Staff Correspondent : A fire on a US Navy ship off Japan was finally put out after 12 hours early Thursday, the US military said, after local vessels spent most of the night dousing the blaze. Two US sailors were treated for minor injuries from the fire which broke out on the USS New Orleans in the southern island of Okinawa on Wednesday, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement. “The cause of the fire is currently under investigation… New Orleans’ crew will remain aboard the ship,” the statement said. The 208.4-metre (684-foot), 24,433-ton amphibious transport dock ship is…
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(BSS/AFP) – Asian markets mostly fell Wednesday morning, mirroring a rout of US tech titans the previous day as investors await signals of an interest rate cut in the world’s largest economy. The dips also came after top US and European military leaders met in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the mechanics of a possible Ukraine peace deal. Recent days have seen a whirlwind of diplomatic efforts to resolve the protracted war after President Donald Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Eyes are now on potential face-to-face talks between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who…
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today called upon all democratic political parties to maintain unity saying if distance is created among parties, it will facilitate the rise of the fallen fascist force. “Comments of some political parties have raised various questions in people’s mind. If distance is created among democratic political parties, it will make it easier for the fallen, defeated, and fugitive fascist forces to rehabilitate themselves,” he said. He was addressing as the chief guest at a discussion marking the 45th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal at the Bangladesh-China Friendship International Conference Centre in the capital.…
Staff Correspondent : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to United Hospital here in the early hours of today. Fakhrul was taken to the hospital after he fell sick at his Gulshan residence around 12.01 am last night, BNP Standing Committee member Professor AZM Zahid Hossain told BSS. He said the condition of the BNP Secretary General is now stable but he is under close observations of doctors. Zahid said Mirza Fakhrul is receiving treatment under cardiologist Professor Mominuzzaman. Earlier, on Tuesday evening, Fakhrul returned to Dhaka from Bangkok after his follow-up eye treatment. After arriving in…
A row between Israel and France over Paris’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting “antisemitism”. The Elysee hit back, calling Netanyahu’s allegation “abject” and “erroneous”. “This is a time for seriousness and responsibility, not for conflation and manipulation,” the French presidency added. Netanyahu’s accusation was sent in a letter addressed to Macron, seen by AFP, which said that antisemitism had “surged” in France following the French president’s announcement last month that he will recognise Palestinian statehood. Macron said France would formally…
(BSS) – Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is witnessing the signing of a joint declaration by 35 ministries over the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The event began at 11:00am at Shapla Hall at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) in Tejgaon in Dhaka, Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said.
Maherin Chowdhury, Masuka Begum and Mahfuza Khanam, three teachers, who died in a plane crash into Milestone School and College, will be remembered forever by the nation as a unique example of humanity and bravery, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said here today. Family members of the three teachers, who died in the plane crash, met the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna here this afternoon. Teacher Maherin Chowdhury’s husband Mansur Helal, two sons Adil Rashid and Ayan Rashid, sister Mehtaz Chowdhury, brother Munaf Mujib Chowdhury and close relative Kawsar Hossain Chowdhury; teacher Masuka Begum’s sister Papri Rahman…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today thanked British physicians for their timely response to treat the critically injured patients following the plane crash on the compound of Milestone School and College here last month. The British government sent a nine-member medical team to Dhaka to treat the burnt patients following the tragic accident. The team, which arrived in Dhaka on August 9, is not only treating the injured patients but also helping Bangladesh build its capacity to deal with similar situations in the future. “Thank you all for your response. It was not easy for us to mobilise everything so…
Staff Correspondent : Bangladesh will hold a three-day international stakeholders conference in Cox’s Bazar on August 25 before organising a high-level conference on the Rohingya crisis on September 30 in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The international conference will be held at Hotel Baywatch in the Inani area under Ukhia upazila in the district to resolve the Rohingya crisis. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is likely to attend the event as the chief guest. Confirming the matter, Cox’s Bazar Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Imran Hossain Sajeeb said the conference will be held on the occasion…
(BSS) – Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged all to come forward to protecting nature aiming to conserve the country’s fisheries resources. “Let’s learn to show honour to the nature; let’s learn to be kind of nature,” he told the inaugural session of the National Fisheries Week-2025 at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre here. Speaking as the chief guest, Prof Yunus said the fish is a gift of nature and it is a gift of Almighty Allah. He mentioned that people have been indiscriminately destroying the nature, the habitat of fish, and that is why they have to think…
