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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that three oil tankers had caught fire after hitting mines while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz. “Over the past 24 hours, three violating oil tankers exploded and caught fire after striking mines while...
Police have arrested four activists of the Awami League, whose activities remain banned, and its affiliate organisation Jubo League after a cocktail explosion in the capital’s Dhanmondi area on Friday.
The national professor says the banking sector has been kept afloat despite a crisis of confidence, while warning that oligarchs and mounting public debt threaten economic stability.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced that Deputy Managing Director Bo Li will leave the organisation on November 30, 2026, at the end of his term, with Min Liao, currently Vice Minister of Finance of China, proposed to succeed him from December 1.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc on Thursday piled pressure on Israeli Arab leaders over unproven accusations of foreign funding, in a push to neuter parties that made strong gains after an otherwise indecisive election. National Security Minister Itamar Ben...
New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs
Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain has alleged widespread irregularities in the Thakurgaon-1 by-election, claiming that ballot papers were stamped in advance
The alleged Madhya Pradesh operation is being investigated after 13 deaths
Questioners accuse the regulator of failing to act on an artificial supply crunch
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The total number of cases reported across the country has now reached 1,32,105.
New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs
In Narsingdi, a unit of SRB-11 conducted a raid on an abandoned house, recovering weapons, various types of ammunition, narcotics,
A Jamaat ward leader was fined Tk 5,000 by a mobile court for allegedly distributing leaflets in violation of the electoral code of conduct during the Thakurgaon-1 by-election on Thursday. He was also ordered to serve 1 month of simple imprisonment if he failed to pay the...
AI data centre boom faces backlash at US ballot box
The aircraft left the airport terminal around 6:18pm local time and moved to the runway for takeoff.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian goods, including firecrackers, fuchka and basmati rice, worth Tk 98.04 lakh in two separate drives in Cumilla.
A Dhaka court has granted bail to a 17-year-old boy arrested in a case filed under the Road Transport Act, 2018, over the death of construction worker Mehedi Hasan Mim in a car accident in Baridhara, Dhaka. On Thursday, Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention...
Backup wicketkeeper Jaker Ali Anik took over behind the stumps as Liton was placed under close observation by the team medical staff.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s flight to Dhaka from Tokyo was delayed on Thursday after a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft developed a technical problem shortly before takeoff from Narita International Airport.The aircraft left the terminal area at around 6:18pm local time and taxied toward
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