The government has officially declared BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as a Very Important Person and approved the deployment of the Special Security Force for her protection. The Chief Adviser Office issued the gazette notification on Monday (December 1). The notification was signed by Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, Director General (Administration) of the Chief Adviser’s Office, on ...

The NHS has been directing pregnant women to a website that connected them to the Free Birth Society, an organisation that has been linked to baby deaths around the world after promoting labour without medical support. A number of NHS trusts are directing women who are contemplating a “free birth” to a charity website that until Monday referred to FBS ...

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her “special influence” as ...

Fall is the perfect season to refresh your wardrobe with stylish, cozy, and comfortable outfits. As the weather cools down, full-sleeve shirts become a must-have for girls and teens who want to stay warm without compromising on fashion. This season’s trends blend comfort, textures, bold patterns, and playful silhouettes – making fall fashion more exciting than ever. Here’s a closer ...

The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, Sylhet on Sunday set January 7 to deliver the verdict in the case of the alleged custodial death of Raihan Ahmed at a city police station. Raihan, who was 34-year-old at the time of his death, died on October 11, 2020 allegedly after he had endured brutal torture at the Bandar Bazar outpost of the ...

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has cleared 18 major development projects involving a combined investment of Tk 16,0032.77 crore. The approvals came during an ECNEC meeting held Monday at the NEC Conference Room in Dhaka, presided over by Chief Adviser and ECNEC Chairperson Professor Muhammad Yunus. According to the Planning Ministry, the government will provide Tk 10,101.10 ...

Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for at least 400 people who have been reported missing, many believed to be buried under landslides, after cyclonic rains caused disastrous flooding nearly a week ago. The death toll on the island of Sumatra has risen to more than 440, the government says. Aid has been sent into affected areas by air and by ...

Sammilita Islami Bank PLC; the new entity formed through the merger of five financially distressed Islamic banks, has received its final approval from Bangladesh Bank. The approval was granted on Sunday at a special board meeting chaired by Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur. The newly formed bank is expected to begin full-scale operations in the first week of ...

New Zealand batting talisman Kane Williamson returns to the Test arena for the first time in a year to bolster the hosts’ line-up in the first Test against the West Indies in Christchurch, which begins Tuesday. The 35-year-old sat out New Zealand’s only other Tests this year — a 2-0 series win in Zimbabwe in August — but has a ...

Reza Kibria, son of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, has formally joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He intends to contest the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad election from the Habiganj-1 constituency (Ajmiriganj – Bahubal) under BNP’s electoral symbol ‘paddy sheaf’. The programme was held at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office om Monday where BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was ...