MEXICO CITY, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday said she would ask the United States to share the $15 billion it expects to extract from convicted Mexican drug lord Ismael Zambada with her country's poor. Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Zambada pleaded guilty in a New York court on Monday to murder and drug trafficking, particularly of fentanyl -- a powerful narcotic responsible for tens of thousands of US overdose deaths annually. In pleading guilty the 77-year-old avoided the possibility of the death penalty but still faces life imprisonment at a sentencing hearing due at a later date. As part of the deal, Zambada, who had initially pleaded not guilty, agreed to forfeit $15 billion in...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - A high-level delegation from Bangladesh's National Defence College (NDC), now on an official visit to Mexico at the invitation...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - Health officials today said they recorded 432 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the past 24 hours. "During the...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The government has promoted Chief Executive Officer (additional secretary) of Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) SM Moin Uddin Ahmed...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The government has promoted Chief Executive Officer (additional secretary) of Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) SM Moin Uddin Ahmed...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The Advisory Council in principle today approved the draft of "Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Ordinance 2025" having provision...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - A meeting on the installation of signals from the Education Building to the Airport was held at the meeting...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has called for promoting the indigenous culture. "Before a nation is colonized physically,...
DAHKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) – A delegation of the Nepal Foreign Trade Association (NFTA), led by its President Shiv Kumar Agarwal and Secretary General...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) – The government today entrusted Additional Secretary Md Liakat Ali Mollah of the Law and Justice Division with the current...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today confirmed that no new Covid-19 infections in the country over a...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and three...
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The Department of Nuclear Engineering at Dhaka University (DU) today organized a freshers' reception and farewell ceremony at the...