A mild cold wave has persisted in the northern district of Panchagarh for three consecutive days. The temperature in Tentulia was recorded at 9.7 degrees Celsius at 9 am on Sunday (January 5), according to the Meteorological Office.  Despite a foggy morning, sunlight emerged

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, central

Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 people over the last day, Palestinian medics said on Saturday, as mediators launched a new ceasefire push to end the 15-month-old war. At least 17 of those who died were killed in air strikes on two houses in Gaza City,

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Florida to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday, as the key European leader sought to buttress ties with Trump before his inauguration on Jan. 20. Members of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort welcomed Meloni with applause after

The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to the BBC. The weapons consignment, which needs approval from House and Senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions. The

Malaysia said Saturday it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country’s waters. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said the boats were located two nautical miles (3.7 kilometers) southwest of the northern resort of

At least 150 people have been killed in two days of intense air strikes on Gaza, including at least 73 people reported killed throughout Friday and 77 confirmed killed on Thursday. Amnesty International said Israel’s detention of Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safia

Myanmar’s military rulers will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country’s 77 years of independence from British colonial rule, state media said. The military said on Saturday that it had ordered the release “on

A judge has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his hush-money case in New York - less than two weeks before he is set to be sworn in as president. New York Justice Juan Merchan signalled he would not sentence Trump to jail time, probation or a fine, but

A US Army veteran who allegedly went to Lebanon and Syria to try to join Hezbollah has been indicted for attempting to support a “terrorist” organization, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a dual US-Irish national, was arrested in Chicago last

A top-secret lab in the UK is developing the country’s first quantum clock to help the British military boost intelligence and reconnaissance operations, the defence ministry said on Thursday. The clock is so precise that it will lose less than one second over billions of years,

Two children were among at least 10 people killed in a mass shooting that started at a restaurant in the small town of Cetinje in Montenegro and continued at three different locations, authorities said. A local man suspected of carrying out the shootings, identified by police as

Authorities say they are investigating the incident, in which seven people sustained minor injuries. One person has been killed and seven injured after a Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and exploded outside of a Las Vegas hotel partly owned by United States President-elect Donald Trump.

Suspected people smugglers will face severe curbs under new laws in Britain, the government said on Thursday, as it steps up efforts to fight illegal migration and strengthen border security. Those suspected will face travel bans, social media blackouts and restrictions on phone usage

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has suspended the work of Al Jazeera temporarily in the occupied West Bank over “inciting material,” Palestinian official news agency Wafa has reported. A ministerial committee that includes the culture, interior and communications ministries

A deadly car-ramming attack in New Orleans has brought chaos and mourning to the New Year’s Day celebrations in the Louisiana city, with authorities investigating the incident as an act of “terrorism”. At least 15 people were killed when a Ford pickup truck slammed

The United States has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia and Iran, citing alleged efforts to interfere in its 2024 elections. In a statement on Tuesday, the US Department of the Treasury said an affiliate of Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) and a

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues on New Year’s Day, with at least 17 Palestinians killed in northern Jabalia and the central al-Bureij camp. Days of heavy rain have flooded hundreds of makeshift shelters across the Strip, piling more misery on displaced

Russian gas supplies to EU states via Ukraine have ended after a five-year deal between Ukraine's gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom expired. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The 0.9 percent increase in 2024 was a slight slowdown from 2023, when the world population grew by 75 million people. In January