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CIID seizes contraband worth Tk 28 lakh at Dhaka airport

Dhaka, Aug. 31 -- Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials seized 625 cartons of foreign cigarettes, a large quantity of whitening serum, zarda and foreign liquor in separat... Read More


DA, DOE take action to protect farmlands amid solar project expansion

Manila, Aug. 31 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are taking measures to establish clearer boundaries between lands allocated for power generation and those rese... Read More


PDEA secures convictions of 2 suspects in P7-M shabu drug sting

Manila, Aug. 31 -- Two individuals have been convicted by the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, and meted with life imprisonment, less than five months after their arrest for selling more than a ki... Read More


8 injured as bus overturns on Padma Bridge

Munshiganj, Aug. 31 -- Eight people were seriously injured after a Dhaka-bound passenger bus lost control and overturned on the Mawa-end slope of the Padma Bridge in Munshiganj on Monday afternoon. T... Read More


QC requires debris cleanup, repairs before project approval

Manila, Aug. 31 -- The Quezon City government is requiring public and private infrastructure projects to clean up construction debris and repair affected public facilities before their projects can be... Read More


PNP exec debunks '1-week duty, 2-week off' scheme for NCR cops

Manila, Aug. 31 -- The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Monday said it has identified a person of interest (POI) in connection with the fake reports circulating on social media that po... Read More


NAPC, CDA meet with Cordillera veggie farmers to curb crop dumping

Manila, Aug. 31 -- The National Anti-Poverty Commission-Cooperatives Sectoral Council (NAPC-CSC) said it gathered vegetable farmers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) on Monday for a consul... Read More


Comelec backs BPE debates ahead of Sept. 14 polls

Manila, Aug. 31 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is backing the conduct of debates ahead of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Regions in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections (BPE) next mont... Read More


Khalid, Swae Lee, Boys Like Girls to headline Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival 2026

Shillong, Aug. 31 -- American R&B star Khalid, hip-hop icon Swae Lee, and pop-punk favorites Boys Like Girls are heading to the Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival. The festival has two more headliners ... Read More


Dinesh Khara, Kaizad Bharucha emerge as frontrunners to lead HDFC Bank

Mumbai, Aug. 31 -- The HDFC Bank board is likely to consider appointing former State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara as its MD & CEO, to succeed its present HDFC Bank MD & CEO Shashidh... Read More