Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said 100 individuals injured during the July Uprising will be recruited to different units of police force at first. “This process will be further expanded in phases.” Adviser Jahangir Alam disclosed this to media after visiting the Special Branch (SB) and the CID headquarters. “This initiative aims to help ...
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Mother, son to meet in London after long seven years
After a long seven years’ of waiting, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her eldest son, the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, are meeting. Tarique Rahman is waiting for his mother in London. They are meeting after a long seven years. In the middle, Khaleda Zia’s younger son and Tarique Rahman’s younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko tragically died. Koko died of ...
Read More »Winter vegetable farming on the rise in Sylhet
Cultivation of winter vegetables has increased extensively in Sylhet division due to their high prices in the markets. As many as 77,375 hectares of land have been brought into vegetable farming this winter in Sylhet division, according to sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). Of the total, highest 35,532 hectares have been brought into vegetable cultivation in Sylhet ...
Read More »Tulip Siddiq refers herself for probe by standards adviser
Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the PM’s standards adviser after controversy over her links to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh. It comes after the minister was named last month in an investigation into claims her family embezzled infrastructure funding in the country. Siddiq had faced growing calls for an investigation after reports in recent days she ...
Read More »December sales provide little cheer for retailers
Shoppers spent more in December compared with the year before but it wasn’t enough to make up for an overall lacklustre year for retailers, new figures suggest. Doing particularly well over Christmas were gifts including beauty advent calendars, jewellery and AI-enabled tech, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. December’s growth of 3.2% was boosted by a big weekend of Black ...
Read More »Here’s what happens to the body if you have ghee water on an empty stomach daily
Masterchef India semifinalist Kriti Dhiman, who consumes ghee water — a teaspoon of ghee in a cup of warm water — on an empty stomach every morning, claims to have noticed the following changes: *My skin has been better than ever. It’s clearer, brighter, and feels hydrated. Ghee is enriched with essential fatty acids and antioxidants. So, it helps in ...
Read More »‘Beat Liverpool and Forest are in the title race’
When Nottingham Forest face Liverpool at the City Ground next week it will be a top-of-the-table match that barely anyone could have predicted back in August. Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are six points behind the leaders after Monday’s 3-0 win at Wolves and victory over the Reds – who they beat earlier in the season at Anfield – on Tuesday, ...
Read More »Patients struggle at Pangu Hospital with ‘No Empty Bed’ persistent claim
The National Orthopedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute (NITOR), widely known as Pangu Hospital, is struggling with an overwhelming number of patients and persistent complaints about its services. Located in the heart of Dhaka, the hospital’s corridors are crowded with patients who wait for weeks-sometimes months-hoping for admission and treatment. Families Forced to Sleep in Corridors Mosammad Asma Begum, who traveled ...
Read More »Earthquake jolts parts of Bangladesh
Four days later, Bangladesh was shaken by another earthquake. The earthquake was felt at 7:05AM (Bangladesh time) on Tuesday in several parts of Bangladesh, including the capital. However, no damage has been reported. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in Tibet, China, with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale. The tremor was also felt in Nepal, Bhutan ...
Read More »China earthquake: Scores dead as tremor strikes Tibet
At least 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 are injured after a major earthquake struck the mountainous Tibet region on Tuesday morning, Chinese state media say. The earthquake that hit Tibet’s holy Shigatse city around 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT) had a magnitude of 7.1 and a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), according to data from the ...
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