Many people have tried eating with chopsticks, and one of them is Sumaiya Khan, a young woman from Bangladesh. Through her dedication, she didn’t just try but set a world record. The 24-year-old managed to eat 37 grains of rice in one minute using chopsticks. The rules of the Guinness World Records stated that only one grain of rice could ...

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with 67 people on board crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan after veering from its scheduled route, officials said. Kazakh authorities said 28 people had survived the crash of the Embraer 190 near the city of Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, reports AFP. The plane was ...

A free medical camp was held on Monday (December 23) at Abdus Salam Hall of the National Press Club for the members of the Dhaka Sub-Editors Council (DSEC) in celebration of the Great Victory Day. The initiative, conducted in collaboration with Islami Bank Central Hospital, Kakrail, provided free medical consultations and advice to approximately 300 DSEC members. The event was ...

A court in Dhaka has sent former principal secretary to the former Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and former NBR Chairman Md Nazibur Rahman to jail following the end of his three-day remand in a case filed over the killing of BNP activist Makbul in 2022. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saifuzzaman passed the order on Wednesday after police, following the remand, ...

A seminar titled ‘Syed ShamsulHaque in the Multidimensional Branch of Cinema’ was held on Tuesday (December 24) at the seminar hall of Bangladesh Film Archive. The event was presided over by Md. Kamruzzaman, Director General of the archive, while researcher Md. Russell Rana Doja presented the keynote paper under the guidance of eminent scholars including Dr. Mohammad Azam, Director General ...

Eighteen Bangladesh nationals have been arrested for alleged trespassing into Delhi and Meghalaya state of India. They were arrested in two days — on Tuesday (December 24) and Monday (December 23). Tripura’s online news portal ‘Jagaran’ has reported it. It is learnt that police traced illegal Bangladesh nationals while investigating a murder case in Delhi on Tuesday. After searching, police ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will go to London on January 7 for advanced medical treatment. A 15-member delegation, including nurse, doctors, will accompany her during her visit to London. The delegation includes Syeda Sharmila Rahman, wife of Khaleda Zia’s late son Arafat Rahman Koko; her physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain; Dr Md Enamul Haque Chowdhury; Tabith Awal; and her personal ...

Long time misbehavior and unpaid wages behind the murders of seven crew members on MV Al Bakhera vessel in Chandpur, said Lt Col Munim Ferdous, the spokesperson of Rapid Action Battalion, on Wednesday. Earlier, a team of RAB-11 have arrested Akash Mandal alias Irfan from Bagerhat’s Chitolmari area over the murders. Akash is another crew member of MV Al Bakhera. ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus exchanged greetings with representatives of the Christian community on the occasion of Happy Christmas Day at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Tuesday (December 24). Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain conducted the greeting exchange ceremony, while leaders of the Christian faith Bishop Bejoy N D’Cruze, the head of the Catholic Christians ...

A man was beaten to death by an Awami League leader and his associates in Tukerbazar area of Sylhet Sadar upazila on Tuesday night, the deceased’s family says. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Uddin, 50, son of late Fazar Ali of Shahpur Dakshinpara in Tukerbazar. Sheikh Uddin was the elder brother of Zainul Ahmad Joy, convenor of Sylhet Sadar ...