Voting for the Bangladesh Cricket Board election will occur on Monday, with at least eight candidates expected to win unopposed. Outgoing president Aminul Islam Bulbul and vice president Nazmul Abedeen Fahim secured their positions after Dhaka Division candidate Abdullah Al Fuad Redwan withdrew on Sunday.
The Supreme Court's Appellate Division instructed the Election Commission on Sunday to reinstate 15 clubs' councillorships. This decision restored former BCB media committee chairman Iftekhar Rahman Mithu's candidacy in Category Two. Voting will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a Dhaka hotel.
A total of 23 directors across three categories will be elected for four-year terms. The newly elected directors will choose the next BCB...
Activists deported from Israel after joining a Gaza aid flotilla reported mistreatment by guards. International participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla described harsh treatment following their detention. Israeli forces arrested about 450 people between Wednesday and Friday after intercepting boats attempting to breach a naval blockade of Gaza.
Italian journalist Saverio Tommasi said guards withheld medicines and mocked detained activists. Malaysian sisters Heliza Helmi and Hazwani Helmi reported drinking toilet water after being denied food for days. Activist Paolo De Montis said guards forced detainees to kneel for four hours with their hands secured by zip ties.
Israel's Foreign Ministry called the mistreatment allegations brazen...
Authorities confirmed on Sunday that 45 people died after a school building collapsed in East Java province. The victims were transported to Bhayangkara Police Hospital for identification, according to Nanang Sigit, who heads the regional Search and Rescue Office.
Part of the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in the Sidoarjo district collapsed on Monday when students were trapped beneath debris from an unauthorized renovation project. Rescuers initially used manual excavation methods to avoid triggering further structural failures.
Heavy machinery was deployed on Thursday after rescue teams detected no additional survivors. Police Chief Nanang Avianto stated that legal proceedings would begin after excavation operations conclude.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos described artificial intelligence as existing within an industrial bubble on Friday, but predicted society would gain enormous advantages from the technology. Bezos addressed attendees at Tech Week in Turin and noted that investors currently provide billions of dollars to small teams without established products. The billionaire has invested in Perplexity, an American generative AI startup.
Bezos distinguished industrial bubbles from banking crises like the 2008 financial collapse and argued that society benefits after winners emerge from industrial competition. He stated that AI will transform every industry and affect companies worldwide. Bezos called the current era a golden age for multiple technologies...
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and more than 70 detainees from the intercepted Gaza aid flotilla departed Israel on Monday. Most released individuals flew to Greece before continuing to their home countries, and the group consisted of 28 French citizens, 27 Greeks, 15 Italians, and nine Swedes. Twenty-one Spaniards returned home separately on Sunday, but 28 Spanish nationals remained in Israeli custody.
Israel intercepted 45 vessels carrying activists and politicians who attempted to breach the blockade with humanitarian supplies for Gaza on Wednesday. An Israeli official reported on Thursday that authorities prevented more than 400 people aboard the boats from reaching Palestinian territory. The United Nations has confirmed famine...
Cuttack remained tense on Sunday after violence erupted following clashes over loud music at a Durga Puja idol immersion procession on Saturday. The disagreement in Dargah Bazaar escalated into stone-throwing, injuring several people and prompting a mild lathi charge by police. Authorities arrested six individuals and imposed a 36-hour curfew across affected areas.
Fresh tensions emerged on Sunday when a Vishwa Hindu Parishad motorcycle rally defied administrative restrictions and passed through Dargah Bazaar. Participants damaged CCTV cameras and vandalized shops in Gourishankar Park before the police dispersed the crowd. The state government suspended internet services across Cuttack Municipal Corporation areas from Sunday evening...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confronts mounting pressure from far-right coalition partners who oppose President Donald Trump's Gaza peace framework. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threaten to withdraw support if Hamas maintains any political role after the conflict ends. Their departure would likely trigger early elections before the scheduled October 2026 deadline.
Netanyahu accepted Trump's 20-point proposal calling for Gaza demilitarization and ending Hamas governance, while Hamas responded positively to negotiations. The plan lacks specific timelines for disarmament, and vague references to Palestinian statehood anger ultranationalist members. Trump demanded Israel halt...
French President Emmanuel Macron assembled a new government on Sunday under Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, but opposition leaders across the political spectrum condemned the cabinet as largely unchanged from previous administrations. Bruno Le Maire moved from economy minister to defense chief, while Roland Lescure assumed the finance portfolio with the task of passing an austerity budget. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau retained their positions.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen called the appointments pathetic, and Socialist lawmakers accused Macron of deepening national chaos. The government faces immediate threats of collapse in a fractured parliament where three rival blocs hold power...
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu appointed Roland Lescure as finance minister on Sunday in a cabinet reshuffle that retained multiple senior officials from the previous administration. Lescure faces challenging budget negotiations among three opposing political blocs after France's last two premiers lost confidence votes over fiscal policy. The country holds the eurozone's largest deficit while rating agencies monitor its finances closely.
Former finance minister Bruno Le Maire moved to the defense ministry to address European security concerns as Washington pressures the EU on Ukraine support. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot retained his position alongside interior chief Bruno Retailleau and justice head Gerald Darmanin...
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