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Saudia wins best staff award for Bangladeshi travellers
Saudia Airlines grabbed the top prize for staff service at a major aviation event. The company earned the Best Airline Staff Service award at the 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards during the Paris Air Show. Judges praised how well the airline workers treat passengers from start to finish. The recognition came after careful review of customer feedback and service quality. Airline officials said the honor shows their team works hard to make flights better. Bangladeshi travelers benefit directly from these improved services. Saudia operates regular flights from Dhaka, Chattogram, and Sylhet to various Saudi cities. Millions of people from Bangladesh fly with the airline each year for religious trips, work opportunities, and business...
Prof Riaz tells parties to bend a bit for July charter
Political party leaders heard a strong message about working together during talks at the Foreign Service Academy. Professor Ali Riaz urged all groups to bend their positions and find middle ground on tough national questions. The commission leader wants parties to honor past struggles and sacrifices that brought the country to this point. He reminded everyone that thousands of people fought for democracy over sixteen years. Political activists from many parties faced hardship and some died for their beliefs. Riaz pushed parties to take just a few more steps toward agreement on the July Charter. He said groups have already traveled far and need only a little more effort to finish the job. The professor stressed that small compromises...
Chattogram hospital gets spare angiogram machine
Chattogram Medical College Hospital will receive a heart machine that helps doctors treat patients with serious heart problems. The hospital currently uses just one machine that often breaks down because doctors use it every day for many patients. Poor people depend on the hospital's cheap services when they need emergency heart care. The machine stopped working for two weeks after it broke from heavy use. Government officials decided to move an unused heart machine from Manikganj Medical College Hospital to Chattogram. Manikganj received two expensive machines five years ago but never used them because they lacked trained doctors. The Health Ministry made the transfer official during May through a signed notice. Officials said the...
Ex-CEC Nurul Huda held after BNP files case over polls
Police caught former election chief KM Nurul Huda at his home tonight. Officers took him from his house in Uttara around seven o'clock after people gathered outside. Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Tahman said the arrest happened at sector 5. Police first brought Nurul Huda to Uttara Pashchim station before moving him. Detective Branch officers at Minto Road will handle his case. The arrest came hours after BNP filed charges against him and 23 other people. Nurul Huda ran the election office during the 2018 voting when he served as Chief Election Commissioner. BNP leader Salah Uddin Khan brought the case to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station earlier today. The charges target former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other top...
BNP wants fifth amendment back for equal rights
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed spoke about changing the country's basic laws back to older rules. He wants Bangladesh to return to something called the Fifth Amendment for important constitutional ideas. Ahmed said his party agrees with going back to these earlier principles. The politician believes these changes would protect equal rights and human dignity for all citizens. He also thinks democracy and social justice would become stronger under these rules. Ahmed made these comments during a news meeting after political talks finished their fifth day. The National Consensus Commission held discussions at the Foreign Service Academy about constitutional matters. Professor Ali Riaz led the meeting as the commission's second-highest...
French cops nab 12 in festival syringe stabbings
French police arrested twelve people after attacks during a huge music festival. Attackers used needles to stab 145 victims across the country on Saturday night. The annual street music celebration drew millions of people to cities everywhere. Social media posts had encouraged targeting women during the party. Officials called the crowds bigger than ever before. Paris police handled thirteen cases of needle attacks in the capital city. At least three victims felt sick after being stabbed with syringes. Hospitals ran tests to check for dangerous drugs like those used for sexual assault. A fifteen year old girl and eighteen year old boy were among those hurt. Doctors treated several people who became ill after the attacks. Police think...
Chattogram board preps for fair HSC exams
Education officials in Chattogram finished getting ready for the big HSC tests that start on June 26. The board wants to make sure everything runs smoothly and fairly during the exams. Teachers and staff worked hard to prepare all the testing sites across the region. School leaders say they have everything under control for the important graduation tests. Students can expect a calm and organized exam experience. More schools joined the testing program this year compared to last time. The number of colleges went up from 287 to 307 institutions. However, fewer students will take the tests this round. About 102,869 teens will sit for their HSC exams at 115 different locations. Last year saw around 106,034 students taking the same tests...
US strikes hit Iran nuclear sites as Trump warns of more attacks
American forces bombed nuclear sites across Iran on Sunday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters the attacks badly damaged Iran's atomic program. The military targeted underground uranium facilities at Fordo and other nuclear locations at Isfahan and Natanz. President Donald Trump ordered the strikes after Israel launched attacks against Iran last week. Hegseth said America does not want to change Iran's government. Iran fought back hours later with missile attacks against Israel. Iranian rockets hit Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv and damaged apartment buildings in the city. At least 23 people got hurt during the Iranian counter-attacks. Israeli rescue teams helped wounded civilians after the missile strikes. Police reported...
Five more die and 36 test positive in latest covid update
Health workers counted five more people who died from COVID-19 during the weekend. They also found 36 fresh cases of the virus across Bangladesh. The numbers came from tests done between Saturday morning and Sunday morning. Officials checked 621 samples during that time frame. About six out of every 100 tests came back positive for the disease. Bangladesh has lost 16 people to COVID-19 since January started this year. The country first saw the virus appear back during March 2020. Someone died from COVID-19 just ten days after doctors found the first case. The total number of people who have died from the virus reaches 29,515 since the pandemic began. Health experts continue watching the numbers to track how the disease spreads. The...
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