City markets countrywide are once again witnessing the arrival of litchi, the succulent summer fruit loved for its unique taste, flavour and colour. The litchi farmers are optimistic about earning good profits this year due to the higher prices they are receiving compared to the past few years. However, the current price is beyond the purchasing capacity of the average ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Monday afternoon for Doha on a three-day official visit to attend the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) 2023 to be held on May 23-25. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3.13pm, Prime Minister Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS. ...

A Dhaka court has fixed June 22 for submission of the probe report in a case filed over the killing of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in February 2012. With this, the deadline for submission of probe report in the case deferred for the 98th time. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashidul Alam passed the order on Monday as ...

Preparations are underway to set up a 100-bed burn unit at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet to provide quick and improved medical care to patients who have been burnt by fire. After the tender in 2018, there was a delay due to various reasons, but finally the burn unit from 3rd to 7th floor of the hospital is ...

A new pandemic accord under negotiation must be a “historic agreement” marking a dramatic shift in the approach to global health security after the Covid crisis, the WHO chief said Sunday. “We cannot simply carry on as we did before,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as he opened the World Health Organization’s annual assembly in Geneva. WHO’s member states have begun ...

The High Court on Monday wanted to know whether Rajshahi BNP leader Abu Sayeed Chand, who earlier thretened to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was arrested. At the same time, the court also asked about the latest steps of the police over the issue. An HC bench of Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan asked ...

Lyon, the record eight-time winners of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, retained the French title on Sunday with a 1-0 victory away to rivals Paris Saint-Germain. They began the day three points ahead of PSG at the top of the table with one game remaining after this one, and so knew a victory would secure a 16th domestic title overall. ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said if BNP wants to halt the upcoming general elections, it will be resisted unitedly. “If BNP wants to halt the elections without joining it, the party will be resisted with the help of people. The ruling party will no longer respond to BNP by holding ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is planning to carry its passengers up to the west coast of the United States with the help of other carriers via Japan through code sharing, as the national flag carrier is set to resume its Dhaka-Narita route from September 1. “We are exploring with other airlines interlinking or code sharing so that we can offer our ...

■ Muhammed Shahed Rahman ■ United Kingdom women community meeting was held in Sylhet City Corporation with the support of mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury. On Saturday (May 20, 2023) at the Micro Business Center in East London, a meeting was held in support of Awami League candidate Anwaruzzman Chowdhury in the Sylhet City Corporation elections under the initiative of the ...