January2025

Following the country’s second mpox case in less than four days, Sierra Leone proclaimed a state of emergency on Monday, according to health officials. According to authorities, neither patient had come into contact with any sick...

After more than four years, German-Iranian campaigner Nahid Taghavi was freed from Iranian detention. She was given a 10-year prison sentence for allegedly participating in an unlawful group and disseminating anti-state propaganda. She says she spent...

Following a brief and fruitless run with La Liga team Rayo Vallecano, Colombian captain and former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez has joined Mexico’s Club Leon, the teams confirmed on Monday. Rayo wished him “the best...

A Thai man serving a record sentence for insulting the monarchy has been hit with three more charges, a rights group told AFP on Tuesday. Mongkol Thirakot, 31, was sentenced last year to at least 50 years in...

Several teams selected wicket-keeper batsman Liton Das, leg-spinner Rishad Hossain, and speedster Nahid Rana in today’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) draft in Lahore. Peshwar Zalmi selected Nahid Rana, who has not yet made his T20 International...

A Ukrainian drone attack hit a gas storage tank in Russia’s Tatarstan region on Tuesday, sparking a huge blaze, authorities said. Local media published images showing flames and black smoke billowing toward the sky near the...

As Los Angeles struggles with massive wildfires, the Oscars’ awarding organization announced Monday that it was calling off its upscale nominees’ luncheon. As Hollywood attempts to manage the sad atmosphere during a time when it would...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged Kuwait government to recruit more skilled and semi-skilled manpower from Bangladesh. He made the call when the ambassador-designate of the oil-rich Middle Eastern country Kuwait in Dhaka Ali Tunyan Abdul Wahab Hamadah...

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) today issued health guideline for all airlines and relevant airport stakeholders to take precautionary actions related to HMPV (Human Meta Pneumo Virus). HSIA executive director Group Captain Kamrul Islam issued the...

According to a report published on Monday by the British online publication The Independent, political fliers for anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq and posters for the UK’s Labour Party were discovered among the remains of the deposed...