Addressing the ruling Awami League government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government’s bell of departure has started ringing. Their time is over. Still there is time to hand over power to a caretaker government. He was speaking at a demonstration in front of the party’s central office at Nayapaltan in the capital on Saturday afternoon. ...

Bangladesh pledged voluntary contribution of $50,000to to the “United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)” for the year 2023 . The announcement came at the UNRWA pledging conference held Saturday at UNHQs, said a press release. The modest contribution is a demonstration of steadfast commitment of the Government and people of Bangladesh to ...

French champions Paris Saint-Germain announced on Friday that veteran former Spain defender Sergio Ramos will join Lionel Messi in leaving the club at the end of the season. Ramos, 37, arrived in French capital in 2021 after a trophy-laden spell with Real Madrid, lifting the Champions League on four time. “We would like to express our immense gratitude to Sergio ...

Britain’s King Charles III was received with military honours at Romania’s presidential palace in Bucharest on Friday, as he kicked off his solo visit in the eastern European country. The anthems of Great Britain and Romania sounded out as the country’s President Klaus Iohannis, who attended Charles’ coronation in London last month, welcomed the newly crowned king. The meet-and-greet on ...

At least 288 people are now known to have been killed and 850 injured in a multiple train collision in India’s eastern Odisha state, officials say. More than 200 ambulances were sent to the scene in Balasore district, says Odisha’s chief secretary Pradeep Jena, BBC reports. One passenger train is thought to have derailed before being struck by another on ...

The inglorious Bangladeshi summer is here with a drumroll, or rather, heatwaves! Call it what you will, but summers do allow us a lot of liberty in terms of fashion. One can experiment with sleeves, cuts, colours and most importantly, silhouettes. Sundresses are an eternal favourite for summer. Easy, breezy and beautiful — what’s not to like? In fact, a ...

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal praised the strong Afghanistan as he urged to improve in all three categories to beat the Afghans in the upcoming complete series. Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have been playing regularly in franchise cricket for the last few years. It’s undoubtable that their experience is increasing as they play with experienced cricketers of ...

The number of high blood pressure patients is increasing day by day. Earlier it was thought that this problem only affects the elderly. But that perception has changed. High blood pressure problem is also occurring among many young people now. Experts blame it on our lifestyle. It is important to make lifestyle changes to reduce the problem of high blood ...

There are currently about two and a half million expatriates engaged in various professions in Kuwait. Among them, the number of expatriates from Chittagong Division and Sylhet Division is significant. The expatriates of these two categories have to go to Dhaka from Kuwait and wait for a long time to take another plane to their destination. Many times you have ...

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh’s senior nayebe ameer Allama Shah Muhammad Yahya passed away early Saturday. He breathed his last around 1:20am at United Hospital in the capital while undergoing treatment there. Shah Muhammad Yahya, also the director general of Al Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Uloom Moinul Islam in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila, had been suffering from various old age complications. As health condition deteriorated ...