FOR nearly 30 years, Israel鈥檚 prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has driven the Middle East into war and destruction. The man is a powder keg of violence. Throughout all the wars that he has championed, Netanyahu has always dreamed of the big one: to defeat and overthrow the Iranian Government. His long-sought war, just launched, might just get us all killed in a...
IN THE at-risk southern region of Bangladesh, fierce winds and rising rivers cause more than just home and farmland damage. Climate change, poverty, and social disintegration are quietly increasing crime, a worrying trend that is often overlooked. Policy responses prioritise rescue, relief, and infrastructure repair, but climate change-induced criminality is neglected...
ISRAEL has been called America鈥檚 unsinkable ship in the Middle East. Terrifyingly accurate Iranian missiles have been piercing its acclaimed Iron Dome to target the ship鈥檚 hull as it were. The war that began as a threat to Iran is looking like a threat to Israel. The Western world looks jolted by Iran鈥檚 furious response to Israel鈥檚 initial blitzkrieg on Thursday night despite...
Twenty-one Arab and Muslim countries issued a joint statement on Monday condemning Israel鈥檚 airstrikes on Iran and calling for regional de-escalation, nuclear disarmament 鈥榳ithout selectivity鈥� and respect for international law, according to Egypt鈥檚 official news agency MENA .
THE childhood of thousands of children are consumed by hardship, lost to the shadow of child labour. Child labour remains a critical issue across South Asia, especially in Bangladesh. Instead of books and play, countless children are burdened with work in brick kilns, factories, tea estates, hotels, buses, quarries, garages, and hazardous industries like tobacco and...
INTERNATIONAL Crimes Tribunal 1 has ordered the publication of notices in two national newspapers asking the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan to appear in the tribunal in seven days. The three-member tribunal has passed the order in a case filed against Hasina and Asaduzzman, who the prosecutor said could...
Most of the world鈥檚 nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their arsenals last year, setting the stage for a new nuclear arms race, researchers warned on Monday.
After an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has initiated a series of precautionary inspections across its entire Dreamliner fleet to ensure safety and operational integrity.
US President Donald Trump said he wants a 鈥榬eal end鈥� to the conflict between Israel and Iran, not just a ceasefire.
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday ordered to attach 200 acres of land owned by S Alam Group owner Mohammad Saiful Alam and people related to him over graft allegations.
The National Sports Council of Bangladesh on Tuesday dissolved three sports associations 鈥� the Kite Association, the Para Archery Association, and the Kyokushin Karate Association 鈥� and the functions of these associations will be merged with the existing parent bodies of these sports.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against former Bangladesh national cricket team captain and former lawmaker from Magura-1 constituency, Shakib Al Hasan and 14 others on charges of embezzling Tk聽257 crore from stock market through fraudulent...
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim both scored centuries, forming a record-breaking partnership of 247 runs as Bangladesh took control on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium on Tuesday.
The United States is considering extending its travel ban to 36 more countries, a person who has seen the memo said Monday, marking a dramatic potential expansion of entry restrictions to nearly 1.5 billion people.
Bangladesh archer Abdur Rahman Alif confirmed a silver medal in the Asia Cup-World Ranking Tournament Stage 2 after reaching the final of the recurve men鈥檚 individual event at the Bukit Gombak Stadium in Singapore on Tuesday.
Veteran Monterrey defender Sergio Ramos said Monday his former team Real Madrid must be considered favourites to win the Club World Cup.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus thanked Australia for resuming visa processing operations in Dhaka as newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday.
China on Tuesday accused United States president Donald Trump of 鈥榩ouring oil鈥� on the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel, after the US leader warned Tehran residents to 鈥榠mmediately evacuate鈥�...
Israeli defence minister Israel Katz warned Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday that he could suffer a fate 鈥榮imilar to鈥� Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled and later executed...
Bangladesh has begun a process to relocate its citizens from Tehran to a 鈥榮afe place鈥� in Iran as around 400 Bangladeshis living in the Iranian capital have been exposed to danger due to attacks from Israel for the past five days.
Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada is sticking to his ambitious target of winning the Premier League in 2028 to mark the club's 150th anniversary despite a historically bad season for Ruben Amorim's team.
Four Atletico Madrid ultras have been handed suspended jail sentences for hanging a dummy of Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior from a bridge in what police deemed a 鈥榟ate crime鈥�, judicial sources said on Monday.
Chelsea began their Club World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory against Los Angeles FC in a largely empty stadium on Monday as Brazilian giants Flamengo also got off to a winning start and a Benfica comeback denied Boca Juniors in a stormy encounter.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it killed Iran鈥檚 top military commander, Ali Shadmani, in an overnight strike, calling him the closest figure to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
The movement at the Secretariat will continue until the government service ordinance is completely withdrawn, said Md Badiul Kabir, president of the Secretariat Officers and Employees Unity Forum on Tuesday...
Local government, rural development and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said that Bangladesh government has taken an initiative to set up new missions in five countries to expand diplomatic relations....
Justice Md Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, chairman of the newly reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday said that no act of violence 鈥攊ncluding gunshots, bomb blasts, or other terrorist activities 鈥� can stop the tribunal from holding trials related to the July鈥揂ugust 2024 atrocities...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that Bangladesh would face pressure if the current war between Iran and Israel became lengthy....
Israel and Iran traded missile fire for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, as United States president Donald Trump warned Tehran residents to 鈥榠mmediately evacuate鈥� and left a G7 summit early...
A metropolitan magistrate court in Chattogram on Monday allowed the police to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatan Jagran, at the jail gate in a case involving attacks on the police and vandalism at a mosque.