The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has decided to reduce the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) again. Now, a retail consumer will get each 12kg cylinder at Tk 999 which was Tk 1, 074 (including vat). The price has been reduced by Tk 75.24. Md Nurul Amin, newly appointed chairman of BERC, at a press briefing on Monday at ...

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said on Monday that Bangladesh welcomes upcoming visits of some high level US delegations here as Dhaka wants to get more engagement with Washington on various issues. “We welcome the continuous engagement with the US .. we have nothing to hide … I believe we will have very good time with the US,” he told ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked public representatives to serve the people and meet their needs when working in their respective areas. “You will have to fulfil the needs and wants of the people who elected you with their votes,” she said, reports UNB. The premier said this at the oath-taking ceremony for the newly elected mayors and councillors ...

Newly elected mayors of two city corporations, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton of Rajshahi and Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury of Sylhet, took oath of office today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at a ceremony held at the Shapla Hall of her office, reports BSS. Later, 76 newly elected councillors of general wards and female councillors of the reserved seats of two city ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin returned home this morning from Saudi Arabia after performing the holy Hajj. A VVIP aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President and his entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport here at 1:47am today. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen, Dean of Diplomatic Corps, chiefs of the ...

Georgiy Sudakov scored twice as Ukraine came from behind on Sunday to upset France 3-1 in Romania in the last quarterfinal at the European under-21 tournament. Earlier, Anthony Gordon scored the winner as England, who have yet to concede a goal in the tournament, beat Portugal 1-0 in Kutaisi in Georgia to reach the last four. In Cluj Napoca, in ...

Argentina’s World Cup winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez arrived in Dhaka early Monday for a relatively short, but intense 11-hour visit. A plane, carrying the 30-year-old goalkeeper and some of his personal staff, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 5:10am. Martinez’s visit to Dhaka is not primarily focused on formal events. After a short pit stop at the hotel, he ...

Mitchell Starc sparked an England collapse at Lord’s on Saturday before Ben Duckett was given a controversial reprieve as the hosts maintained their bid for a remarkable win in the second Ashes Test. England were 114-4 at stumps on the fourth day, still needing a further 257 runs to reach a target of 371. If achieved, that would be England’s ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Jakob Etaat, Chargé d’Affaires of the Swedish Embassy in Dhaka, to protest the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm. On Wednesday, as Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Azha, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi who is said to have fled to Sweden several years ago, tore up and set ...

Elbows and knees do not usually get the same attention and care as compared to other prominent parts, which leads to conditions such as uneven or dark elbows and knees. Rrajesh Bakshi, Founder and CEO at COAL Clean Beauty, said, “Majorly underarms, knees, hands and elbows are prone to friction, wear and tear. It is essential to use naturally skin ...