Four Bangladeshi seafarers escaped injury after their tanker Kairos caught fire in the Black Sea following an apparent attack on vessels that carry Russian oil.
At least 153 people have been killed in Sri Lanka after landslides and flooding triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, officials said Saturday, with 191 others missing and more than half a million affected across the country.
At least 10 people were injured on Saturday when supporters of two rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party factions clashed in Delduar upazila of Tangail, according to police and locals.
The government has no restrictions on Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman returning home, the chief adviser’s press secretary said Saturday.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairwoman Khaleda Zia’s condition remains unchanged as she continues treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, officials said on Saturday.
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia is in “very critical” condition as she undergoes treatment for multiple infections and longstanding health problems, senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) officials said Friday.
Bangladesh has yet to establish the Bangladesh Building Regulatory Authority, or BBRA, mandated under the 2020 Bangladesh National Building Code, leaving building safety oversight fragmented despite increasing seismic risks. The previous government assigned deputy commissioners to lead district building committees — an approach experts say contradicts the code and has weakened enforcement nationwide.
The United States returned 39 Bangladeshi nationals to Dhaka early Friday, bringing the total number repatriated this year to 187. The group arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 5:30 a.m. on a special U.S. military flight, airport officials said. BRAC provided transportation and emergency assistance upon arrival.
Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged journalists to break free from political influence, warning that partisanship has damaged Bangladesh’s media.
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in prison in three cases tied to the Purbachal plot scam.
