At least 25 were killed and 145 others were reported injured as heavy rain swept through Pakistan’s northwest that caused several houses to collapse. According to the authorities, rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat, and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province uprooting trees and knocking down electrical transmitters towers. Efforts are on to provide emergency relief Senior rescue ...

Thousands of Manchester City fans spilled onto the streets in celebration on Saturday after the English champions beat Inter Milan 1-0 to lift the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history. The blue side of Manchester had long lived in the shadow of rivals Manchester United until an Abu Dhabi-backed takeover in 2008 transformed City’s fortunes. Under ...

The 15th anniversary of release of Awami League President and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from prison will be observed tomorrow. On this day in 2008, Sheikh Hasina was released from the special sub-jail set up on the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) Bhaban after remaining captive there for nearly 11 months. The Awami League president was arrested from ...

According to a survey by WeddingWire India, the Indian division of The Knot Worldwide’s wedding technology platform, love marriages are becoming more acceptable in India. In the brand’s most recent poll, which was performed in 2020, 68 per cent of couples admitted that their union was pre-arranged. However, only 44 per cent of couples chose the option in the study ...

  Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said the election commission (EC) will monitor Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) polls through CCTV, and if a voter is unable to vote properly, they should shout and the EC will take necessary actions. “We will monitor the situation at all polling centres of the Sylhet City Corporation polls from Dhaka through ...

A fluffy white cat in a yellow dress perched on the top of a Bangkok cinema seat while, nearby, a Chihuahua in a Sebastian the Crab costume geared up to watch Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ with their owner. One terrier even channelled Ariel in a red wig and mermaid’s tail. They were among dozens of four-legged film-goers that arrived in ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP has brought Jamaat-e-Islami in field to carry out arson terrorism. “Jamaat’s real guardian – BNP – brings it in the field. It means, they are preparing to carry out arson terrorism and vandalism again,” he told a peace rally arranged by Dhaka City ...

A once-daily pill halved people’s risk of dying from a common lung cancer when they took the drug after tumour-removal surgery, trial results from a global study show. The research, published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that taking the drug osimertinib after surgery dramatically reduced the risk of patients dying by 51 per cent. The researchers ...

The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Canada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) to promote Bangladeshi products in Canadian market. CCCI President Mahbubul Alam and CBCCI Executive Vice President Areef Rahman signed the MoU in presence of ‘Canada Trade and Investment Expo 2023’ Ambassador Fardous Ahmed at a function ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh has announced that there will be no election in Bangladesh without the caretaker government in power. The party’s top leaders also announced to sit for talks with the government over holding the next general elections under a caretaker government. Speaking at a rally at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) Auditorium at Ramna in the capital on Saturday afternoon, ...