ATTACKS on and harassment of journalists are reported to have surged, especially beginning with February after such incidents came down that had a worrying increase since August 2024, when the prime minister Sheikh Hasina was deposed in a mass uprising and an interim government assumed office three days later. Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra data report that...
South Sudan troops have arrested the oil minister and deputy head of the armed forces, both allies of vice-president Riek Machar, as fears grew on Wednesday for the country鈥檚 fragile peace agreement...
BANGLADESH continues to tackle endemic mosquito-borne diseases. In recent years, the country has witnessed record-breaking dengue outbreaks, with thousands of hospitalisations and deaths reported annually. In fact, October 2024 was supposedly the deadliest month in terms of deaths and cases. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, in 2024...
The Supreme Court authorities have tightened security in the court compound, deploying army, Border Guard Bangladesh and law enforcement members following intelligence reports that a group of lawyers might attempt to vandalise a mural of the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman installed in the court鈥檚 inner garden...
The Bank of England on Thursday halved its forecast for UK economic growth this year, blaming global risks amid US tariff threats and deteriorating business confidence in the UK...
The Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport authorities again received a potential bomb threat call on Wednesday night and the authorities checked people and planes till 2:30am on Thursday to ensure security...
Panic gripped people at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh on Wednesday morning received information about a potential bomb attack on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Dhaka from Rome...
EMINENT economist MG Quibria, professor of economics at Morgan State University, takes up a 鈥榯urmoil鈥� that he reckons is in the offing in global trade. It is that the international trade regime, covered by the complex rules and framework of the multilateral agreements and dominant countries, is seemingly set for a seismic change in the days to come...
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau traveled to Florida on Friday for a dinner with Donald Trump at the president-elect鈥檚 Mar-a-Lago estate, as the incoming US leader promised tariffs on Canadian imports...
India has warned social media platforms of 鈥榗onsequential action鈥� after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered travel chaos and terror it said threatened national security...
A journalist has filed a case against Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury, a former Member of Parliament from Chattogram's Banshkhali, on charge of threatening to kill him over the phone....
WE NEED to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy...
Omar Faruk Chowdhury, lawmaker of Rajshahi-1 constituency comprising Godagari and Tanore, lodged a general diary on Thursday night over an alleged death threat...