A draw in Port Elizabeth would help Bangladesh, focus turns to Test Championship after UAE flop
After a thoroughly disappointing UAE leg, Bangladesh now have to look towards South Africa. The team were knocked out in the league stage of the tri-nation ODI series after losing both their matches — to Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. Not only did they lose,…
US tops government debt as global debt crosses $365 trillion
Total global debt — government, household and corporate combined — rose by another $10 trillion in the first six months of 2026 to more than $364-365 trillion. The world economy has never before carried such a debt burden. How deep the crisis runs…
20,672 passengers stranded: 135 flights hit by restrictions at Saudi airports
So far 20,672 passengers have been inconvenienced by operational restrictions at Saudi Arabia’s airports. A total of 135 flights of various airlines have been affected, 62 of them direct and 73 transit flights. Squadron Leader Saqib of the flight…
Demand to launch BRT within three to four months, protesters occupy highway at Bhogra against cancellation
Local residents formed a human chain, taking position on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the city’s Bhogra Bypass area at 11am today (Thursday), demanding that Gazipur’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) be launched within three to four months. They…
DB raid at home: Yasin held with single-barrel gun, bullet and 200 yaba pills
Yasin Sardar, 32, has been caught by the District Detective Branch (DB) of police at his own home. A single-barrel gun, one round of ammunition, 200 yaba pills and local weapons were found in his possession. The raid was carried out at around 12:45pm…
Over 600 Muslim families evicted in a single day from Lutumari forest in Nagaon, over 1,100 in two days
The state government demolished the homes of more than 600 Muslim families at Lutumari Longjap in Nagaon district of India’s Assam state last Sunday, alleging that they had occupied reserved forest land. Just a day earlier, more than 500 families…
Most executions for drug cases: Saudi Arabia executed 2,084 in 12.5 years, nearly 100 in six months this year
At least 96 people were executed in Saudi Arabia between 1 January and 22 June this year, that is, in the first six months alone, according to the human rights organisation Amnesty International. Of these, 61 were carried out solely on charges of…
Land Minister Minu and Local Government Minister Moyeen Khan in hospital, Rizvi and Zahid visit
Two BNP leaders today (Thursday) visited two hospitals to check on two government ministers who have been admitted after falling ill. Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan…
Speaker calls for radical overhaul of electoral system, sees no chance of Hasina’s return even in 10 years
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has urged a complete overhaul of the electoral system, answering a journalist’s question at the Bhola Circuit House today (Thursday). In his words, ‘My political experience tells me there is no…
Global Hunger Index: Bangladesh ‘moderate’ with 19.2 score, India and Pakistan at serious level
Job opportunities for women, community-based healthcare reaching every household, better sanitation and girls’ education — experts say these are what have driven Bangladesh’s steady progress against hunger and malnutrition in South Asia.…