Day: February 8, 2023

Zeliha Hisir tried to speak, but could barely move after her hourslong rescue Tuesday near the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that has devastated parts of Turkey and Syria.The 58-year-old woman's eyes darted around in shock and relief as a rescue c...

The High Court on Wednesday asked 17 former and incumbent officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to surrender before it within next three weeks in a case over embezzlement of around Tk 1100 crore in the name of taking two Egyptian aircraft on lease.An ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Britain on Wednesday, his first trip to the U.K. since Russia’s invasion began nearly a year ago and only his second confirmed journey outside Ukraine during the war.The British government says Zelensk...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq on Wednesday said action will be taken if any incident of deterioration of law and order occurs from the BNP's street march programme on Thursday.Requesting not to hold programmes of pol...

As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds.More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called ...

The leaders and activists of BNP’s Dhaka South City unit will march towards the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) from Gopibagh in the capital on Thursday to press home their 10-point demand including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker...

Dhaka, Jan 8 (UNB)-Bangladesh will observe one-day state mourning on Thursday (February 9) to condole the huge loss of lives in a catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria recently.The government issued a gazette in this regard on Wednesday.The natio...

Bangladesh will send a 46-member specialist search and rescue team and relief materials, including medicines, to Turkey Wednesday following Monday's earthquake, one of the deadliest in the world in more than a decade.Search teams from more than two doz...