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The cities standing out in 2026

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- New York, London and Paris have topped Oxford Economics' 2026 Global Cities Index, which ranks 1,000 cities across governance, economics, human capital, environment and quality of l... Read More


'Teen gangs': 624 detained in Cumilla

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- Police have detained 624 people in Cumilla on suspicion of involvement in teenage gangs and are questioning them as part of a district-wide operation. The detainees were apprehende... Read More


Trump welcomes Xi with 100-foot red carpet

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has received an elaborate welcome from US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews, featuring a 100-foot red carpet, a 21-person honour guard, milit... Read More


Biman, Boeing sign deal to buy 11 aircraft

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- A supplementary agreement has been signed between state-owned flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines and US aircraft manufacturer Boeing to buy 11 more aircraft. The agreement was ... Read More


9 killed in India bus fire

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- At least nine people, including a woman, have been killed and several others injured after a sleeper tourist bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noid... Read More


Bad weather hits Bangladesh LNG offloading

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- Adverse weather in Cox's Bazar's Moheshkhali is disrupting the transfer of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) from ships to floating terminals, Petrobangla has said. Meanwhile, g... Read More


Vogue World draws attention with robots on runway

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- Vogue World's Milan edition has drawn criticism after humanoid robots appeared on the runway, with the performance receiving more attention than the fashion itself, TechCrunch repor... Read More


Zaima appointed legal officer in UNGA president's office

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's daughter Zaima Rahman has been appointed as a legal officer in the office of Khalilur Rahman, president of the 81st session of the UN General Assembl... Read More


Iran vows to keep nuclear programme: NYT

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed that his country will not accept limits on its civilian nuclear programme in a defiant speech to the United Nations General Assembly. ... Read More


Teen-gang crackdown leaves Cumilla families waiting

Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- A mother sits at a Cumilla police station with her son Niloy Sarkar's SSC and HSC certificates. Police said he would be released if she could prove he was a student. Police picked ... Read More