Waving flags, singing patriotic songs and carrying banners proclaiming "Egypt's men made us proud", thousands of supporters welcomed Egypt's national football team home on Friday after the Pharaohs produced the finest World Cup campaign in the country's history. Crowds gathered outside Alame

Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim quest to whittle down a list of tens of thousands missing. The death toll from Wednesday's twin earthquakes neared 1,500 peop

The rush of people travelling to their ancestral homes has increased traffic on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway before Eid-ul-Azha. As many as 53,246 vehicles crossed the toll plaza in the 24 hours from 12:00am on Monday to 12:00am on Tuesday A total of Tk 36.8 million was collected in to

Two motorcyclists were killed when an unknown vehicle hit their motorcycle while they were heading towards Sylhet for a trip on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abul Bashar, 35, son of Abdul Baten of Narayanganj distr

U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Qasrak air base on Thursday when a final convoy of soldiers and equipment departed the site in Syria’s Hasakah province, officials for both sides said. The Syrian army has now taken full control of most military sites in the country where the U.S.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rain and thundershowers at several places in eight divisions of the country, including Dhaka, for 24 hours commencing 9:00 am on Saturday. “Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to o

This Eid-ul-Fitr, 1,771 Eid congregations will be held in 121 Eidgah grounds and 1,599 mosques in Dhaka. There are no security concerns surrounding the Eid congregation, but “sufficient preparations” have been taken according to information from intelligence agencies, said Dhaka Metrop

Gold prices in Bangladesh have declined ahead of Eid, with Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) slashing the rate of 22-carat gold by Tk 7,640 per bhori. In a statement issued on Thursday, BAJUS said the new price of 22-carat gold has been set at Tk 254,625 per bhori (11.664 grams), effective