Main opposition BNP has been allowed to hold its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on December 10 on 26 conditions by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). A notification was issued in this regard from the DMP Headquarters signed by Deputy Police Commissioner (Headquarters and Admin) Abdul Momen, on behalf of the DMP commissioner, reports UNB. Following BNP’s application, ...

A court in Dhaka has framed charges against husband Khandker Sakhawat Alim Nobel and his friend SMY Abdullah Farhad in actor Raima Islam Shimu murder case. Through framing the charges, trial in the murder case has formally begun. Dhaka Fourth Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Shafiqul Islam passed the order on Tuesday (November 29), rejecting the accused’s petition for ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday had her eyes checked up like a general patient after buying a Tk 10 outdoor ticket at the National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) in the capital. The head of government had been to the hospital at Sher-e-Bangla Nagor at 8am. She receives eye treatment from the hospital regularly, reports BSS. On her arrival, director ...

Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatization stemming from the existing name. Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958, but the disease is found in a number of animals, and most frequently in rodents. “Following ...

Bruno Fernandes scored twice to give Portugal a 2-0 victory over Uruguay on Monday and send them into the knock-out stages of the World Cup alongside France and Brazil. The Manchester United midfielder scored a cross-cum-shot nine minutes into the second half and then added an injury-time penalty following a handball by Jose Maria Gimenez. The match at Doha’s spectacular ...

The government has shared fiscal data, including for floods and related expenditures, with the IMF, and a team from the agency is expected to visit Islamabad soon, the ministry added. Under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Pakistan secured a $6 billion bailout in 2019 that was topped up with another $1 billion earlier this year, reports Reuters. “As part of the 9th review under ...

A female student hanged herself after failing the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations of in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila on Monday. Deceased Fahima Begum was daughter of Abdul Aziz of Jamkandi village. She took part as SSC candidate from  Birmangal High School. KM Nazrul Islam, officer in-charge of Gowainghat Police Station, said Fahima hanged herself at home on Monday afternoon, shortly ...

Casemiro’s stunning strike ensures five-time world champions Brazil qualify for the last 16 Brazil are through to the last 16 of the World Cup thanks to a 1-0 win over Switzerland. It was a hard-fought victory for Tite’s men, but after seeing Vinicius Jr’s goal controversially ruled out for offside, midfielder Casemiro collected Rodrygo’s flick to struck a beautiful goal ...

Awami League has announced its candidates for contesting elections to five municipalities and 51 union parishad (UPs). The nomination was given in a meeting of the Awami League Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board at the Prime Minister’s official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka on Sunday. Awami League Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired ...

The pass rate of SSC examination of Sylhet is lowest in the country this year. This year, 78.82% students have passed in this board. The pass rate in Sylhet is 18% lower than last year. However, despite the decrease in the pass rate, GPA-5 has increased by 2,371 in Sylhet. Arun Chandra Pal, Controller of Examinations, Board of Intermediate and ...