The UK’s party leaders have clashed in the first TV election debate on a range of issues including the NHS, immigration and the deficit. It is the only time David Cameron and Ed Miliband will appear together on TV ahead of 7 May’s polling day. The Conservative and Labour leaders, as well as the leaders of the Lib Dems, UKIP, ...

The Sylhet city’s and district area was submerged after a sudden heavy downfall. , the rainfall for about two hours in the city inundated streets in several parts in the city, wreaking havoc on life and trade. Water logging was created in many streets due to the rainfall. The areas include Mirabazar, Shibgonj, Modina Market and Zindabazar. The temperature will ...

Two people were killed and 10 others injured as a minibus overturned at Kalapur in Sreemangal upazila on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Parvin Begum, 35, wife of Abul Kashem, haling from Thanabazar in Sadar upazila, and Amir Hossain, 23, son of Harun Miah of Missionpara in Kulaura upazila. Locals said the Moulvibazar-bound minibus rolled over in the ...

The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has taken the top position among Bangladeshi universities in a ranking of world universities prepared by website www.webometrics.info. The SUST also ranks 2400 in the world, according to the latest ranking list. SUST Vice-Chancellor Dr Aminul Haque Bhuyan on Wednesday informed this to university authorities over phone. Students and teachers brought out ...

The first day of Higher Secondary Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations was held in Sylhet without any untoward incident. The examination began at 10am and ended at 1pm. Total 477 students absent 1st day in Sylhet Education Board. Md Abdul Mannab Khan, Exam Controller of Sylhet Education Board told that the first day of the examinations under Sylhet Education Board ...

In celebration of Women’s month Pearl Advertising hosted the Women’s Day Bazaar 2015 on Saturday the 28th March at the Montefiore Centre in East London. The aim was to help women promote their skills and businesses under one roof, which was certainly the case with more than 30 stall holders and over 300 women, men and children attending the free ...

Deepika Padukone’s latest video on ‘women empowerment’ has triggered an online debate over feminism and the way the video My Choice defines feminism. Joining the popular side of the debate now is Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha. Speaking at an event in Mumbai, Sonakshi said, “Women empowerment is not always about the kind of clothes you wear, not about who you ...

Eyes: We use them to see the beauty in everything. Shakespeare even said they are the windows to our souls. They are the first things we look at on another person. They can tell us when someone is lying or telling the truth, and they can even tell us when someone is in love. And apparently, our peepers can tell ...

At least 54 people have died and 15 are missing after a Russian trawler sank late on Wednesday in the Western Pacific Ocean near the Kamchatka Peninsula, an officer at a maritime rescue coordination center in the area said. Viktor Klepikov, coordinating captain of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky maritime rescue coordination center, told Reuters that there were 132 people on board the ...

Major powers and Iran have stretched talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme into a second day past an end-March deadline, with diplomats saying the chances for a preliminary deal were balanced between success and collapse.   Both Brent and US crude prices snapped three-session losing streaks on Wednesday, gaining $2 or more after data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed ...