President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will extend his 20 years at the top of Turkey’s political landscape after winning the country’s presidential runoff election on Sunday. Erdogan received 27,513,587 votes, or 52.14% of the votes cast, according to figures released by the country’s Supreme Election Council, beating challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu who had 25,260,109 votes, or 47.86%. Turkey’s Supreme Election Council has ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh doesn’t want any more conflict rather it wants to improve the quality of people’s lives. “We don’t want any more unrest, conflict. We want to improve the quality of people’s lives. And we always wish it,” she said. In this regard, Sheikh Hasina referred to the peaceful democratic environment that prevailing in the ...

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha has urged the member states to do more and help The Gambia with funds to run the case in the International Court of Justice on Rohingya genocide. “We call upon all OIC member states to join them in this case and give support to this fund created by OIC. This ...

Decision anxiety happens when we overanalyse the options at hand and are not able to come to a decision about things. Anxiety coach and Therapist Carrie Howard shared a few tips on how to address decision anxiety in daily life and make things easier for us: Awareness: Before coming to any solution, we need to understand the root cause of anxiety. ...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a message to get the vote out as he cast his vote in Istanbul, greeting supporters and calling on Turks to vote, Al Jazeera reports. “I think the vote-counting process will be very fast today. It is important to see such elections for the presidency for the Turkish democracy,” the incumbent said after voting. “Participation at ...

Gazipur City Awami League president Advocate Md Azmat Ullah Khan has paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban. During the meeting on Sunday afternoon, Azmat Ullah Khan handed over two books written by him to the premier, Prime Minister’s deputy press secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher told BSS. The two books are ‘Rajnitir Mahakabi ...

Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS) has decided to reduce the price of gold by 1,749 per bhori following a decrease in the price of pure gold in the local market. With the latest cut, a customer will be able to buy one bhori of 22-carat gold (11.664 grammes) at Tk 96,695. The new prices will come into effect from Monday (May ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday asked all members of the Bangladesh Police to be more people-friendly in every activity. “Police members should take care so that their works become more people-friendly,” the President told Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun when he paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban in the afternoon, BSS reports. The President ...

The Bangladesh Embassy in Mexico City celebrated Bengali New Year 1430 with a vibrant and festive event on Saturday (May 27) at the Chancery. Originally scheduled for April 14, the celebration was rescheduled to May due to the holy month of Ramadan. The festivities commenced with the traditional “Procession for Wellbeing (Mongal Shovajatra)” from the Embassy premises, said a press ...

  The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) today handed over a cheque for Tk one crore as grants to rehabilitate the traders who were affected by the recent fire incident at Bangabazar clothing market in the capital. FBCCI President Md. Jashim Uddin handed over the cheque to the BangaBazar Complex Dokan Malik Samity today at the ...