January 2024

Mehazabien Chowdhury loves to travel whenever she finds time in her busy schedule. Recently she flew to Malaysia to celebrate New Year's Eve and welcome a new year in a new place like she always dreamt. Star Showbiz catches up with the…

A new comic book chronicles the rise to stardom of South Korea's K-pop music sensation BTS and their recent transition to military service. TidalWave Comics has added the 22-page book to its Fame series, which uses the comic medium…

A merchant ship, with 15 Indian crew members, was hijacked last evening near Somalia's coast, ANI reported today quoting Indian military officials. Indian Navy aircraft have been deployed to keep a vigilant watch on the Liberian-flagged…

Australian opener David Warner drew the curtain on a 112-Test career spanning 12 years Saturday with a swashbuckling 57 against Pakistan, leaving his home Sydney Cricket Ground to a standing ovation. The polarising 37-year-old was…

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is the best player in the world, his coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday. The 20-year-old England international has taken La Liga by storm since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund this summer for…

Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State's (ISIS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources familiar with the intelligence told Reuters…

Mourners yesterday wept over the coffins of victims of two deadly blasts in Iran, and the interior minister said a number of suspects had been arrested over the attacks claimed by Islamic State. Crowds chanted "revenge, revenge" in state TV…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at the loss of four lives in the Benapole Express train fire in the capital's Golapbagh last night. She directed the authorities concerned to investigate whether the fire was…

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the result of the January 7 national election will determine who the opposition in parliament will be. During a press conference at AL's Dhaka district office in Dhanmondi, a…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is working on the assumption that he will hold a general election "in the second half of this year". In recent weeks, there has been speculation he might call one in May, when there are…