As health officials investigate more than 30 cases of infant botulism linked to ByHeart baby formula since August, parents who say their children were sickened with the same illness months before the current outbreak are demanding answers, too. California public health officials confirmed late Friday that six babies in that state who consumed ByHeart formula were treated for botulism between ...

Bangladesh Bank has stopped providing all direct customer services from the sale of savings certificates and prize bonds to the exchange of torn notes and automated invoices. The decision applies simultaneously to all offices, including Motijheel, according to statement issued on Thursday (November 19). The order is effective from Sunday (November 23). No central bank in the world provides such ...

Pep Guardiola was left furious after Manchester City’s Premier League title bid suffered a setback in a controversial 2-1 defeat at Newcastle on Saturday. City fell behind to Harvey Barnes’ 64th-minute strike before Ruben Dias equalised just four minutes later. But moments after the leveller, Barnes struck again for a Newcastle winner that stood only after a lengthy VAR review ...

Nottingham Forest produced a commanding performance to defeat Liverpool 3–0 at Anfield, handing the hosts their sixth league loss of the season. Goals from Murillo, Nicolò Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White sealed a deserved victory for Forest, while Liverpool struggled throughout despite periods of pressure. Forest took the lead on 33 minutes when Murillo finished from close range following a corner. ...

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said that there is no risk of law and order deterioration before the upcoming elections. While responding to a question–a security analyst said that we are going through a transitional period in terms of internal security due to the crimes going on in the country, the Advisor said, “This ...

A court in Dhaka has set November 25 for placing arguments in a case against 17 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members, over alleged irregularities in the allocation of a 10-katha plot in the RAJUK New Town Project. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 on Sunday set the date after hearing submissions from ...

The International Crimes Tribunal has appointedSenior Supreme Court lawyerZI Khan Panna as the state defense for Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives in two enforced disappearance cases. A two-member ICT-1, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, made the appointment on Sunday. The other member of the tribunal is Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury. Earlier this morning, he went to ...

Senior Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna wants to defend ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the International Crimes Tribunal in crimes against humanity cases, including enforced disappearance and killing. He went to the tribunal on Sunday (November 23) morning and then expressed his will there.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will hold its 191st public hearing Sunday (23 November) at the Kabi Nazrul Auditorium here in the city’s Rikabibazar area. With the slogan “Youth united against corruption will build a purified future”, the ACC’s Sylhet Integrated District Office has organized the hearing to raise public awareness, enhance service quality in government and autonomous offices and agencies, ...

Details of a new UK clinical trial to assess the risks and benefits of puberty-blocking drugs in children who question their gender have been announced. It follows the banning of the drugs for gender treatment last year after a major review raised concerns about the lack of clinical evidence over their safety for under-18s. Researchers from King’s College London say ...