News times

  Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his three-year-old daughter and dumping her body in a canal in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar. The incident took place last night in Konarpara area of Ward no. 9 under Jaliapalong union, said Durjoy Sarker, sub-inspector of Inani Police Outpot The victim was identified as Kaniz Fatema, daughter of Aman Ullah, 32, a resident of the same area. Quoting the child's mother, Josna Akter, SI Durjoy said she had gone to a neighboring house for work around 8:30pm yesterday when her other children rushed to inform her that their father was beating them with an iron rod and driving them out of the house. When she hurried back, she found the lifeless body of her daughter, the police official quoted the woman as saying. As Josna ran to call for help, her husband allegedly took the opportunity to throw the body in a nearby canal and then hid under the bed. Locals, noticing bloodstains, searched the area and recovered the child's body from...

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said those who want to delay the election are certainly not pro-democratic or supporters of the July-August revolution. “People want an immediate election. We have said this many times before, and we are saying it again. Those who want to delay the election are surely not pro-democratic forces and not pro-July-August revolution forces,” he said. Speaking at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, Fakhrul also said his party believes the country will move towards holding the election based on the discussions held between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Tarique Rahman in London. He alleged that a vested quarter is carrying out a false campaign to malign BNP. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said those who want to delay the election are certainly not pro-democratic or supporters ...

  Russia said Sunday it had captured another two settlements in east Ukraine, one in the Donetsk region and one in the Kharkiv region. Ukraine did not immediately comment on Russia's claim Moscow has been grinding forward on the front line for over a year, pressing its advantage against overstretched and outmanned Ukrainian troops. On Sunday, Russia said it had captured the village of Piddubne in Donetsk and Sobolivka in Kharkiv. Piddubne was home to around 500 people before the conflict and lies just seven kilometres (four miles) from the border of Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region. The Sobolivka village lies some three kilometres (two miles) west of the town of Kupiansk, outside of areas Russia claims it is holding, according to battlefield maps by the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In two separate Telegram posts, the Russian defence ministry said its army units had "liberated" the settlements of Poddubnoye and Sobolevka, using Russian spelling...

   Israelis protest for Gaza ceasefire as 78 Palestinians killed  Published  Click here to share on social media Sources in Gaza hospitals say 78 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombings today, at least 9 of them near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid hub in the north of Rafah, including three children. At least 743 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks at the notorious as Israeli forces continue to target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to cope with the wounded. Hamas says it is ready to start “immediately” on a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire, which will allow the desperately needed aid for Gaza. Hamas ally islamic jihad says it supports plans for talks on a truce with Israel, but demanded “guarantees” that the process would lead to a permanent ceasefire. The announcement came after it held consultations with other Palestinian factions and before a visit on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to W...