Bangladesh endured a heavy 5–0 loss to three-time champions North Korea in their second group match of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup at Western Sydney Stadium in Sydney, Australia on Friday. After showing a spirited performance against China in their opening match, Bangladesh were unable to maintain the same momentum against a dominant North Korean side. North Korea took full ...

Thousands of devotees and visitors joined a colourful celebration of Dol festival in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district, as young people and families immersed themselves in the joyous tradition of colours, music and devotion. Devotees offered trays of coloured abir; including red, purple, yellow and pink, at the feet of Lord Krishna as a symbol of reverence. From the morning, ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has called for objective research, writing and analysis on the July mass uprising, stressing the need to document its history from a neutral perspective. He made the call on Friday while speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the book “Journey of NCP,” the first publication written about NCP. He said the experiences of ...

The government has imposed limits on fuel purchases per vehicle as authorities seek to curb panic buying and prevent shortages amid global supply disruptions linked to the ongoing US-Israel conflict involving Iran. In a notification issued on Friday, the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) outlined new caps on the amount of fuel consumers can purchase at filling stations. Under the new ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami-Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has said his party was not consulted over any international agreements concluded during the tenure of the interim government, contradicting recent remarks by the foreign minister. In a statement posted on his verified Facebook account on Friday, Dr Shafiqur said several agreements had been signed with different countries during the interim administration’s time in office, ...

A total of 165 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated from Libya with the assistance of the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh), the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, the Libyan authorities and the International Organization for Migration. According to officials, the returnees arrived in Bangladesh at around 5:30am on a flight operated by Buraq ...

A blockbuster anti-obesity and diabetes drug could cost as little as $3 per month to manufacture once it goes off patent later this month, researchers said Friday, providing a major opportunity to boost health in low and middle-income countries. Semaglutide, the active molecule in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy treatments, leads to considerable weight-loss in patients and thus can provide ...

Four men were arrested in Britain on Friday on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service by spying on locations and people linked to London’s Jewish community, police said. The men, one Iranian national and three dual British-Iranians, were arrested by counterterrorism police at three separate addresses in the UK capital, the Metropolitan police said in a statement. The force’s head ...

BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Friday morning inaugurated a training workshop at the BNP chairman’s Gulshan office. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) arranged the training workshop for its lawmakers ahead of the first session of the 13th National Parliament, said Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atiqur Rahman Rumon. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee Members ...

Shocking allegations of corruption involving advisers of the former interim government are gradually coming to light. Not only that, serious accusations of corruption and irregularities have also been found against several officials who were appointed to different institutions on the advisers’ recommendations while they were in power. According to relevant sources, hundreds of complaints against former advisers have already been ...