Long seen as the “London of Bangladesh” for its foreign earnings and opulent villas, Sylhet has been dealt a sobering blow. The country’s first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has revealed that the division is, in fact, the poorest in Bangladesh when measured by access to education, healthcare and living standards. Despite its image of wealth, due to generations of expatriates ...

The government has mandated online submission of income tax returns for all individual taxpayers for the 2025–2026 assessment year, starting from August 4, 2025. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a special order on Sunday making e-filing compulsory, as part of efforts to modernize and streamline the tax system. However, the directive outlines four specific exemptions. The following categories ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that conspiracies are underway to prevent democratic transition from reaching its full potential. Speaking at a youth rally organized by Jubo Dal in Dhaka’s Institution of Engineers on Monday, Fakhrul said, “We have struggled and fought for 17 long years. Under the leadership of Khaleda Zia and later ...

French chef Alain Passard, known for his mastery of roasting techniques, has decided to drop almost all animal products from the menu at his three-Michelin-star restaurant, Arpege. The decision follows his earlier move to eliminate red meat from Arpege’s dishes in the early 2000s. Passard’s updated menu excludes meat, fish, and dairy, although honey sourced from the restaurant’s own beehives ...

Actor Rani Mukerji won her first National Film Award in her 30-year career for her 2023 film Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway. In a statement after the 71st National Film Awards were announced on Friday evening, the actor stated that she was overwhelmed and would like to dedicate her award to mothers. Rani Mukerji gets 1st National Film Award in 30 ...

Bruno Fernandes scored one and assisted another as Manchester United drew 2-2 with Everton in Atlanta on Sunday to secure the Premier League Summer Series title. The draw earned United a final tally of seven points in the pre-season round-robin tournament, having already beaten West Ham 2-1 and Bournemouth 4-1 during their US tour. “It’s improving,” Fernandes told Sky Sports. ...

Bangladesh has yet to receive a response from India regarding its formal request to extradite ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Policy Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Monday. Speaking at an event at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Hossain stated that while Bangladesh has written to India seeking Hasina’s return to face trial, there has been no ...

A Dhaka court has ordered the exhumation of 114 unidentified bodies buried following the recent anti-discrimination student movement, to facilitate identification and further legal procedures. On Monday, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman issued the order following a petition filed by Sub-Inspector Md. Mahidul Islam of Mohammadpur Police Station. The order was confirmed by Additional Public Prosecutor Mohammad Shamsuddoha Suman. ...

The UK government is set to announce plans to evacuate hundreds of children from Gaza for medical treatment, reports Arab News. Up to 300 children will be given free healthcare on the National Health Service, in a scheme running “in parallel” with the group Project Pure Hope, a source told The Times. So far, just three children from Gaza have ...

Residents of Sylhet have been experiencing frequent power cuts several times a day for almost three weeks as Kumargaon power station shut for almost three weeks. Bidyut Acharya, assistant engineer of the Kumargaon power plant, said that engineers who have been on reviving it however, say that the station may resume operations within this week. The 225-megawatt power station at ...