Joint forces today arrested five people and recovered a large batch of illegal arms, ammunition and equipment used for criminal activities during a drive in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet. The arrested persons were identified as Gias Uddin, son of late Yusuf Ullah of Chiladia village in Jagannathpur upazila, Md Habu Mia, son of late Geda Mia of Rifatpur village under ...

Ingredients: * 2 cups rice flour * 1 ½ cups fresh coconut grated * ½ cup water plus additional for steaming * 1 tsp salt * 1 cup date molasses coarsely broken into small pieces (brown sugar can be substituted) * Also need 2 pieces of cheese cloth a deep small round bowl to shape the pitha, a bhapa pitha ...

Neymar has started his recovery process after undergoing minor surgery on his left knee on Dec. 22. The Brazil forward, who turns 34 on Feb. 5, arrived at the Santos training ground on Thursday and looked in good spirits as he worked out in the gym. Neymar did specific exercises to strengthen his left knee following the arthroscopic surgery to ...

Nestle Waters has been given the go-ahead to market its four French brands as “natural mineral water”, despite the use of filters before bottling. In two orders dated December 23, 2025, the prefect of the Vosges region in northeastern France authorised the company to install filters for its Contrex and Hepar brands. Two of the Swiss food giant’s other brands, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that truly an opportunity has created to build a liberal democratic state after many years. “A critical time, our leader Tarique Rahman has returned to the country from abroad. The dream of building this country that he has shown to us has made the entire nation much more hopeful today.” ...

Tasnim Jara, independent candidate for Dhaka-9 constituency, will be able to contest the upcoming elections as she has regained her candidacy. During an appeal hearing on Saturday, the Election Commission said that her nomination is valid. The commission announced the decision after the hearing in presence of Chief Election Commissioner. On January 3, nomination papers of Tasnim Jara have been ...

Bangladesh and the United States have discussed upcoming elections in Bangladesh, economic and trade relations, Rohingya issue and regional matters. National Security Adviser Dr. Khalilur Rahman met Allison Hooker, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Paul Kapur, Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department in Washington DC and discussed the issues. In the meeting with Under-Secretary, Dr. Rahman ...

Newly sworn-in US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen has said that he was delighted to return to Bangladesh, a country he is very familiar with. He made this comment after taking oath in Washington. In the Facebook post, the US Embassy in Dhaka said on Saturday it was pleased to welcome Brent Christensen as the new Ambassador to Bangladesh. In ...

Tarique Rahman has formally assumed charge as the Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), following the death of party Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. The announcement was made on Friday through BNP’s official Facebook page. According to the statement, the position of party chairman became vacant due to Khaleda Zia’s demise, prompting a meeting of BNP National ...

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Imran Haider, paid a courtesy visit to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday afternoon. The meeting was held at BNP Chairperson’s political office in Dhaka’s Gulshan. According to BNP sources, the two sides held cordial discussions on matters of mutual interest, the regional situation and bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan.