BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A retired army member, Rezaul Karim, 43, was killed in a road accident on Tuesday morning after a bus hit his motorcycle in the Meghla Talukdarpara area on the Bandarban–Keranihat road. Karim, a resident of Shekherkhilla in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar and the son of the late Badiul Alam, was travelling towards […]Continue Reading
New intelligence obtained by the United States suggests that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing multiple US officials familiar with the intelligence, Reuters reports. It was not clear whether Israeli leaders have made a final decision and there was disagreement within the US government about whether they […]Continue Reading
Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir will be promoted to the rank of field marshal, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Tuesday, the first time in almost 60 years that a general has been elevated to the role, Reuters reports. His promotion, which was approved by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister […]Continue Reading
The Spanish prime minister on Wednesday described Israel as a “genocidal state” and said Spain “does not do business with such a country,” marking his strongest language yet on the issue, Anadolu Agency reports. During a parliamentary question-and-answer session in Madrid, Pedro Sanchez responded to criticism from Gabriel Rufian, a Catalan member of Continue Reading
Speaking at a UN event commemorating Nakba Day, Geng Shuang, Chinese deputy permanent representative to the UN, urged the international community to take real actions to advance the two-State solution and bring a just, lasting resolution to the Palestinian issue, CGTN reports. He reaffirmed China’s firm support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS DESK Several individuals identified as “Bangladeshi nationals” by Indian authorities have been transferred to Tripura, raising the possibility of renewed push-back operations into Bangladesh, BBC Bangla reports. Following the recent militant attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, law enforcement agencies across various Indian states have intensified Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER A faction of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) is reportedly conducting behind-the-scenes activities in Dhaka aimed at influencing the outcome of an ongoing Supreme Court case related to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation, 1900 (also known as the Hill Tracts Manual). According to sources familiar with the matter, a review petition […]Continue Reading
Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency, CNN reports. Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday. Describing the […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft safely landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka without one of its wheels, as the wheel came off from the Dhaka-bound airliner shortly after it took off from the Cox’s Bazar airport. Biman Bangladesh Airlines general manager for public relations ABM Rawshan Kabir said […]Continue Reading
Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman is set to link up with Delhi Capitals for a brief stint in the ongoing IPL 2025, having received clearance from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The left-arm seamer will be available from May 18 to May 24, following his participation in Bangladesh’s first T20I against the UAE in Sharjah on […]Continue Reading
