The widespread consumption of bad and junk food—highly processed and often cooked with unhealthy oils—is increasingly posing serious health risks to Bangladesh’s population, particularly the younger generation, with experts warning that it is contributing to lifestyle diseases and even premature deaths. Experts at a discussion in the capital on Friday said the trend is still reversible through a return to ...

An artificial intelligence system co-developed by researchers at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence can predict who is at risk of dying from heart disease up to 12 years in advance — by analysing just two weeks of blood sugar data. Published recently in Nature, the study was co-led by MBZUAI Professor Eran Segal. It shows that continuous glucose ...

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam on Sunday urged caution in use of the term “mob,” warning that its indiscriminate application risks misrepresenting the July Uprising and undermining its significance. Speaking at a policy dialogue titled “Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law” at CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka, organised by Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Tajul highlighted ...

Independent candidate Abdul Latif Siddique has been cleared to contest from Tangail-4 after the Election Commission declared his nomination valid at a hearing on Sunday. Md Liaqat Ali, the Jatiya Party candidate from the same constituency, had appealed to the Election Commission challenging the validity of Siddique’s nomination. During the hearing, Liaqat Ali’s lawyer argued that Latif Siddique should be ...

OpenAI announced Friday that it will begin showing advertisements to users of the free version of ChatGPT in the coming weeks, part of the company’s effort to generate revenue from its over 800 million users. The ads will appear at the bottom of ChatGPT’s responses when relevant to the ongoing conversation and will be clearly labeled and separated from the ...

An initiative to impose limits on the shareholding of individuals, family members and various institutions in bank companies has faced strong opposition from bank owners. In the draft amendments, Bangladesh Bank has proposed that no individual, family member or institution—directly or indirectly—may hold more than 5 percent shares in multiple banks simultaneously. Considering recent negative experiences in the banking sector, ...

The Bangladesh Medical Education Fair-2026 has been held in Kathmandu to promote Bangladesh’s medical education among Nepali students. The Bangladesh Embassy in Kathmandu, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA), organised the event, read a press release. Twenty private medical colleges from Bangladesh participated in the fair with the necessary information regarding medical education opportunities in Bangladesh ...

The Bangladesh national football team will open their final phase of preparation for the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers with a training camp starting on 20 March, ahead of their decisive Group C fixture against Singapore later this month. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) confirmed the schedule following a National Teams Committee meeting held on Saturday afternoon at the BFF Home. ...

Cricket Ireland (CI) has categorically stated that the International Cricket Council will not move their T20 World Cup games out of Sri Lanka. The CI assertion comes in the wake of reports from Bangladesh that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has asked the ICC to swap their groups with Ireland’s. “We’ve received definitive assurances that we won’t move from the ...

A Dhaka court on Sunday set February 2 for pronouncing its judgment in a case against 18 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq and his sister Tulip Siddiq, over irregularities in the allocation of a 10-katha plot under the RAJUK New Town Project. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 fixed the date ...