Sylhet Strikers won the first match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) beating Chattogram Challengers by eight wickets on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The match was scheduled to take place at 2:30 pm, but it kicked off a half hour earlier – a further testament to the subpar management of the BPL. Sylhet won the toss and sent Chattogrma ...

The number of American children accidentally ingesting cannabis edibles has jumped nearly 15 times in recent years as more states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, according to a scientific study published Tuesday. In 2017, just over 200 children aged five or younger consumed a food product infused with cannabis, according to a tally kept by health officials, compared ...

A total of 18 Bangladeshi home textile manufacturing companies will take part in the four-day trade show ‘Heimtextil Frankfurt 2023’ to be held in Germany from January 10 to 13. Among the Bangladeshi exhibitors, some companies, including Debonair Padding and Quality Solution, Jaantex Industries and Innovating Fabric Ltd, will take part under Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) pavilion while the other ...

SAU Correspondent : At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two factions of the Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Friday. The clash broke out on the campus around 2.45pm. According to police, SAU Chhatra League president Ashikur Rahman and general secretary Md. Emdadul Hossain convened a meeting on the campus on ...

While rumour mills have been rife about their alleged romance for a while, a source from the sets of director Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies confirms that actors Suhana Khan and Agastya Nanda are in a relationship, Hindustan Times reported. Suhana (22), actor Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter, accompanied Agastya (22), actor Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson, to a Christmas brunch hosted by the ...

Though we cannot reverse the process of ageing, we can definitely slow it by having certain foods daily. You can flaunt youthful skin in your 40s and 50s by having healthy fruits and vegetables, recommended by an expert, India Today reported. According to Nutritionist Lovneet Batra, five foods that can slow the process of ageing and give you youthful-looking skin: ...

A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports have revealed. In 2021, an estimated five million boys and girls died before their fifth birthday together with some 2.1 million counterparts aged between five and 24 ...

Israeli and Palestinian envoys to the United Nations on Thursday traded heated barbs at a Security Council meeting over the controversial visit by an Israeli minister to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, called the session “pathetic” and “absurd” while the Palestinian envoy accused the Jewish state of acting “with absolute contempt.” The 15-member Council ...

Nipah virus situation throughout the country has remained ‘stable’ for the last two years, but the deadly disease that caused repeated outbreaks with a high fatality rate still has the possibility of spreading not only in the Nipah belt but also in other areas of the country. Health experts said drinking raw date juice is main cause of the outbreak ...

Bangladesh’s Liton Das reached a unique height by becoming the highest-ranked batter for his country in the ICC Test rankings. He indeed broke his own record as he moved to 11th position from 12th as per the latest rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday. He has now 702 rating points, 14 less than No. 10 batter New ...