A five-day REHAB Fair-2024 will begin at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Agargaon in Dhaka on December 23 and will continue until December 27. Md Wahiduzzaman, president of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), revealed the information at a press conference held at the CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka on Thursday. He said Civil Aviation and Tourism ...

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Thursday (December 19) urged Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to settle the issues of 1971 to help Dhaka move forward with its relationship with Islamabad. “The issues have kept coming again and again. Let’s settle those issues for us to move forward,” he said during a meeting with Pakistan premier Shehbaz Sharif at a ...

The US reported its first severe human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalized in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard flock. California, the most populous state, declared an emergency over the H5N1 virus as it spread more widely in dairy herds and after it has infected dozens of farm workers ...

The former additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Sadeq Kawsar Dastagir has been placed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the murder of journalist ATM Turab during the recent student movement. Sylhet Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abdul Momen passed the order on Thursday as police placed Dastagir before the court and prayed for a ...

RAB arrested former member of parliament from Bogura-6 constituency Ragebul Ahasan Ripu. There are a total of 13 cases against him, including murder, with various police stations in Bogura district. RAB’s Legal and Media Wing Director Lt. Col. Munim Ferdous gave this information on Thursday (December 19). He said that Ragebul Ahasan Ripu was hiding at Mohanganj in Netrakona district. ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday on Syria’s triumphant HTS rebels to follow through on promises of inclusion, saying it can learn a lesson from the isolation of Afghanistan’s Taliban. The Islamist movement rooted in Al-Qaeda and supported by Turkey has promised to protect minorities since its lightning offensive toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad this month following years of ...

The admission test for first year honours at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for the 2024-2025 academic year will be held on February 28. A press release of the university confirmed this on Thursday. It says, the admission-seekers could submit their applications from January 5, 2025. The procession will continue till January 25.

Bangladesh’s interim government has accused energy supplier Adani Power of breaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement by withholding tax benefits that a power plant central to the deal received from New Delhi, according to documents seen by Reuters. In 2017, the Indian company controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani signed an agreement with Bangladesh to provide power from its coal-fired plant in eastern ...

Indian cricket all rounder Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday announced his retirement from international cricket. Ashwin hastily called a media conference following the drawn test between Australia and India at the Gabba and came up with the retirement decision. “It’s a very emotional moment,” Ashwin said. “I have had a lot of fun, I have made a lot of memories alongside ...

The internet shutdown in July-August was not an accident, it was ordered by the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, confessed former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak during an interrogation. Chief prosecutor Tajul Islam informed this to reporters at the tribunal on Thursday. “They tried to cover up the genocide that took place in the July-August by shutting down ...