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25 cadre service officials to go on strike on Sunday
03:17 PM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayOfficers from 25 cadres will stage a nationwide full-day strike on Sunday, March 2, demanding the reversal of punishments against 12 colleagues for Facebook posts and an end to inter-cadre discrimination.
PKK declares ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkey
03:02 PM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared it will implement a ceasefire with Turkey, heeding a call from its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to disarm, Kurdish media reports.
BGB DG condemns border killings, warns of tougher stance
02:18 PM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayBorder killings are never acceptable, said Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Saturday. He emphasised that those who illegally infiltrate from India are arrested and smoothly handed over within the framework of the law, but he questioned how long this will be possible.
All-out action to be carried out during Ramadan: DB chief
01:09 PM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (DB) is set to launch a special operation ahead of the upcoming Ramadan, announced Additional Police Commissioner and DB chief Rezaul Karim Mallick on Saturday.
Skype to shut down in May
12:23 PM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdaySkype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said.
Several vehicles robbed in Pabna
11:22 AM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayA daring robbery occurred on the road in Pabna, when robbers placed tree trunks on the road, halting at least 40 vehicles, including buses and trucks, early on Saturday. The incident took place around 1:30 am near the Chechaniya Bridge on the Pabna-Sathyia road.
Bangladeshi killed by BSF gunfire at Putia border
10:51 AM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayA Bangladeshi youth was killed by gunfire from the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at the Putia border in Bayek Union of Kasba Upazila, Brahmanbaria, on Friday evening. The deceased, Md Al-Amin, 32, was the son of Sultan Mia from the village of Putia in the district.
Ramadan in Saudi Arabia to begin today
09:54 AM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdaySaudi Arabia announced on Friday that the holy month of Ramadan will commence on Saturday, March 1, after the Ramadan crescent moon was sighted in the Kingdom.
No India or Pakistan-aligned politics allowed in Bangladesh: Nahid
09:20 AM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayNahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), said on Friday that politics aligned with India or Pakistan would not be allowed in Bangladesh. He emphasised, "We will rebuild the state with Bangladesh’s interests and the people’s welfare at the forefront."
Trump, Zelensky clash over Russia in tense WH meeting
08:46 AM, 01 Mar 2025 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky openly argued in the White House on Friday as they clashed on the need for compromising with what the Ukrainian president called Russia's "killer" leader.
July warriors officially launch ‘National Citizen Party’
06:32 PM, 28 Feb 2025 FridayA new political force named Jatiya Nagorik Party or National Citizen Party (NCP), initiated by the organisers of July mass uprising, has officially been launched. The name of the new party was announced at a rally in Dhaka's Manik Mia Avenue on Friday evening, February 28...
42 workers missing after avalanche in India
06:14 PM, 28 Feb 2025 FridayMore than 40 construction workers were missing after an avalanche in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Friday following heavy snowfall, officials said...