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Assailants enter Badda home, shoot man

Bangladesh, Sept. 13 -- A man has been shot after attackers entered his home in the Moynarbag Bou Bazar area behind Hossain Market in Dhaka's Badda. The 35-year-old victim has been identified by a si... Read More


Musk, Altman back Anthropic chief's call to 'slow down' AI development

Bangladesh, Sept. 13 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI founder Elon Musk have backed Anthropic chief Dario Amodei's call to slow the pace of artificial intelligence development, amid growing concerns a... Read More


Russian attacks kill 9, injure dozens in Ukraine; Russia says it hits ships, plants

Bangladesh, Sept. 13 -- Russian air strikes in several Ukrainian regions on Saturday killed nine people, injured dozens and damaged residential buildings and infrastructure across the country, local o... Read More


Indonesia passenger ship with 243 people reported missing at sea, agency says

Bangladesh, Sept. 13 -- An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing contact in the Java Sea early on Sunday during bad weather, the country's search and rescue a... Read More


Used car dealers demand reinstatement of used EV imports

Bangladesh, Sept. 13 -- The country's reconditioned vehicle importers have urged the government to withdraw the ban on imports of reconditioned and used electric vehicles (EVs), saying the restriction... Read More


CIA documents reveal Osama Bin Laden considered attacks in India before 9/11.

Bangladesh, Sept. 13 -- India was among the countries former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had considered targeting, according to documents released by the US Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA o... Read More


DMP chief vows to wipe out 'Kishore Gang' in Mohammadpur

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has declared that Mohammadpur, an area repeatedly in the spotlight over law and order since 2024 July Uprising, will soon be free of teenage... Read More


24 sent for 10 days of interrogation over 'Joy Bangla' slogan march in Gulshan

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- A Dhaka court has ordered 24 people arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, over a "Joy Bangla" slogan march in Dhaka's Gulshan, to be grilled in custody for 10 ... Read More


From BRICS to Makkah, Bangladesh misses two buses in one week

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Bangladesh's foreign policy establishment has had quite the week. After spending a good part of a month talking up Dhaka's desire to join the Makkah Defence Alliance, the whole... Read More


Two die, 1,056 hospitalised with dengue fever in a day

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Dengue keeps claiming lives across Bangladesh, with two more deaths recorded in the past 24 hours alongside 1,056 hospital admissions. Both fatalities were reported from hospi... Read More