Current Affairs
World Environment Day today
World Environment Day is being observed across the country on June 5 alongside the rest of the world, with various programmes aimed at raising awareness about environmental protection, pollution control and the urgent need to address climate change.
Another passenger bus plunges into Padma River again at Daulatdia Ferry Ghat
A passenger bus has reportedly fallen into the Padma River after losing control at Daulatdia ferry terminal in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari.
Bangladesh set for historic first friendly against San Marino tonight
Bangladesh will embark on a new chapter in their football journey when they take on San Marino in an international friendly on Friday night (June 5), marking the country's first-ever match against a European side on European soil.
Couple among three killed as bus crushes battery-powered van in Sirajganj
Three people, including a husband and wife, were killed after a passenger bus rammed into a battery-powered van in Sirajganj's Belkuchi upazila .
Police among 25 injured in football-linked clash at Kishoreganj railway station
A football dispute between two village groups turned violent at Bhairab Railway Station in Kishoreganj, leaving at least 25 people injured — including a police officer and a Railway Security Force member — and bringing train traffic on two of Bangladesh's busiest rail routes to a standstill.
BSF tries to push in 129 individuals across 11 border points in 24 hours
India's Border Security Force (BSF) attempted to push at least 129 people into Bangladesh across 11 border points within 24 hours on Thursday (June 4).
Hezbollah rejects US-mediated ceasefire proposal
Hezbollah on Thursday (June 4) flatly rejected a US-mediated ceasefire framework with Israel, with the group's leader Naim Qassem declaring that accepting the proposed terms would amount to capitulation and serve Israel's strategic objectives.
No scope for advancing old loan deal with Bangladesh: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has categorically ruled out advancing the previous loan arrangement with Bangladesh under its existing structure, citing the country's profound political transition as making the old framework both legally and strategically irreversible.
Protests erupt in Barguna over deaths of mother, two daughters at government guesthouse
Hundreds of residents and relatives flooded the streets of Barguna town on Thursday evening (June 4), demanding justice in the mysterious deaths of a mother and her two young daughters whose bodies were found a day earlier at a district government guesthouse.
One killed, homes and shops torched in clash between two villages in Tangail
A man was killed and several homes and shops were vandalised and set on fire in a violent clash between residents of two villages in Tangail’s Bhuapur and Gopalpur upazilas over a longstanding dispute.