1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (266+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan yesterday (3 April), leaving at least eight people dead in Afghanistan, officials said. The tremor, centred in the Hindu Kush about 150 kilometres east of the city…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago  (534+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 Land Day, or Yom al-Ard, is observed annually on March 30 by Palestinians to commemorate events in 1976, when six unarmed protesters were killed and more than 100 injured by Israeli forces during demonstrations against land confiscations in northern Israel. What…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (237+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 Astronauts aboard Artemis II have captured striking images of Earth as they continue their historic journey toward the moon. One image, taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman, shows a curved section of Earth through the spacecraft window. Another…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (308+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 Bangladesh Bank has called a special auction for 91-day treasury bills worth Tk5,000 crore as the government's demand for cash increases towards the end of the fiscal year. The central bank has scheduled the auction for 1 April, according to…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (947+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 US President Donald Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday after mounting frustration with her performance, especially over the release of files "on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump also felt Bondi was not moving quickly enough…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (123+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 Two separate mobile courts recovered 13,980 litres of illegally hoarded diesel in Narayanganj on Tuesday night (31 March), imposed fines and imprisoned the offenders. In the first operation, around 6pm, authorities raided a location next to the Eidgah of Meghna Depot…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (82+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 The district administration today (31 March) seized 25,000 litres of illegally stored diesel during a raid in the Faujdarhat CDA residential area of Salimpur union under Sitakunda upazila. Sitakunda Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Fakhrul Islam confirmed the seizure. Acting on…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1091+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 President Donald Trump on Friday requested a 10% cut in non-defence spending for the 2027 fiscal year and a massive $500 billion increase in the military budget, as the US continues its war against Iran. The 2027 budget request comes as the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (855+ words) About half a kilometre southwest lies Karnapara, a densely populated textile industrial hub and residential neighbourhood. Wastewater flows into the only remaining 20-foot-wide Karnapara canal throughout the day " a steady stream of blackish liquid mixed with industrial discharge." Residents say…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago  (677+ words) Saturday April 04, 2026 The expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry has taken an initiative to implement a new project worth about Tk1,013 crore to increase remittance inflows into the country. Titled "Leveraging Remittances in Bangladesh," the project will be implemented through three…...