Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has been fined Tk 50 lakh by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) over manipulating share prices of Paramount Insurance Company Limited. This decision was made at the BSEC’s 993rd meeting held on Tuesday, said BSEC director Farhana Faruqui after the meeting. In a press release, BSEC said that in addition to Shakib, Abul Khair ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached New York on Monday night (NY Time) to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with a series of high-profile meetings lined up on the sidelines of the UNGA including a meeting with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith and CDA of ...

Police have arrested a man on charges of raping a teenager at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district. The accused was shown arrested in a case filed by the victim and then sent to jail on Monday afternoon. The arrested is Jamshed Mia, 38, a resident of Lalpur village under Tilagaon union of the upazila. According to the case statement, Jamshed ...

Research led by the University of Nottingham has uncovered genomic traits linked to the severity of cholera symptoms and how it spreads. Cholera, caused by infection with Vibrio cholerae, is largely caused by either contaminated water or food and results in severe diarrhea and vomiting that can be fatal if not treated quickly. Around the world there are around four ...

Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has asked the employees of the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) to refrain from lobbying for posting, rather perform duties with patriotism and dedication. “I ask you all officials not to lobby for postings,” he said while addressing an orientation programme to welcome 20 newly appointed assistant directors (AD) of ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday rejected the bail petition of former planning minister MA Mannan in a case filed over an attack on the students and mass people on August 4 in Sunamganj. Judge Nirjan Kumar Mitra of the Speedy Trial Court rejected the bail in absense of Mannan after hearing the statements of plaitiffs and defense. The courtroom ...

Ingredients: v Butter –2 tbsp v Jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined –1 1/2 lb v Onion, diced –1 medium v Garlic cloves, finely chopped –4 pieces v Yellow curry powder –1 tbsp v Coconut milk — 2tbsp v Honey –2 tbsp and plus more to taste v Kosher salt — plus more to taste v Lime juiced –1Piece v Basil ...

New York’s prestigious Metropolitan Opera will open its season Monday with “Grounded,” a work that explores technological evolutions of war against the backdrop of motherhood. Commissioned by the Met and based on a one-woman play by George Brant, the piece kicking off the opera’s 2024-25 season first opened at the Washington National Opera last year, AFP reports. The opera, scored ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning politician with no political lineage, took oath as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday, a day after he won a comprehensive victory in the debt-ridden South Asian country’s presidential election. Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist anti-poverty policies and pledge to fight corruption handed him victory ...

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on the south killed 182 people and wounded more than 700 Monday, in the worst toll by far in nearly a year of cross-border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel. “Israeli enemy strikes on southern towns and villages since this morning” have killed “182 people and wounded 727 others”, the health ministry said, with casualties ...