For the Dough: v 2 ¾ cups (350g) all-purpose flour v 1 tsp baking powder v 2 tbsp sugar v 1 tsp instant yeast v 2 tbsp vegetable oil v ¾ cup (180ml) warm water v 1/4 tsp salt v Optional Garnishes: Sesame seeds or chopped green onions for presentation Prepare the Dough 1. In a large bowl, mix the ...

Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe arrived in the Saudi capital on Sunday to discuss Syria, as world powers push for stability after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Saudi Arabia, the Middle East’s biggest economy, is seeking to increase its influence in Syria after Islamist-led rebels toppled Assad last month, analysts say. The talks will include a meeting ...

Sergio Conceicao’s AC Milan flopped on the new coach’s San Siro debut after the seven-time European champions could only draw 1-1 with struggling Cagliari in Serie A on Saturday, while Juventus’s spiky derby with Torino ended 1-1. Portuguese Conceicao immediately got fans onside by beating Inter Milan in a thrilling Italian Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia, but the pre-match ...

An expatriate was killed and five others were injured in a clash over a longstanding land dispute in Sylhet’s Balaganj upazila on Saturday. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Atason village under the West Gauripur union of the upazila, according to Balaganj Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Md. Farid Uddin Bhuiyan. The deceased, Abdul Gafur, 45, was son of late ...

Business leaders have raised serious concerns to the Bangladesh Bank Governor over the proposed hike in gas prices, along with a host of other economic challenges that are increasingly hindering operations. “The high interest rates on bank loans, energy shortages, escalating fuel prices, the withdrawal of export incentives, increased taxes, and mounting pressure to raise workers’ wages have created an ...

The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has found the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) for the first time in Bangladesh. The virus was found in the sample of a woman. She is from Kishoreganj’s Bhairab upazila. An official of the IEDCR informed that they got a report of HMPV. The woman is not only infected with HMPV, ...

Bangladesh forced India to halt construction of fencing in several zero line areas along the Bangladesh-India border, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. “Bangladesh did it as it’s a violation of international law.” Speaking at a press conference at the secretariat on border issues, the adviser said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition has been improving. AZM Zahid Hossain, the party standing committee member and Khaleda’s personal physician, informed the development to media on Saturday (January 11). “Alhamdulillah Khaleda Zia is more better. Doctors just visited her. She is better than Thursday, her physical condition has been improving.” He said despite today was weekend (holiday) in London ...

The fifth anniversary of the first known death from Covid-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China on Saturday, with no official remembrances in a country where the pandemic is a taboo subject. On January 11, 2020, health officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that a 61-year-old man had died from complications of pneumonia caused by a previously unknown ...

US President-elect Donal Trump has invited BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury to attend the ‘National Prayer Breakfast’ in Washington. The invitation was sent by US President-elect Donald Trump to Mirza Fakhrul on Friday (January 10). The National Prayer Breakfast will be held in Washington, ...