Coke Studio Bangla’s latest song, “Long Distance Love”, emerges as a haunting meditation on distance, memory, and devotion. Sung by Ankan Kumar with lyrics penned by PragataNaoha, the track unfolds like a letter from another time, a world where love was defined not by instant messages but by the endurance of waiting. For Ankan and Pragata, the song is not ...

The wait is almost over for Swifties as Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, drops at 12:01 AM on Friday. Inspired by her record-shattering Eras Tour, the album promises high-energy pop anthems and a vibrant “Portofino orange” aesthetic that fans are already embracing. “This album comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was ...

At least 42 people died and five others are missing in Nepal following widespread floods and landslides caused by days of heavy rainfall, a government official said on Sunday. “So far, 42 people died in rain-triggered disasters and five are missing,” said Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman for Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, in a statement to AFP. The ...

British Trade Envoy to Bangladesh Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE has arrived in Dhaka on a five-day official visit aimed at deepening the longstanding trade and investment relationship between the UK and Bangladesh. The Trade Envoy’s mission will reinforce the UK’s commitment to supporting Bangladesh’s long-term economic reform agenda and boosting two-way trade and investment for mutual prosperity, said the ...

Vinicius Junior scored twice to help Real Madrid secure a 3-1 victory over Villarreal on Saturday, taking Los Blancos to the top of La Liga. The win moved them two points ahead of Barcelona, who face Sevilla on Sunday. After last weekend’s 5-2 derby defeat to Atletico Madrid, Madrid bounced back strongly at the Santiago Bernabeu. Returning from a midweek ...

Liverpool suffered their third consecutive defeat as Estevao Willian’s dramatic late strike handed Chelsea a 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The match seemed to be heading for a draw after Cody Gakpo’s equalizer cancelled out Moisés Caicedo’s stunning opener for Chelsea. However, with the final whistle looming, Estevao netted in stoppage time to secure the win for Chelsea, ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the fascist and their cohorts are behind the unrest at CHT region and ruin communal harmony by adding beard on the face of ‘Oshur’ (demon) during Durga Puja celebrations. ”There was a link between dishonoring the honorable Chief Adviser in a neighboring country while making an idol of the ...

BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has been acquitted in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), 16 years ago. As the allegations brought against him were not proved, he was acquitted from the charge. Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 Judge Md Kamrul Hasan Khan pronounced the judgement in presence of the BNP leader, his lawyer Borhan Uddin confirmed ...

The National Consensus Commission will present its final report to the interim government soon, said the commission chief Prof Ali Riaz on Sunday. At a meeting of the commission with the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House this morning, he made this remark. Prof Yunus then expressed his satisfaction with the progress. The commission members reviewed the positions of ...

An executive magistrate’s motor vehicle ran over and killed a college employee on Wednesday at Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar. The deceased, Ashish Kumar Das, 55, son of Ashutosh Das, was a support staff member of the physics department at Government Madan Mohan College in Sylhet. Ashish Kumar was from Baurbhag village at Moulvibazar sadar upazila, the police said. The incident ...