Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes Monday across the territory killed at least 12 people, the majority displaced Palestinians taking shelter in a house in the north...
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Israeli strikes kill 25 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Tuesday that Israeli strikes in the north of the Palestinian territory had killed 25 people, including women and children...
Bangladesh-US defence dialogue starts Wednesday in Hawaii
The 11th bilateral defence dialogue between Bangladesh and the United States will be held from December 11.
Defence starts arguments in 10-truck arms case at HC
The defence at the High Court on Sunday started placing their arguments on death references and appeals in the case lodged over 2004 Chattogram 10-truck arms haul...
Fire at 7-storey building in Dhaka鈥檚 Farmgate area put out
The fire that broke out at a building at Farmgate in the capital on Saturday morning was brought under control after seven hours of effort by the fire fighters...
Thousands of far-right protesters rally in London
Thousands of protesters marched through central London on Saturday calling for tougher immigration laws, in a heavily policed march after the arrest of a far-right leader...
Protesters march in London demanding tougher immigration laws
Thousands of protesters marched through central London in the UK on Saturday calling for tougher immigration laws, in a heavily policed march after the arrest of a far-right leader.
India seeks stable relationship with Bangladesh: high commissioner
The Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, said India would continue to seek a 鈥榮table, positive and constructive鈥� relationship with Bangladesh built upon their interdependencies, in which people of both countries remain the main stakeholders.
Ukraine to spend 60pc of 2025 budget on defence
Kyiv will spend more than 60 per cent of its entire state budget on defence and security next year, according to a draft plan, as Russia鈥檚 invasion grinds on...
DSCSC delegation visits Biman
Senior instructor, directing staffs, BAF course participants along with overseas course participants from Defence Services Command and Staff College visited Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited as part of their DSCSC course 2024 (air wing) on Tuesday...
China sanctions 9 US defence firms in response to Taiwan sales
China imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, describing the measures as retaliation for Washington鈥檚 approval of military equipment sales to Taiwan this week...
Mahmud becomes Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank chairman
Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, director general of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party, on Sunday was appointed as chairman of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank, according to a press release...
Ansar blocks聽road for job regularisation
Several hundred Ansar Members of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party on Sunday blocked the road in front of the Supreme Court main gate in the capital...
44 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes
The civil defence agency in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said three air strikes killed more than 40 people within an hour across the war-stricken Palestinian territory...
UNRWA headquarters 鈥榝lattened鈥� as destruction of Gaza continues
THE massacres of Palestinian civilians by Israel continue...
Fire service launches hotline number 102
A new 3-digit hotline number, 102, has been launched experimentally at the Dhaka central control room of the Fire Service and Civil Defence....
Firefighters closing parade held
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday urged the newly appointed firefighters and divers to be engaged in service by keeping the standard of discipline...
Key drivers and strategic shifts
Global defence spending surged,聽 according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute鈥檚 latest report published on April 22, to an unprecedented...
Taiwan says 12 more Chinese ships detected in beefed-up presence
Taiwanese defence and coast guard officials said on Thursday dozens of Chinese warplanes and ships had been detected around the island, less than two weeks before self-ruled Taiwan鈥檚 inauguration for a new president...
Child goes missing in Mohakhali lake
A child went missing after falling into a lake in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali TV Gate area on Sunday evening...
Kenya military helicopter crash kills defence chief, senior officers
Kenya鈥檚 defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.......
Australia unveils new defence strategy, with eye on 鈥榗oercive鈥� China
Australia unveiled its first National Defence Strategy on Wednesday, signalling a new focus on deterring China鈥檚 鈥榗oercive tactics鈥� in a region seen as lurching towards conflict...
Rajuk must abandon its strategy of denial
The probe report of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha investigating the cause of the fire at the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in Dhaka on February 29 failing to identify its negligence leading to the avoidable and untimely...