The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday held a meeting with foreign diplomats stationed in Bangladesh to brief them on preparations for the upcoming national parliamentary election and referendum. The meeting began at 10:00am at the Ballroom of Westin Hotel in the capital’s Gulshan area. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin attended the meeting along with Election Commissioners Abdur Rahmanel ...

Barrister Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, has called for opening up leadership from the young generation and creating space for new voices in politics, stressing the need for inclusive participation to strengthen democratic practice. She made the call on Saturday afternoon during an informal interaction with the winners of a national reel-making competition titled ‘Amar Bhabnay Bangladesh’ ...

Bangladesh have added another historic chapter to their women’s football journey, clinching the SAFF Women’s Futsal Championship under the leadership of Sabina Khatun — the same captain whose hands once lifted the nation’s first and second SAFF Women’s Football titles. In the final match, Bangladesh produced a breathtaking performance to thrash Maldives 14–2, sealing the championship crown in dominant fashion. ...

Winter in Bangladesh is incomplete without the warmth, aroma, and nostalgia of traditional pithas. To celebrate this cherished seasonal heritage, Hotel Sarina Dhaka presents Pitha Utsav, a delightful celebration of authentic Bengali winter delicacies. This winter, Hotel Sarina Dhaka brings back the soulful experience of village-style pitha making, featuring a wide range of sweet and savory pithas prepared using time-honored ...

Myanmar opened the final round of its month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide in a junta-run vote critics say will prolong the army’s grip on power. The Southeast Asian nation has a long history of military rule, but the generals took a back seat for a decade of civilian-led reforms. That ended ...

India’s Adani group firms shed $12.5 billion in market cap on Friday, after a US markets regulator asked a court for help in serving summonses upon founder Gautam Adani and group executive Sagar Adani over alleged fraud and a $265 million bribery scheme. Reuters reported the procedural request from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in the regulator’s civil case ...

Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Saturday resumed protests demanding the election of the university’s central students’ union (SUCSU), announcing a complete shutdown of all academic and administrative activities until the polls are held. Protest leaders said the shutdown would take effect from Sunday and continue until the SUCSU election takes place. The announcement was made ...

Live natural yoghurt is the bedrock of my family’s diet. My six-year-old, for instance, gets through well over a kilo a week: for breakfast, she’ll have it with porridge, sometimes with blackstrap molasses, while most evenings she’ll have a generous bowl of yoghurt topped with frozen blueberries or mango before bed (ideally before teeth-brushing negotiations begin). To avoid excessive sugar ...

The Bank of England may not be able to lower interest rates as much as expected this year, due to strong UK pay growth and expected rate cuts in the US, one of its top policymakers has said. Megan Greene, a member of the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC), which sets interest rates in the UK, said she was concerned ...

If it was on the menu, a side helping of lettuce never made it to the table. Over blood-red steak and chips, Nigel Farage and Liz Truss came together on Monday for a discreet lunch at a swish Mayfair club, organised by a climate-denying US thinktank. Lois Perry, a former leader of the far-right Ukip party who is now Europe ...