Allrounder Molineux named Australian women's cricket captain
MELBOURNE, Jan 29, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Spin-bowling allrounder Sophie Molineux was named captain of the all-conquering Australian women's cricket team across all three formats on Thursday, replacing the retiring Alyssa Healy. "It's a real honour to be named Australian captain and something I'm incredibly proud of, especially following on from Alyssa, who's had such a huge impact on this team and the game," said Molineux, who captains Victoria and the Melbourne Renegades. "We've got a really strong group with plenty of natural leaders, alongside a lot of exciting talent coming through." Healy, 35, announced earlier this month that she would retire in March, having taken over as captain in 2023 from Meg Lanning. Australia is the top-ranked ODI and T20 team in the world.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 29, 2026 03:18 UTC
UK car output hit by tariffs, cyberattack: industry body
LONDON, Jan 29, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's vehicle production tumbled as 2025 became the sector's "toughest year in a generation" amid US tariffs and a cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover, an industry group said Thursday. Factories producing mainly foreign-owned brands, including Japanese giant Nissan and Indian-owned Jaguar Land Rover, turned out a total 764,715 vehicles, down 15.5 percent on 2024, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. "2025 was the toughest year in a generation for UK vehicle manufacturing," said SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes. "Structural changes, new trade barriers, and a cyberattack that stopped production at one of the UK's most important manufacturers combined to constrain output," he said. He added that output was also hit by "ongoing restructuring as plants shift to a decarbonised future".
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 29, 2026 02:40 UTC
Samsung Electronics posts record profit on AI demand
SEOUL, Jan 29, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted record quarterly profits on Thursday, riding strong market demand for its artificial intelligence chips. Annual revenue stood at 333.6 trillion won, while its operating profit came in at 43.6 trillion won, the firm said. Its memory business also posted an "all-time high for quarterly revenue and operating profit", it said. - HBM race -Samsung's strong earnings come as key competitor SK hynix also saw its operating profit double last year to a record high, buoyed by the AI boom. SK said on Wednesday its operating profit soared 101 percent to 47.2 trillion won last year.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 29, 2026 02:38 UTC
SUNBURSTS | First Week Flurries
(Nathan Ellison/Sun Staff Photographer)SNOW TREKS | Students hike up the snow-dusted path near Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. (Adelaide Chow/Sun Staff Photographer)PENGUINS | Students slide down Libe Slope on their stomachs. (Samantha Miculinich/Sun Staff Photographer)BRIDGE | Students cross Beebe Dam Bridge amid flurries. (Sophia Romanov Imber/Sun Staff Photographer)DIY SLEDS | Students use cardboard boxes and garbage bags as makeshift sleds to slide down snowy Libe Slope. (Samantha Miculinich/Sun Staff Photographer)CLOSED | The wintry snowstorm closes off Cornell’s campus Sunday through Monday afternoon.
Source:Daily Sun
January 29, 2026 02:30 UTC
Two arrested, two flee after chase up Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff
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January 29, 2026 02:28 UTC
MAIA ON THE MIC | My Issue With Modern Slang
It seems as though the development of new slang words is accelerating more rapidly than ever before. I don’t want to be a buzzkill — I will fully admit that I often participate in using a trending slang word in my own speech. However, there are some slang words that have real implications for the way we talk about and treat our peers. And although the term “huzz” is typically supposed to be a “positive” way to describe women, its objectifying undertones still rub me the wrong way. Another problem I’ve observed with slang usage is more campus-specific.
Source:Daily Sun
January 29, 2026 02:25 UTC
Muhammad Yunus finally accepts reality, calls Bangladesh the world champion in fraud, urges people of the country to…
HomeNewsMuhammad Yunus finally accepts reality, calls Bangladesh the world champion in fraud, urges people of the country to…Muhammad Yunus finally accepts reality, calls Bangladesh the world champion in fraud, urges people of the country to…As per the report by The Dhaka Tribune, Yunus said, "Everything is fake. Visas are fake, passports are fake." New Delhi: Muhammad Yunus, the chief of the Bangladesh interim government, has made a shameful admission that will tarnish the country’s image. On Wednesday, Muhammad Yunus said that Bangladesh has gained an unmatched notoriety as the “world champion of fraud.” As per the Prime Minister, a large-scale document forgery has severely affected Bangladesh’s global credibility. In the last one and half years, Muhammad Yunus completely destroyed the country’s economy.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
January 29, 2026 01:49 UTC
Flagstaff, Coconino high schoolers walk out in protest of ICE
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Source:Daily Sun
January 29, 2026 01:40 UTC
Jamaat condemns attack in Sherpur, mourns local leader's death
DHAKA, Jan 28, 2026 (BSS) - Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar condemned the attack during an election manifesto reading in Jhenaigati, Sherpur, which led to the death of Maulana Rezaul Karim, Secretary of the Shibpur Upazila Jamaat. In a statement, Parwar called for the immediate arrest of those responsible for the violence and demanded exemplary punishment. Parwar criticized the failure of law enforcement to ensure the safety of the injured, urging the Election Commission to take immediate steps to ensure security and a violence-free environment before the elections. He extended sympathies to the bereaved family, saying, "Karim's martyrdom would not be in vain," and vowed to continue the fight against terrorism and oppression.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 29, 2026 01:18 UTC
Ex-CAAB chief engineer sent to jail in graft case
Ex-CAAB chief engineer sent to jail in graft casePhoto: BSSDHAKA, Jan 28, 2026 (BSS) – A court here today sent former chief engineer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Md Habibur Rahman to jail in a case lodged over the alleged misappropriation of TK 150 crore from the Cox’s Bazar International Airport terminal and runway construction project. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order after the accused was produced before the court. The investigation officer pleaded to keep him in custody until completion of the probe, ACC Public Prosecutor Delwar Jahan Rumi told BSS. A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) detained Rahman from the Segunbagicha area of the capital earlier today. The anti-graft body filed the case on January 27, 2025, against 10 people, including Tariq Ahmed Siddique, former security and defence adviser to the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 29, 2026 01:13 UTC
CHEEK | To Discriminate or Not to Discriminate
While we profess to celebrate diversity and academic freedom, we now operate under policies that directly attack both. Repeatedly, we see the University and the government say they want to do something, while actively doing the opposite. Last December, the University of Alabama suspended two student magazines, one with a largely female student readership and the other with a largely Black student readership. Zara Cheek Zara Cheek '28 is an Opinion Columnist and a student in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Her fortnightly column, Big Red, White and You, focuses on the intersection of campus issues, diversity, and American politics.
Source:Daily Sun
January 29, 2026 01:04 UTC
Corruption-free leadership essential for good governance: Golam Parwar
Photo: BSSKHULNA, Jan 28, 2026 (BSS)- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General and parliamentary candidate for Khulna-5 (Dumuria-Phultala) constituency Mia Golam Parwar today said good governance cannot be achieved by electing corrupt and dishonest individuals. Addressing a series of election rallies, Golam Parwar said the political parties which have ruled the country since independence failed to establish justice, ensure good governance and provide public security. The Jamaat leader said lasting peace, justice and stability would remain elusive unless honest, God-fearing and people-oriented leadership comes to power. Calling for peaceful coexistence beyond party affiliations, Golam Parwar urged voters to rise above personal and party sentiments and cast their votes in the greater interest of the nation. Earlier, he addressed election rallies as the chief guest at various locations, including Atlia Union and 18 Mile Bazar in Dumuria upazila under the Khulna-5 constituency.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 28, 2026 22:53 UTC
TIME calls Tarique Rahman “clear front runner” in upcoming polls
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman-File PhotoDHAKA, Jan 28, 2026 (BSS) – The US-based TIME magazine in its latest issue published today called BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman the “clear front runner” in the upcoming February 12 elections as it carried an analysis ahead of the polls. The TIME interviewer spoke to Rahman at the garden of his family home, “resplendent with bougainvillea and marigolds” when the new BNP chairman gave his first interview since returning home after 17 years in exile. but if you ask me to do something, I try my best,” Rahman told the magazine. The TIME wrote to his supporters, Rahman was a “persecuted redeemer returning to save his beleaguered homeland” while he “insists he’s the right person to heal his riven nation”. TIME wrote Rahman appeared “soft-spoken and introverted, preferring to listen rather than hold court” while his favorite pastime in London was strolling around leafy Richmond Park, “lost in his thoughts, or reading history books”.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 28, 2026 22:13 UTC
Is ‘Hamnet’ Emotionally Manipulative? Maybe. So What?
Zhao’s Hamnet opens with Agnes sleeping in the forest moments before she meets William. As may be discerned from the subtitle of Maggie O’Farrell’s original novel (Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague), the couple’s young son, Hamnet, dies while William is away in London. Emotional manipulation alone is not necessarily detractive or a malicious thing for a film to do, but overt emotional manipulation is distracting. In other words, we needn’t see the man behind the curtain, and there are moments in Hamnet where we do. My qualm with the emotional manipulation charge is that most of the film’s indelible emotional moments don’t come across as heavy-handed at all.
Source:Daily Sun
January 28, 2026 22:04 UTC
Jungle Salimpur: A 'Kingdom' of illegal settelments that defies state control
Jungle Salimpur, a sprawling 3,100-acre expanse of government-owned hills in Sitakunda upazila near Chittagong city, has evolved into a fortified enclave of illegal settlements and criminal syndicates. On January 19, a RAB-7 team entered Jungle Salimpur to arrest armed criminals, including gang leader Yasin Mia, during a BNP office inauguration. After the August 5, 2024 political shift, infighting escalated over land control and illicit trades, with recent beatings of RAB personnel. Local Journalists admitted that political patronage is a key reason the government has failed to reclaim Jungle Salimpur, where at least 20,000 residents represent a significant voting bloc. Chittagong Additional SP Russell Mia noted at a press conference that Jungle Salimpur hosts more rootless migrants from various regions than locals, making mass arrests inevitable in any raid.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
January 28, 2026 21:24 UTC