Current Affairs
US embassy warns foreign visitors against misuse of public benefits
Foreign nationals who travel to the United States on visitor visas and receive publicly funded medical care or other public benefits could become ineligible for future entry into the country, the US Embassy in Dhaka has warned.
PM pays tribute to Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia on Nat'l Revolution and Solidarity Day
Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman today paid homage at the graves of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at Zia Udyan here, marking National Revolution and Solidarity Day.
NCP leaders demolish signboard erected by Dhirendranath Datta’s granddaughter
A dispute has resurfaced over the ownership and preservation of the historic home of language movement veteran and martyred Liberation War figure Dhirendranath Datta in Dharmasagarpar area of Cumilla city, after leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP) demolished a signboard installed in front of the property.
Twin cocktail blasts hit separate spots in Shahbag at night
A cocktail bomb was hurled at a police patrol vehicle in the Shahbagh area of the capital on Friday night.
National Revolution and Solidarity Day today
Bangladesh is observing National Revolution and Solidarity Day today, the 51st anniversary of the 1975 soldiers-and-people’s uprising, with the government and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) holding separate events. A general holiday is being observed across the country.
Airstrikes on a market in southwestern Yemen kill at least 30
An airstrike on a market in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz killed at least 30 people on Friday morning, the Associated Press reported, citing an official from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Policeman beaten, limbs broken, leg tendons cut in Narayanganj
Abul Kalam, 35, a member of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn), has allegedly been called out, beaten, had his arms and legs broken and his leg tendons cut with a sharp weapon in Rupganj of Narayanganj. His family claims drug dealers attacked him for protesting against the drug trade in the area. Abul Kalam is now undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR).
Freedom fighter buried without guard of honour in Cumilla, family and locals express anger
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Brahmanpara Police Station Md Faruq Hossain has said Bir Muktijoddha Abdus Sattar was buried without the state honour of guard of honour in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla. Police could not finally give the guard of honour as no one from the upazila administration was present. Local freedom fighters and the relatives of the deceased have expressed anger over this incident.
X translation puts Sheikh Hasina’s name in place of Tarique Rahman, Japan’s Trade Minister embarrassed
Japan’s Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa has fallen into an embarrassing situation after the automatic translation of social media platform X put the name of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in place of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. He expressed anger over this incident and called for a review of the platform’s translation system.
Ink on Rabindranath’s graffiti in Khulna, anti-Rabindranath posters beside it
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has painted wall paintings at various places as part of beautifying the city on the occasion of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Khulna. Country’s renowned poets, litterateurs and political personalities have found a place in these wall paintings.