The Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested two BG Press employees – Mohammad Mojnu Mia (59) and Mohammad Akram Hossain (47) – for alleged involvement in the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exam question leak. AJad Rahman, Special Police Superintendent (Media) of CID, confirmed the arrests on Wednesday evening (November 27). He stated that legal proceedings are…
Russian forces are advancing rapidly in eastern Ukraine, capturing significant territory over the past month. Analysts say this marks Russia’s fastest progress toward Ukraine since the war began in 2022, according to a Reuters report. Territory Controlled by Russia: Based on open-source maps, Russia now controls 18% of Ukraine’s territory. This includes the entirety of…
Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury stated that there might be domestic and foreign influences behind the ISKCON issue. He also mentioned that certain groups within the country, or those that have been banned, might be involved. The Home Affairs Advisor noted that many false cases have been filed across the…
Record-Breaking Auction on the First Day of IPL: ₹467.95 Crores Spent on 72 Players The first day of the IPL auction witnessed several records being broken and rewritten. Shreyas Iyer initially made headlines as the highest-paid player in IPL history, only to have his record surpassed by Rishabh Pant later in the day. Alongside them,…
On October 26, Israeli forces conducted a surprise attack on Iranian military installations. In response, Iran is reportedly preparing for a counter-attack on Israel. An advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei disclosed this information on Sunday, November 24, according to reports from Iran International. In an interview with Tasnim News, Ali Larijani stated…
The government has filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, seeking a suspension of the High Court’s directive to ban battery-powered rickshaws and auto-rickshaws in Dhaka. The appeal was submitted on Monday, November 25, to the relevant branch of the Appellate Division. According to the Attorney General’s office, a hearing on…
US and UK confirm mysterious drone sightings over three American air bases in Britain The United States and Britain have confirmed unidentified drones were spotted flying over three US Air Force bases in the UK. The incidents occurred between Wednesday and Saturday (November 23) at RAF Lakenheath, Mildenhall, and Feltwell. A US Air Forces in…
At least 82 people have been killed and 156 others injured in three days of deadly ethnic violence in northwestern Pakistan, a local official confirmed on Sunday (November 24). Speaking on condition of anonymity, an administrative official from Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province told media that among the deceased, 16 were Sunni and 66…
Eleven people have died from dengue fever in the last 24 hours, marking this year’s highest single-day death toll. The total death count has now reached 459, while 1,079 new patients have been hospitalized during this period. The health directorate announced these figures in a bulletin on Sunday (November 24). Among the 11 deceased, nine…
In the last fiscal year, Chittagong WASA reported a 30% water wastage, resulting in a revenue loss of over 100 crore taka. Over the past decade, the system loss has doubled, with the rate in the 2013-14 fiscal year being 15.24%. According to Chittagong WASA’s annual report, the authority produced 176,511 million liters of water…
