People use a variety of methods to hydrate and cleanse their skin. While some people look for the best facial cleansers and moisturisers, others use water vapour and face steaming. Although a simple bowl or pot of hot water will suffice, some people add salt, lemon, tea, dried herbs, and oils to the water for added benefits. So, what are ...

A smart kitchen assistant app helps users with planning, shopping, and cooking. Saakshi Jain, co-founder of Zelish, suggests a meal plan with recipes can be easily prepared from home. The app understands a user’s food preferences such as their likes, dislikes, allergies. After successfully completing the Techstars programme backed by Bosch in Munich, the app was launched in April 2020. ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the Digital Security Act (DSA) will be amended by September. He stated it following a meeting with the visiting US State Department’s Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya at his secretariat office in Dhaka on Thursday. Following the meeting, the Law Minister told journalists that they discussed about the ...

The Bangladesh Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal launched e-Passport facilities on Wednesday. Secretary of the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Bangladesh, Md Abdullah Al Masud Chowdhury, and Charge d’affaires of the Embassy of Bangladesh, Md Alamgeer Hossain, formally inaugurated the e-Passport facilities at the Chancery through a simple ceremony in the morning, said a press release ...

Visiting US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya on Thursday met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in the capital. Two other members of the delegation US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia, USAID, Anjali Kaur met ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday submitted an application before the High Court seeking stay on its earlier order to permit expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to go abroad. Khurshid Alam, a lawyer of the ACC, filed the application in the morning. A court in Dhaka on June 1, ordered to return Samrat’s passport to him for ...

A Greek court on Wednesday sentenced seven people to life imprisonment over the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old football supporter, according to the ANA news agency. Seven of the 12 accused — none of them older than 26 — were found guilty of murder and jailed for life. The five others received sentences of more than 19 years for complicity, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated that Bangladesh has no intention to engage in war with anyone, saying her government has taken initiatives of overall development of the armed forces only to secure the country’s independence and sovereignty. “Actually, we don’t want to engage in war with anyone. Our vision is only to secure our Independence and Sovereignty,” she said. ...

Rishi Sunak has appeared to dismiss comments made by his Defence Secretary Ben Wallace which suggested Ukraine should show “gratitude” for military support given so far. The prime minister said Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy had “repeatedly expressed gratitude” for what the UK had provided since the war started in February last year. Mr Sunak was speaking to reporters on the ...

Visiting delegation of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday met Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at his secretariat office in the city. Three members of the delegation, Riccardo Chelleri, Dimitra Ioannou and Cristina Dos Ramos Alves, met the information minister. While talking to reporters after the meeting, Dr Hasan said no discussions regarding politics were held during the ...