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309 Bangladeshi migrants return from Libya

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Another group of 309 Bangladeshi nationals trapped in conflict-hit Libya returned home on Thursday, as part of the government's continued efforts to bring back citizens stranded abro... Read More


Maria Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Maria Corina Machado, a key opposition leader in Venezuela, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 for her struggle to promote democratic rights in her country. Machado, a ... Read More


White House reacts after Trump denied Nobel Peace Prize

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- In its first reaction after US President Donald Trump was denied the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, the White House lambasted the Nobel Committee, alleging it had placed "politics over peac... Read More


Expat 'July Activist' Abdul Hamid buried

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Eighteen days after his death in the UAE, expatriate July activist Abdul Hamid was laid to rest with state honours at his family grave in Noapara Union of Rauzan, Chattogram, on Frid... Read More


CA to leave for Rome tomorrow to join WFF event

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave for Rome, the capital city of Italy, tomorrow to join a flagship event of the World Food Forum (WFF). A flight of Biman Bangladesh ... Read More


"The call has come": AR Rahman to perform for the first time in Varanasi, says it feels destined

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Music legend AR Rahman is set to perform for the first time in Varanasi, the sacred city on the banks of the Ganga, as part of NDTV Good Times Soundscape-a new platform blending live... Read More


Israel ceases fire and Gazans start returning home

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza and began to pull back its forces on Friday, as tens of thousands of exhausted Palestinians made their way back to their devastated homes. After ... Read More


Two powerful earthquakes strike southern Philippines, leaving at least 7 dead

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Two strong offshore earthquakes hit the same region in the southern Philippines within hours on Friday, killing at least seven people, triggering landslides, and prompting evacuation... Read More


Israel refuses to free Marwan Barghouti under Gaza prisoner exchange

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Israel has excluded Marwan Barghouti - the most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader - from the roster of prisoners it intends to free under the new Gaza ceasefire dea... Read More


3 robbers held with arms in Jashore

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Police in a drive arrested three members of a robber gang along with arms at Kauria village in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore district on Friday night. The arrestees were Mahbubur R... Read More