Starbucks cedes China control to Boyu Capital
Starbucks announced Monday it will sell a controlling stake in its Chinese retail operations to investment firm Boyu Capital in a deal valuing the business at around $4 billion...
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How Washington enables Israel鈥檚 ceasefire violations
SINCE the Gaza ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025, Israel has once again demonstrated that its impunity is limitless. In less than twenty days since following the signing of the ceasefire, Israel has murdered 226 Palestinians, injured 594, and continues to demolish homes at will. In the same period, Israel has breached the ceasefire more than 125 times...
Hamas to return another hostage body
Hamas said it would hand over another hostage body, as the Palestinian group faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning only the partial remains of a previously recovered captive to Israel...
Sanctioned Russian firm to make passenger aircraft for India
India鈥檚 state-owned aeronautics firm said Tuesday it had signed a deal with a Russian aircraft manufacturer under US and European sanctions, a move likely to irk New Delhi鈥檚 Western allies...
Body recovered from burnt garment factory at Rupnagar after 12 days
Family members of a missing garment worker recovered a body from the debris of a factory at Rupnagar in Dhaka city, 12 days after a devastating fire destroyed it on October 14...
Six workers injured in gas explosion at N鈥檊anj factory
Six workers suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion while working at a dyeing factory in the BSCIC industrial area of Narayanganj on Sunday morning...
Armed groups clashing with Hamas in Gaza
Shortly after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza, clashes erupted between armed groups, some backed by Israel and others loyal to Hamas, as the Islamist movement sought to reassert control over the devastated territory...
Nine shops gutted in Lakshmipur fire
Nine shops were gutted in a devastate fire at Zamindar Hat under Ramgati in Lakshmipur on Saturday...
Experts from England, Australia, Turkey, China invited to probe HSIA fire
Experts from four countries have been invited to investigate whether there was any mismanagement in the fire incident at the import section of the Cargo Village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said home affairs adviser Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday...
Fire at Mirpur community centre building fully doused
The fire that broke out at Bibaho Bari Community Centre on Kalshi Road in Mirpur-12 was fully extinguished on early Saturday, according to Fire Service officials...
Fire breaks out at community centre in Bangladesh capital
A fire broke out at a community centre in the Kalshi area of Mirpur, in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Friday night.
Yunus instructs weeklong fire safety inspection drive
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has directed the authorities concerned to observe a weeklong fire safety preparedness across the country to ensure fire readiness in all public and private establishments...
BB to hire foreign firms for internal reforms
Bangladesh Bank has taken a major internal reform move by hiring an international human resource consulting firm to modernise its organisational structure, streamline management, and align its human capital strategy with international standards...
1st Division Cricket League in November
The Dhaka First Division Cricket League is set to begin in November amid the call for boycotting by a number of clubs, said the chairman of the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis, Adnan Rahman, on Wednesday...
Gaza ceasefire vital to deliver food, save lives: UN
Maintaining the Gaza ceasefire is critical for delivering life-saving food aid in the territory, the United Nations said Tuesday, repeating a call for all border crossings to be opened...
Sanae Takaichi named Japan鈥檚 first woman PM
Sanae Takaichi was named Japan鈥檚 first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative naming just two other women to her cabinet...
Fire service committee starts probe
The committee formed by the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence started its investigation on Monday into the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport fire that destroyed a huge bulk of imported goods stored in its cargo village...
Trump says Gaza ceasefire still in force after Israeli strikes
US president Donald Trump said Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza was still holding after Israel carried out deadly strikes on the territory over alleged truce violations by Hamas...
Exporters alarmed, buyers worried
The exporters of the country on Monday expressed their concern on production and export delay and supply disruptions following the devastating fire at the cargo village of Dhaka鈥簊 Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
Japan coalition deal paves way for Takaichi to be first woman PM
Japan鈥檚 ruling LDP and its junior partner signed a coalition deal Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country鈥檚 first woman premier...
Bodies of 16 victims of Mirpur fire handed over to families
Police have handed over the bodies of 16 victims, who died in the devastating fire at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in Mirpur鈥檚 Rupnagar area to their families five days after the incident...
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 鈥榗easefire鈥�
Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to an 鈥榠mmediate ceasefire鈥� at talks in Doha, Qatar said Sunday, after at least 10 Afghans were killed in Pakistani air strikes that broke an earlier truce...
Lack of technical knowledge challenges probe: adviser聽聽
Disaster management and relief adviser Faruk E Azam said on Sunday that there had been a lack of technical knowledge to investigate some issues of a series of recent fire incidents.
Incepta Pharmaceuticals factory catches fire at Dhamrai
A fire broke out at Incepta Pharmaceuticals鈥� factory in Dhamrai, on the outskirts of Dhaka on Saturday night, leading to disruption of the factory鈥檚 internal power supply.
Govt forms 12-member core committee over HSIA fire
The government has formed a core committee headed by senior secretary of home ministry Nasimul Ghani to probe into the devastating fire at thecCargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Govt must fully investigate airport fire, make report public
THE fire that broke out at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 2:30pm and had burnt for seven hours, destroying a section of the cargo village that housed imported goods, including raw materials for industries, and suspended flight operations is unfortunate. Goods meant for export stored in an adjacent section of the cargo village, as the adviser...
Loss assessment underway after Fire at HSIA cargo village: Bashir Uddin
The full extent of the losses from the devastating fire at the imported goods cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is currently being assessed, said SK Bashir Uddin, adviser to the Ministries of Civil Aviation and Tourism, and Commerce...
Firefighters still struggling to fully extinguish fire at HSIA
Nearly 23 hours after a devastating fire broke out at the cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, firefighters are still struggling to fully extinguish the flames...
Exporters scramble to assess losses after fire at cargo village of HSIA
The organisations have directed their member companies to prepare detailed lists of their damaged goods in a prescribed format...
HSIA fire brought under control, flight operations resume
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka resumed flight operations at 9:00pm on Saturday night after authorities successfully contained a fire that broke out at the airport鈥檚 cargo village around 2:15pm.
