Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday called upon the world’s leading charity organisation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase support to the health sector of Bangladesh. He made the call when Mark Suzman, CEO of the foundation, called on him at the UN headquarters here on the sidelines of the UNGA session on Wednesday (local time). Chief ...

The residential halls for male students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will reopen on October 8, said acting registrar Syed Salim Md. Abdul Qadir on Thursday. The decision was taken at an emergency syndicate meeting of the university on Wednesday afternoon. The acting registrar said, “Students will be able to move into the residential halls between October ...

Amid criticism for his political career and off-form on the field, former Bangladesh captain and all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, announced retirement from Tests and T20Is. Shakib announced it on Thursday in Kanpur ahead of the second Test against India. He, however, will play home Test series’s against South Africa in October.

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 72 people on Wednesday, the health ministry in Beirut said, raising the toll from the latest wave of bombardments. The ministry said in a series of statements that “Israeli airstrikes” killed 38 people in southern Lebanon, 12 in the eastern Bekaa region and 22 in three towns north and south of Beirut. Nearly 400 people ...

Dr Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government, has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is now in India, must be brought back and put on trial if she had committed crimes. Yunus made the remark in response to a question at an event in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said his country wants to invest in solar panel manufacturing in Bangladesh and further deepen trade and economic ties with the South Asian country. He made the announcement when he called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Wednesday afternoon (NY ...

The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), under the Stockpile Project funded by the Government of Japan, officially handed over critical medical supplies to the Government of Bangladesh to support the country in combating dengue, cholera, and other emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) while strengthening its health system. The project, funded by the Government of Japan and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and ...

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and pacer Hasan Mahmud gained in ICC rankings after their good performance in the first cricket Test against India in Chennai. Shanto’s scores of 20 and 82 have helped him progress 14 places to 48th position and seam bowler Hasan Mahmud’s five-for in the first innings has lifted him five positions to 44th among bowlers, ...

Chief advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus has sought cooperation from foreign friends to build a new Bangladesh dreamt by youth folks. “Through the sacrifice of lives and indomitable leadership of the youth, revolutionary changes have taken place in Bangladesh. They sacrificed their lives to build a discrimination-free society and a prosperous country,” he said. Dr Yunus said this at a reception ...

Television presenter Farzana Brownia on Wednesday filed a case accusing five people including the head of news at Channel i, Shykh Seraj, on charge of fraud and extortion, reports UNB. The case was filed at the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque. According to court records, the magistrate accepted Brownia’s statement and instructed the Criminal Investigation Department ...