The National Consensus Commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz has said thatthe commission will submit multiple implementation proposals to the governmentif political parties fail to reach a consensus on how to implement the July Charter. Speaking at the fourth day of the dialogue between the commission and political parties held at the Foreign Service Academy auditorium on Sunday, he said, “Six ...

Police have arrested Kazi Abdul Wadud Alfu, senior vice president of the Companiganj Upazila Awami League and chairman of Telikhal Union Parishad, in connection with a case filed over stone looting at Sadapathor area at Bholaganj of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet. Alfu was taken into custody on Saturday afternoon from his office in the upazila sadar, said Md Ratan Sheikh, ...

Bangladesh today (5 October) recorded the highest number of dengue cases in a single day this year, with 1,042 people diagnosed in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). During the same 24-hour period, the disease claimed nine more people, the second-highest daily toll recorded this year. With the new cases, the total number ...

Coke Studio Bangla’s latest song, “Long Distance Love”, emerges as a haunting meditation on distance, memory, and devotion. Sung by Ankan Kumar with lyrics penned by PragataNaoha, the track unfolds like a letter from another time, a world where love was defined not by instant messages but by the endurance of waiting. For Ankan and Pragata, the song is not ...

The wait is almost over for Swifties as Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, drops at 12:01 AM on Friday. Inspired by her record-shattering Eras Tour, the album promises high-energy pop anthems and a vibrant “Portofino orange” aesthetic that fans are already embracing. “This album comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was ...

At least 42 people died and five others are missing in Nepal following widespread floods and landslides caused by days of heavy rainfall, a government official said on Sunday. “So far, 42 people died in rain-triggered disasters and five are missing,” said Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman for Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, in a statement to AFP. The ...

British Trade Envoy to Bangladesh Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE has arrived in Dhaka on a five-day official visit aimed at deepening the longstanding trade and investment relationship between the UK and Bangladesh. The Trade Envoy’s mission will reinforce the UK’s commitment to supporting Bangladesh’s long-term economic reform agenda and boosting two-way trade and investment for mutual prosperity, said the ...

Vinicius Junior scored twice to help Real Madrid secure a 3-1 victory over Villarreal on Saturday, taking Los Blancos to the top of La Liga. The win moved them two points ahead of Barcelona, who face Sevilla on Sunday. After last weekend’s 5-2 derby defeat to Atletico Madrid, Madrid bounced back strongly at the Santiago Bernabeu. Returning from a midweek ...

Liverpool suffered their third consecutive defeat as Estevao Willian’s dramatic late strike handed Chelsea a 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The match seemed to be heading for a draw after Cody Gakpo’s equalizer cancelled out Moisés Caicedo’s stunning opener for Chelsea. However, with the final whistle looming, Estevao netted in stoppage time to secure the win for Chelsea, ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the fascist and their cohorts are behind the unrest at CHT region and ruin communal harmony by adding beard on the face of ‘Oshur’ (demon) during Durga Puja celebrations. ”There was a link between dishonoring the honorable Chief Adviser in a neighboring country while making an idol of the ...