about BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
The Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has officially begun in Geneva. This landmark global treaty has been pivotal in shaping the trajectory of public health. At this conference, nearly every country in the world has come together to confront one of the gravest public health threats—tobacco use, which claims millions of lives each year.
On Monday morning, I was utterly shocked after watching a video clip. Filmed from a distance, the video showed towering flames rising above the trees, lighting up the night sky. At first glance, I thought the footage was from Ukraine or Gaza. But soon I realised I was wrong. According to various media reports, it was not a scene of destruction from abroad, but from Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka—where students of Daffodil International University had vandalised and set fire to the campus of City University. As the day went on, the horror of the incident became even clearer.
For decades, Intel was the undisputed leader in the semiconductor world, a symbol of American technological prowess. The microprocessors they invented, along with the famous x86 architecture, were the lifeblood of everything from PCs to data centers.
National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman has said Bangladesh does not want any foreign interference in its internal matters and reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance against terrorism.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey begins her first official visit to Bangladesh on Thursday (today) to discuss the areas of mutual interest, including deepening ongoing engagement to support continued national progress for the people’s aspirations for "peace and stability, democracy and good governance, and prosperity" in Bangladesh.
