Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday (6 April). The meeting took place at the Prime Minister’s Office at the Bangladesh Secretariat, according to a statement issued by the PMO. They discussed bilateral engagement with focus on people-centric cooperation in multiple domains aligned with the national development priorities of ...

Iran launched fresh attacks across the Middle East on Monday and threatened “devastating” retaliation, after US President Donald Trump’s expletive-laced warning that Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates reported a barrage of missile and drone strikes early Monday. The attacks came as Tehran ramped up rhetoric against Trump, with Tehran’s central military ...

After raising prices in four successive rounds, the Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (BAJUS) has finally decided to reduce gold prices in the domestic market. The organisation has lowered the price of 22-carat gold by Tk2,158 per bhori, setting the new rate at Tk245,819. The revised prices came into effect from 10:00am. BAJUS disclosed the decision in a statement issued on Monday ...

Israeli firefighters were searching for two missing people in the rubble of a residential building in the northern city of Haifa after it was struck by an Iranian missile that killed two others, authorities said Monday. The direct hit on a seven-storey building tore through sections of the structure which has partially collapsed, the military and rescue services said. AFP ...

Leeds United keeper Lucas Perri was ​their shootout hero as they edged hosts West Ham United 4-2 on penalties on Sunday to reach the ‌FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1987 after surrendering a commanding 2-0 lead in a dramatic finale. West Ham scored twice within four minutes in second-half stoppage time to wipe out Leeds’ comfortable advantage ...

Vietnam’s parliament convened on Monday for a new session in which it will confirm top state leaders including the president and prime minister, posts already selected by the ruling Communist Party but not yet announced. Vietnam’s 500-seat National Assembly serves mainly to ratify decisions made by the ruling party, although it occasionally amends proposed legislation. Its members were elected last ...

Thousands of hectares of boro paddy in Sunamganj’s haor areas are under threat as severe waterlogging triggered by unusually heavy upstream rainfall continues to inundate croplands across the district. The situation has turned critical since the last week of March when excessive rainfall in upstream catchment areas caused rivers to swell and overflow, sending water rushing into the low-lying haors. ...

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Sunday underscored the necessity of a planned and phased transition for Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status to ensure the national economy remains resilient against potential risks. “The transition process must be managed meticulously to protect trade and industrial sectors,” he said during a high-level meeting with United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for cooperation from people of all religions to build a happy and prosperous “Better Bangladesh.” He made the remarks on Sunday at a goodwill reception organised at the Cabinet Division conference room at the Secretariat on the occasion of Easter Sunday, one of the most important religious festivals of the Christian community. Prime Minister’s ...

Brings old-school charm to a touristy part of town Burro, a new Italian restaurant in Covent Garden, London, had been on my horizons even before the napkins were on order, because Conor Gadd, the chef-owner, has form. His first restaurant Trullo, up in Islington, has sat unshakably around the top of my recommendations list for about 15 years and is ...