The body of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi is being taken to Dhaka university from Manik MiaAvenuefor burialafter ending his namaj-e-janaza there where thousands of people from all walks of lives took part. The janaza, administered by Hadi’s elder brother Abu Bakar Siddique,was held around 2:30PM at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Abu Bakar Siddique is the principal ...

Manik Mia Avenue is full to brim as thousands gathered the spot to attend the namaz-e-janaza of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. Security has been heightened as Chief Adviser, leader and activists of different political parties and general people are at the venue to attend the janaza. People were chanting various slogans including ”We will all be Hadi for ...

For screenwriter David Farr, The Night Manager’s return is a dream come true. Literally. “Having not thought about the show for five years, a vivid image came to me in bed one night,” he says. “I saw a boy in a Colombian monastery, waiting for a black car to come over the hill. For some bizarre reason, I knew who ...

Retailers are hoping for a last-minute dash for the shops this weekend after a lacklustre run-up to Christmas, with UK households forecast to spend £3.4bn, up more than 12% on the same weekend in 2024. Almost 50m shopping trips will be made by last-minute Father Christmases over the weekend, according to research by analysts GlobalData for Vouchercodes.co.uk, the vast majority ...

There was a time when England players threw around phrases like “the more the better”, such was their confidence in the chase. But tasked with knocking off a world record 435 runs to stop Australia winning this Ashes series at the earliest opportunity, one suspects similar words were not uttered on Saturday. Instead, having picked up six cheap wickets first ...

Have you ever wondered why some people eat small meals to control their weight, still gain it, while others eat without any portion control and manage to stay lean? Dr Saurabh Sethi revealed the reason behind this phenomenon in a recent Instagram post. On 9 December, Dr Sethi, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist trained at AIIMS, Stanford, and Harvard Universities, highlighted ...

The Christmas Day lunch, as even the most inattentive viewer of Eastenders will have grasped, is an emotionally charged occasion with the potential to escalate into an Armageddon of insults more explosive than a shoddily made Christmas cracker. Far safer to remove what is possibly the biggest point of contention — the lunch itself — and allow someone else to ...

Two Bangladeshi youths were shot dead by Indian Khasis near Sylhet border on Friday, according to local administration, police and Border Guard Bangladesh officials. The incident occurred around 12:00 PM at Damdama border under Uttar Ranikai Union of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet. The victims were identified as Ashiqur Rahman, 19, son of Buran Uddin, and Moshaeed Ali, 22, son of ...

Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, left Dhaka for London on Saturday morning, spending nearly two weeks by the side of party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. She departed around 8:48AM by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. This flight will reach London’s Heathrow Airport directly via Sylhet. BNP Media ...

Retail sales dipped unexpectedly last month as cautious shoppers prevailed and Black Friday discounts failed to boost spending in the run-up to Christmas, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in November. This follows a 0.9% drop in October, and was a surprise decline ...