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Khaleda returns home after treatment in London
10:54 AM, 06 May 2025 TuesdayBNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has returned home after receiving nearly four months of medical treatment in London, United Kingdom.
Drone attacks disrupt traffic at over dozen Russian airports
10:47 AM, 06 May 2025 TuesdayMore than a dozen Russian airports had to restrict their traffic due to drone attacks overnight to Tuesday, Russian authorities reported, including in Moscow days before a planned military parade.
Security tightened at Khaleda’s Gulshan residence
09:54 AM, 06 May 2025 TuesdayFormer Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is returning home on Tuesday after undergoing medical treatment in London for the past four months. Upon arrival, she will travel directly by road from the airport to her home, ‘Feroza’, in Gulshan.
BNP supporters gather at airport to welcome Khaleda
09:21 AM, 06 May 2025 TuesdayBNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is set to return to the country on Tuesday after undergoing long-term treatment in London, sparking excitement and enthusiasm among party leaders and activists.
Israel plans to seize Gaza, troops to stay indefinitely
08:32 AM, 06 May 2025 TuesdayBenjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has approved plans to seize the Gaza Strip and station troops there indefinitely – a move that would vastly expand Israel’s operations there and draw fierce international opposition.
Khaleda Zia departs London for Dhaka
09:52 PM, 05 May 2025 MondayBNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia departed London’s Heathrow Airport for Dhaka on Monday, May 5, at 3:35 pm Greenwich Mean Time, aboard a Qatar royal air ambulance provided by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, concluding a 117-day medical stay.
Denim Expo 2025 to drive global denim trends from Dhaka
09:01 PM, 05 May 2025 MondayThe 18th Bangladesh Denim Expo, set for May 12–13, 2025, at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka, is poised to reinforce Bangladesh’s role as a global denim powerhouse.
Rome keen to ‘renew’ and ‘relaunch’ ties with Dhaka
08:53 PM, 05 May 2025 MondayItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is slated to visit Bangladesh before September 2025 to bolster bilateral ties, announced Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi during a meeting with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday, May 5.
Khaleda at Heathrow, set to return to Dhaka
08:12 PM, 05 May 2025 MondayBNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday, May 5, at 7:45 pm Bangladesh time, en route to Dhaka after a 117-day medical stay, confirmed Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, her physician and BNP standing committee member, via media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan.
Bangladesh’s export boom hits a snag: April’s slump raises concerns
07:49 PM, 05 May 2025 MondayBangladesh’s export earnings, which powered a robust 9.83% growth to $40.20 billion in the first 10 months of the 2024–25 fiscal year, stumbled in April 2025, posting a meagre 0.83% year-on-year increase to $3.016 billion, up from $2.99 billion in April 2024, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
Firefighters quell Bailey Road mall blaze, rescue 18 alive
07:28 PM, 05 May 2025 MondayFirefighters extinguished a blaze in the basement of the Capital Siraj Center shopping mall on Bailey Road, Dhaka, at 7:47 pm on Monday, May 5, after a one-hour battle.
Fire erupts at Bailey Road restaurant, fire-engines trapped in traffic
07:14 PM, 05 May 2025 MondayA fire broke out at a restaurant on the ground floor of the 10-storey Siraj Tower on Bailey Road, Dhaka, at 6:47pm on Monday, May 5, prompting the deployment of three Fire Service and Civil Defence units.