Two airplanes, carrying passengers from Qatar and Saudi Arabia headed for Dhaka airport, made emergency landings at Sylhet Osmani International Airport due to dense fog on Tuesday. The airplanes of US-Bangla Airlines and Biman from Doha of Qatar and Dammam of Saudi Arabia respectively made the emergency landing. Belayet Hossain, an officer of US-Bangla at the Osmani airport, said the ...

Syed Samad Ali, 50, currently works at both Thornhill and Southmoor academies where he teaches Bengali to the city’s children. However it is for his work in the city’s Bengali community helping to make education accessible for children and in particular their parents that Syed Samad Ali has been nominated for his MBE. Syed Samad Ali, who lives in High ...

Managing Director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Shafiul Azim today said he has taken a plan to turn Biman into a “smart airline” in “Smart Bangladesh” aligning with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s vision. “We have made a pledge to make Biman as smart airline in the forthcoming era of ‘Smart Bangladesh,” he told reporters at a briefing on the ...

The ninth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to begin on January 6th, 2023 and tickets for the opening round of BPL T20 matches of the Dhaka phase will be available for sale on January 4th. A total of seven teams are participating in the league, which will take place in three phases starting from Dhaka, followed by ...

The Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars, said Monday that anyone being investigated for allegations of sexual misconduct would be barred from its ceremony next month. There were fears of protests at the event on February 25 over the latest #MeToo furore involving newcomer Sofiane Bennacer, who is being investigated by police on two allegations of rape and one ...

The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at Sreemangal of Moulvibazar on Tuesday (Today). Local weather office recorded 8.5 degree Celsius at 9 o’clock this morning while it was the lowest temperature in Sreemangal this season. On Monday, 9.5 degree Celsius temperature was recorded, which was second lowest temperature in the country. According to the website of Bangladesh Meteorological Department, ...

While it is a universal fact that sleep plays a crucial role in maintaining mental and physical well-being, the number of hours of sleep you require is debatable. While some wake up feeling fresh after barely five hours of sleep, others struggle to ward off sleepiness even after 9-10 or even more hours. According to sleep experts, sleep needs vary ...

Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (BAFEDA) and Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) have set the US dollar exchange rate for export proceeds at Tk 102. BAFEDA and ABB took the decision at a meeting on Sunday and the new rate came into effect on Monday, according to BAFEDA press release. However, the exchange rate for inward remittances has been kept ...

Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer Sumitra Sen has died at the age of 89. She passed away at her home in Kolkata at 4 am on Tuesday, according to West Bengal daily Anandabazar. Srabani Sen, her daughter, posted the news on Facebook early on Tuesday. “My mother left us this morning,” she wrote. The veteran artist was suffering from bronchopneumonia and ...

One of the wrists of a 35-year-old man was severed allegedly by his cousins in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila on Monday over land dispute. The victim was identified as Helal Ahmed, a residet of East Kathalbari village of the upazila. According to the locals, there was a long dispute over a piece of land between the sons of Jashim Uddin and ...