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February 25, 2023

13 people killed as bus hits van on Pakistan motorway

A speeding passenger bus rammed into a van on a motorway in eastern Pakistan, killing 13 people and injuring several others, a police spokesman said Saturday.The accident happened overnight in Rahim Yar Khan, a district in Punjab province, according to…

Fakhrul questions investigation into 2009 BDR mutiny

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that there was no proper investigation into the killings of 57 army officers in the BDR mutiny in 2009.”We think the way this incident should have been investigated and the way the i…

N. Korea food shortage worsens amid COVID, but no famine yet

There’s little doubt that North Korea’s chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculation about the country’s chronic food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of f…

Go to people, Sheikh Hasina asks party leaders

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday directed the leaders and workers of local Awami League to further strengthen the party ahead of the next general election.She gave the direction while exchanging views with the leaders…

PM pays tribute to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj district.She offered fateha and prayed in the afternoon seeking eternal peac…

Trade resumes as Pakistan, Afghanistan reopen Torkham border

The normal trade and movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan fully resumed on Saturday after the two sides reopened a key border crossing that was shut nearly a week ago by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, stranding people and thousands of tru…

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