After the massive earthquakes in Myanmar and Thailand, now Bangladesh is at a risk of earthquakes as well. The Fire Service and Civil Defense said that the areas of Chittagong, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Dhaka are particularly at high risk. It has urged public and relevant stakeholders to take precautionary measures to reduce the impact of possible earthquakes, said a press ...

The death toll from a massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 1,000, the ruling junta said on Saturday, with more than 2,000 injured, reports AFP. A statement from the junta’s information team said 1,002 people are known to have died in Friday’s shallow 7.7-magnitude quake, with 2,376 injured.

Britain’s government is hoping to reach a last-minute post-Brexit trade agreement with Washington to avoid — or at least mitigate — more tariffs set to be announced on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump. – Current position? – Britain has set out to strike a trade deal with the United States since departing the European Union at the start of ...

Le Reve, one of the country’s leading fashion and lifestyle brands, has unveiled its stunning Eid Collection 2025, themed Movement. The exclusive label Nargisus has also introduced an exquisite range of party outfits. This year’s collection offers the trendiest styles for everyone in the family, featuring matching family sets, parent-child mini-me designs, and diverse fashion choices for women, men, teens, ...

The top US vaccine official resigned on Friday, citing the “misinformation and lies” he said were being peddled by the incoming health secretary, reports said, reports AFP. According to both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Peter Marks was forced out of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine division, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 has arrested 17 muggers in Sylhet in the last 24 hours. RAB-9 Commanding Officer Manjur Karim disclosed the information at a press conference on Friday (March 28) afternoon. Earlier, the arrests were made on Thursday night during raids at various locations in Sylhet based on intelligence reports. The arrested individuals are Badol Mia Kawsar, 27, Suhel ...

Mark Chapman scored 132 and Daryl Mitchell 76 in a 199-run partnership as New Zealand made 344-9 and went on to beat Pakistan by 73 runs Saturday in the first one-day international, reports UNB. Chapman posted his third one-day international century and rebuilt the innings with Mitchell after New Zealand had been three wickets down in the 13th over, struggling ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus received an honorary doctorate degree from Peking University (PKU) in China on Saturday morning. The PKU conferred the honorary doctorate on the Bangladesh chief adviser at a function held at the university conference hall in Beijing. Chief Adviser Prof Yunus also delivered a lecture on the occasion. After wrapping up his four-day China tour, he ...

China Eastern Airlines has planned to operate flights from Bangladesh’s port city of Chattogram to Kunming to help people from the country’s east to take treatment in hospitals in the southern Chinese city, officials said Saturday. China has dedicated four Kunming hospitals for the treatment of patients from Bangladesh, but the high air ticket cost is seen as a major ...

Dhaka’s proposal to arrange a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has gone unanswered by New Delhi. On Friday, India’s Ministry of External Affairs released a media statement detailing Modi’s schedule for the upcoming BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok, Thailand. Notably, the statement made no mention of a bilateral meeting with Yunus. Instead, it highlighted ...