Central Desk
New Market clashes: BNP leader Makbul held
Confirming the arrest Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Faruq Hossain said they held Makbul from the city’s Adabor area this evening.
Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33, Taliban say
A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school.
One dead, 27 missing after Moskva cruiser sinking, says Moscow
Russia said Friday that one crew member died and 27 went missing after the Moskva missile cruiser sank last week, Moscow's first admission of the losses following the tragedy, reports AFP.
Russia-Ukraine talks have stalled: Lavrov
Talks between Moscow and Kyiv to put an end to Russia's near two-month military campaign in pro-Western Ukraine have stalled, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
Russia vows to win 'full control' of east, south Ukraine
Russia said Friday it would fight to take control over all east and south of Ukraine but Kyiv pledged to save the country, as the UN documented dozens of civilians killed in one town.
UN chief to meet Putin in Russia, Zelensky in Ukraine
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine next week after a stop in Moscow to confer with President Vladimir Putin about the war, the UN said Friday.
Cholera inoculation drive in Dhaka from May first week: Maleque
Bangladesh will start administering the oral cholera vaccine from the first week of May, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Friday.
Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing
Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed.
Quader leaves for Singapore for health check-up
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader left for Singapore on Friday morning for a routine health check-up.
No proposal made to US to bring BNP to polls: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said no formal proposal was made to the US to bring the BNP into the election process, although the party's election boycott came up during his recent meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Pele leaves hospital after colon cancer treatment
Brazilian football great Pele was discharged Thursday from the hospital where he was admitted four days earlier for colon cancer treatment, the establishment announced.
Mariupol 'continues to resist', Zelensky says
The devastated city of Mariupol "continues to resist" despite Russian claims to have captured it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday as he welcomed fresh US aid to help confront Moscow's eastern offensive.
Quality of US human rights report on Bangladesh questionable: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has questioned the quality of the US human rights report on Bangladesh, noting that Bangladeshi officials at the US Embassy in Dhaka prepare the initial draft collecting information from media reports and some NGOs.
BNP denies misquoting German envoy
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday denounced German Ambassador in Dhaka Achim Troster’s assertion that he was misquoted on democracy and human rights in Bangladesh after his meeting with the party’s leaders last month.
Govt withdraws bar on using gas for industrial customers
The government has withdrawn the decision of keeping stop the use of gas from 5pm to 9pm daily for industrial customers, which was earlier imposed on the occasion of the holy Ramadan.