Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Dhaka Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. “During the meeting, the president said Bangladesh’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is excellent,” president’s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS later. The head of the state thanked the Saudi government for facilitating the Hajj process ...

A Dhaka court on Sunday set June 20 for submitting the investigation report in a case filed over a blast in a seven-storey building in the capital’s Gulistan area on March 7. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chonda passed the order as the concerned investigation officer failed to submit the report on Sunday. Police filed the case with Bangshal Police ...

The transport workers have called an indefinite strike in Sunamganj from May 29 protesting assaulting the transport workers and vandalizing vehicles and demanding case withdrawal and an end to extortion from the bus drivers. Sunamganj district bus, minibus and microbus workers union announced the strike in a press conference at Sunam New Bus Stand on Sunday afternoon. General Secretary of ...

Sylhet’s rail communication with Dhaka and Chattogram was restored around 12:30pm on Sunday after around seven hours of disruption. Md Toufiq Azim, trafic inspector of Kulaura railway section, said after completing the salvage operation of the derailed three bogies, the train movement became normal. A train of Kalni Express left Bhanu Station for Dhaka at 12:30pm, he said. Earlier at ...

Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzaque has said a decision on onion import will be taken within two to three days after monitoring the market situation. “I know that all middle- and limited-income people are suffering. The price of onion should not be Tk 80 per kg. At the policy level, we are putting emphasis on the interests of our local ...

An High Court bench of Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam will hold a hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition that sought cancellation of charge framing order in Niko graft case. The Anti-Corruption Commission’s lawyer Md Khurshid Alam confirmed the matter on Sunday. Earlier on May 17, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer submitted a petition with the High ...

The British government on Friday unveiled a new £1 billion semiconductor strategy to invest in infrastructure, research and security as the UK tries to diversify its chip supply chain. The plan would “safeguard supply chains from disruption and protect tech against national security risks”, the UK government’s department for business, energy and industrial strategy said in a statement. The investment ...

The train services of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chattogram, which was restored after 15 hours of suspension following a derailment at Lawachhara National Park in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila on Saturday, suspended again from early Sunday. Bhanugach Railway Station master Kabir Ahmed said they halted the train movement on the route from 5am due to rescue operation. “Two relief trains from ...

Martin Amis, whose novels Money and London Fields made him one of the most renowned literary figures of his generation, had died aged 73. The British author died at his home in Lake Worth, Florida, the New York Times reports. His wife, writer Isabel Fonseca, told the newspaper the cause of his death was esophageal cancer. It is the same ...

World Cocktail Day is just around the corner & what better way to celebrate than with some delicious & easy to make cocktails? Whether youre a professional mixologist or a home bartender, these cocktail recipes are sure to impress your guests & make for an unforgettable World Cocktail Day! MANGO BASIL LEMONADE A simple and fresh recipe uniting Hennessy Very ...