For the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia is taking an intense interest in Cuba as Moscow has become increasingly isolated over its invasion of Ukraine, AFP reports. Top Russian officials have flocked to the island nation this year, starting in March with Nikolai Patrushev, Moscow’s secretary of the Security Council, alongside the executive director of ...

World Physiotherapy Congress is going to be held at Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from June 2 to 4. Marking the programme, the World Trade Centre of Dubai will turn into a place of gathering of around 5,000 teachers, students and practitioners from around the globe, said a press release of Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association (BPA). Amid Covid-19 pandemic in ...

Terming new US visa policy for Bangladeshis as ‘regrettable,’ Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) fellow Professor Mostafizur Rahman said, “It is very regrettable for us as a nation and citizens to force Bangladesh to a fair election with condition. I hope that everyone and all political parties will realize this matter. Politicians embody our national aspirations collectively.” He made the ...

Chinese vice-minister of foreign affairs Sun Weidong arrived in Dhaka on Friday night on a two-day official visit to discuss issues of mutual interest. He will have a bilateral meeting with foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen during his stay in Dhaka, UNB reports. The meeting will take place on Saturday morning at State guesthouse Padma. Director General (East Asia & ...

Four people, including a couple, were held with 50 kgs of hemp from Chunarughat of Habiganj district on Friday night. Police said they arrested the a couple –Faruk Mia, 55, son of Ansar Ali of the upazila, and his wife, with 30 kgs of hemp from their house at Kalishiri village of Ahmdabad union of the upazila. Meanwhile, RAB-9 of ...

It has been a year of Hollywood icons and ground-breaking women’s perspectives, but as an epic edition of the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close on Saturday, eyes turn to the jury for who will win a tight race for the Palme d’Or. There have been several strong contenders among the 21 entries in the main competition at the ...

West Indies A secured a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh A in the second unofficial Test match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Academy Ground. Kevin Sinclair’s all-round performance helped the visitors take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Winning the toss, West Indies A decided to field first and restricted Bangladesh A to 237 all out in the first ...

The deputy high commissioner (DHC) of Pakistan to Bangladesh and his family members narrowly escaped unhurt when a speeding passenger bus collided head-on with his car in Brahmanbaria on Friday, police said. Akul Chandra Biswas, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sarail Khantihata Highway Police Station, said that DHC Qamar Abbas Khokhar along with his wife Rehena Sarwar Khokhar, son Mohammad Khokhar and ...

In observance of the International Forced Disappearance Week, human rights activists and relatives of the victims of forced disappearances have formed human-chain in Feni. Chanting slogans against all sorts of forced disappearances, they called for returning the victims of forced diappearance to their respective families as soon as possible. Roushan Ara Begum, mother of the forced disappearance victim Juba Dal ...

A 16-year-old boy is due in court today over the murder of a man who was stabbed to death nearby a south London pub. Lucas Sutton, 22, died of his injuries after being attacked on Tuesday evening, not far from the Pawsons Arms. It is thought he sustained his injuries following an altercation on Mayo Road before officers were called ...