Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are expected in Central Asia’s Kyrgyzstan Monday for a two-day summit, also attended by Iran’s and India’s leaders, of a regional bloc seeking to be a counter-influence to the West.Around a dozen heads o…
Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.The number of missing soared past 2,400 o…
The government has once again divided responsibility for the country’s 64 districts among ministers, state ministers, and Whips of the Jatiya Sangsad (national parliament).According to the government, those designated will supervise and co-ordinate l…
At one time, six local and mail trains operated on the Bhairab–Mymensingh railway route. People could travel to distant markets, workplaces or homes by paying fares of Tk 10–20. During the coronavirus pandemic, four local trains and one mail train on…
White is one of Sunidhi Nayak’s favourite colours.Sunidhi carries herself beautifully in lightly patterned cotton sarees.Sunidhi Nayak regularly wore sarees while living in Santiniketan.She still tries to keep up the tradition of wearing sarees to ev…
Goods are being unloaded from two trucks that met with an accident in the Shantinagar area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. Shantinagar area, Sarail upazila, 28 August 2026. Saline water has entered agricultural land in the Chakla area of Asashuni upazil…
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“Top terror” Mobarak Hossain, also known as “Gola Kata Mobarak”, was hiding with firearms in the false ceiling of a room, while police stood outside. As officers attempted to enter the room, Mobarak opened fire, shooting six rounds in quick successio…
Chinese authorities have assessed that risks from an overflowing lake formed after a glacier collapse that triggered catastrophic flooding on the China-Nepal border had become manageable by Friday afternoon, allowing suspended rescue operations to re…