Current Affairs
Dubai resumes flights in limited scale
Dubai-based airline Emirates has announced that it will resume limited-scale flights.
Ekushey Padak-winning poet Jahanara Arzu no more
Ekushey Padak-winning poet and cultural personality Jahanara Arzu has passed away. She breathed her last at her residence in Gulshan, capital, around 1:30 pm on Monday, March 2. The renowned poet had been suffering from age-related ailments for a long time.
Mushfiq finally returns home safely
Cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim was stranded at Jeddah airport in Saudi Arabia due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Ending all uncertainties, he landed at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday morning, March 2.
Ministers of 3 Middle East countries call FM, assure expat safety
The foreign ministers of Kuwait and Bahrain and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar have called Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman to discuss the evolving situation in the Middle East and the safety of Bangladeshi expatriates.
8 burnt in private car fire at Mohammadpur servicing centre
Eight people have been burnt in a fire that started in a private car following a gas leak at a servicing centre on Humayun Road in Mohammadpur, capital.
Iran claims Natanz nuclear site targeted in US-Israeli strikes
Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog has claimed that the country's Natanz nuclear facility was struck during US and Israeli military operations against the Islamic Republic.
Khamenei's wife succumbs to injuries in US-Israeli strikes
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, wife of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died from injuries sustained in the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. She succumbed to her wounds while undergoing treatment.
Paul Kapur to arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday to strengthen US-Bangladesh ties
Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, S Paul Kapur, is arriving in Dhaka on Wednesday, March 4, to strengthen US-Bangladesh relations.
3 women's hair cut off on theft charges in Narayanganj
Three women were caught, tied up and tortured on charges of theft in a house in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj. There have also been allegations of their hair being cut off. The incident took place in the Dahargaon area of the upazila on Monday (March 2) morning.
MP's wife seated at admin meeting in Bahubal, UNO and AC Land transferred
Amid controversy over seating a member of parliament's wife in the chief guest's chair at an administrative meeting of Bahubal Upazila Parishad in Habiganj, the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Assistant Commissioner (Land) have been transferred.