Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Lilly Nicholls has said her country’s Indo-Pacific strategy recognises that the future of the world is interlinked. She was speaking at a roundtable jointly organized by BIPSS and Canadian High Commission on the contemporary issue titled ‘Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: A New Horizon of Opportunity.’ In her opening remarks, High Commissioner Nicholls highlighted the significance ...

The Land Development Tax Bill-23 today placed in the parliament with a provision to collect land development tax through electronic system in every fiscal year instead of Bangla calendar year. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury placed the bill in the House with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, BSS reports. Piloting the bill, the minister said “All land development ...

Four persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Gopalganj’s Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The accident took place in Arambagh area on the Dhaka-Khulna highway at around 7:30 am. However, the identities of the deceased could be known immediately. Police said an ambulance was heading towards Dhaka from Khulna with patient. On the way, a ...

Recently, a young man named Shipan Ahmad (25) of Sylhet’s Biswanath Upazila has gone missing on his way to Italy, a European country. He is the son of Husmat Ali of Palerchak village of Rampasha Union of Shipon Upazila, who has been missing for about one and a half months (missing since May 26). The family members of the missing ...

Bangladesh’s ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has announced his retirement from international cricket. He announced this three months before the World Cup begins in India, bringing a sudden end to his 16-year career. Tamim was extremely emotional and in tears as he made the announcement at a press conference he arranged in Chattogram on Thursday, a day after Bangladesh lost to ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said members of the armed forces always stand by the people at home and abroad alongside discharging their professional duties. “Each of our forces always stands by the people alongside protecting the country’s independence,” she said, addressing the 48th founding anniversary programme of the President Guard Regiment (PGR), as the chief guest, at its headquarters ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has praised the recent Chinese diplomatic efforts that bore positive outcomes in the Middle East. He hoped China would continue to play important roles in mitigating many other crises in different parts of the world, “including ours.” Ambassador of China to Bangladesh Yao Wen met FM Momen on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

In a first, a drug discovered and designed using artificial intelligence (AI) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs, has entered human clinical trials. Hong Kong-based biotechnology company Insilico Medicine, in a statement, announced that the Phase II trial on oral dosage of INS018_055 is currently being conducted for over ...

Its not just Hollywood that’s been hit with Barbie fever, Bollywood has been quick to take to the much awaited film too. It’s Barbie energy everywhere, and top celebrities have chosen to wear pink all everything, from dresses to accessories and bejewelled shoes, pink in all its shades it is. Take a look: Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif chose a blush ...

The first ODI of the three-match series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan was interrupted by rain in Chattogram on Wednesday. Afghanistan captain Rahmanullah Gurbaz won the toss and elected to field first in Chattogram. They scored 144 in 34.3 overs losing 7 wickets before the interruption. Towhid Hridoy (42) and Taskin Ahmed (3) were batting at the crease before rain interrupted ...