A tiny three year old girl lost her life after tumbling into a dangerous open drain during heavy flooding on Wednesday afternoon. Mosammat Humaiyra became the latest victim of Chattogram's deadly waterlogged streets when torrential rains battered the Halishahar area. The little one slipped and vanished into the murky water around 3pm near a shop close to the Tasfia Community Centre in Anandipur. Rescue workers from Agrabad Fire Station battled for a full hour to pull her from the treacherous drain. Kamrul Islam from the fire station confirmed the child died while being rushed to hospital.
Heavy downpours had been hammering the port city all day long and turned the streets into a watery nightmare. Local residents watched helplessly as...
Professor Muhammad Yunus has given government officials strict orders to get everything ready for the next big election by December. The chief adviser wants massive security measures in place across Bangladesh when voters head to the polls. Officials must train thousands of new security guards and have them battle-ready before the deadline hits. Government sources say at least eight hundred thousand security personnel will flood the streets during election day. Military forces will act as the main striking force to keep troublemakers away from voting stations.
Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam broke the news during a late night briefing at the Foreign Service Academy on Wednesday. The government plans to deploy seventeen thousand freshly...
Iga Swiatek smashed her way into Wimbledon history on Wednesday by reaching her first ever semi-final at the famous tournament. The Polish tennis star crushed Russian opponent Liudmila Samsonova with a solid 6-2, 7-5 victory on the grass courts. Swiatek grabbed the eighth seed position but proved she belongs with the very best players in the world. The 24-year-old fighter will battle either Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva or former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic for a spot in Saturday's massive final. Her previous best showing at Wimbledon was making it to the quarter-finals just last year.
The tennis ace has dominated clay courts at the French Open with four championship titles plus grabbed the US Open crown back in 2022. Wimbledon's...
UNESCO bigwig Sue Vize visited Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam at his government office. The pair talked about major changes coming to Bangladesh media during their meeting. Alam told Vize that his government has already started several projects to fix how news works in the country. Officials plan to create a special team that will reform how newspapers count their sales numbers. The adviser also revealed that new rules protecting journalists are being written up right away.
Alam promised the new law will come out very soon. He believes other media reforms can happen within the next few months. The government official claimed that newspapers and TV stations face zero pressure from politicians these days. Media...
Bangladesh election bosses met behind closed doors on Tuesday evening to discuss major changes to voting systems. The Bangladesh Election Commission sat down with the National Consensus Commission to talk about urgent reforms that need to happen fast. Both groups exchanged ideas about how well the Election System Reform Commission recommendations are being put into action. The Consensus Commission released details about the meeting on Wednesday. Top officials from both sides gathered at the Consensus Commission conference room to hash out the details.
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin led the Election Commission team into the meeting. Brigadier General Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah and Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed joined him at...
Business bosses from Bangladesh and Thailand pushed hard for a new trade deal during a major meeting on Wednesday. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry sat down with the Thai-Bangladesh Business Council to hammer out details. Top officials from both countries want to create a Free Trade Agreement that would boost profits and open new markets. The deal could help businesses sell more goods across Southeast Asia and the wider Pacific region. Leaders believe the agreement would give both nations a huge advantage over their competitors.
Thailand already ranks as Bangladesh's second biggest trading partner in South Asia with deals worth 1.13 billion dollars last year. The Thai side shipped 1.04 billion dollars...
Bangladeshi phone companies must offer free internet to every customer on July 18. The government ordered all mobile operators to hand out 1 gigabyte of data at no cost. Users can surf the web for five whole days without paying a single penny. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission announced on Wednesday. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications backed up the decision with official orders.
The free internet marks exactly one year since the previous Awami League government shut down the web completely. Authorities blocked all internet access during violent protests and government crackdowns. Millions of people lost their connections for days during the brutal period. The blackout left families unable to contact each...
Western Europe just survived its hottest June ever recorded as brutal heatwaves hammered the region twice last month. Temperatures soared above 40 degrees Celsius across multiple countries while Spain and Portugal got blasted with heat reaching 46 degrees. Climate scientists say global warming made the deadly heat between 2 and 4 degrees hotter than it would have been naturally. The scorching weather created dangerous conditions for millions of people living across the continent. EU climate monitors confirmed the record-breaking temperatures using data from satellites and weather stations.
The back-to-back heatwaves killed an estimated 2,300 people in just 12 major cities during a 10-day period. Researchers believe around 1,500 of...
Bangladesh gets the green light to sign up voters living abroad in five more countries. The Foreign Ministry gave thumbs up to the Election Commission to register expatriate voters from places like the United States. The total number of foreign countries hosting Bangladeshi voters jumps to 15 after the latest approval. Election Commission bosses wanted permission for eight countries but only got the nod for five. Officials plan to expand the voter registration program to 40 countries around the world.
Japan becomes the tenth country to host potential Bangladeshi voters when registration starts on July 15. The current list includes major destinations like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Qatar, Kuwait, Italy, UK, Australia, and Canada. ASM...
