BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s younger son late Arafat Rahman Koko’s wife Sharmila Rahman Sithi has arrived in Dhaka from London. She reached the BNP Chairperson’s residence Firoza at Gulshan in Dhaka on Thursday (September 5) afternoon. BNP’s Media Cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed it. Earlier, Sharmila Rahman arrived in Dhaka on January 28 last. Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat ...

Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus will attend the upcoming 79th UN General Assembly session scheduled for September 22-27 at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States. A seven-member delegation will accompany him, said Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain. The seven-member delegation comprises Dr Yunus’ daughter Deena Afroz Yunus, Chief SDG Coordinator Lamiya Morshed, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya, Drik Managing Director Shahidul ...

Up to 50% of all vehicles bought in Pakistan by 2030 will be electrified in some form in line with global targets, BYD Pakistan, a partnership between China’s BYD and Pakistani car group Mega Motors, said on Friday, reports Reuters. Warren Buffett-backed Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD last month announced its entry into Pakistan, making the South Asian nation of ...

At least 17 people have died after a fire ripped through their school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday. The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing a dormitory where the children were sleeping, reports AFP, Nirobi. “There are 17 fatalities from this incident and there are also others who ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s 900th career goal helped Portugal to a 2-1 win over Croatia in their first Nations League game on Thursday as Diogo Dalot opened the scoring for the hosts and netted an own goal. Dalot put Portugal ahead in the seventh minute when Bruno Fernandes played a clever chipped pass into his path and the defender went past Borna ...

A Dhaka court has placed arrested Awami League presidium member and former minister Shajahan Khan on seven-day remand in a murder case filed with Dhanmondi Police Station. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court passed the order on Friday (September 6) afternoon. Earlier, he was taken to the CMM court on Friday afternoon. At that time, police pleaded to place him on ...

Awami League presidium member and former shipping minister Shajahan Khan was arrested from Dhanmondi area of Dhaka city early Friday. Rezaul Karim Mallic, additional commissioner of Detective Branch of Police, acknowledging the matter on Friday morning said a team of detectives arrested him from the area. There are several cases filed against him after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami ...

A Royal Navy serviceman has died in a training exercise in the English Channel. A Merlin Mk4 helicopter ditched during night-flying exercises with the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier near Dorset, the Navy said. A spokesperson for the Royal Navy said that there were no other fatalities or serious injuries. Defence Secretary John Healey says the investigation into the accident ...

Men taking sodium valproate are being warned to use contraception while on the medicine, because of a “potential small increased risk” of autism and other neurodevelopmental problems for any children conceived. They should continue to do so – and cannot donate sperm – until three months after they have stopped taking the drug. Sodium valproate, prescribed under brand names including ...

Retailer John Lewis is bringing back its “never knowingly undersold” price pledge from Monday, two years after abandoning it. It will also apply to online sales for the first time, whereas it previously only applied to in-store shopping, and will use AI to match the prices of 25 top retailers. The department store chain has been trying to win back ...