Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) from June 10 to 13, as Dhaka and London look to reinvigorate their historic partnership through broader cooperation in trade, investment, governance, and global challenges of mutual concern, reports BSS. “This is a very important visit,” Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique told reporters ...

Muslim pilgrims prayed atop Mount Arafat on Thursday during the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, as Saudi officials called on participants to refrain from being outside during the hottest hours of the day. Thousands of pilgrims were beginning to gather before dawn around the hill and the surrounding plain where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given ...

Despite the Bangladesh Bank’s recent release of redesigned Tk20, Tk50, and Tk1,000 notes ahead of Eid, scheduled banks are struggling to supply them to the public. Meanwhile, the new currency is readily available on the open market at significantly inflated prices. During visits to busy commercial areas like Motijheel and Gulistan, traders were seen openly selling the new notes on ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), on Wednesday, extended Najmul Hossain Shanto’s tenure as captain for the Test team for another year. Allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz will continue as the vice-captain, the BCB said in a press release. “Top-order batter Najmul Hossain Shanto has been retained as Bangladesh’s Test captain for another year, continuing in the leadership role he assumed in 2024,” ...

Police arrested the key suspect in connection with a double murder occurred at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday afternoon. The arrested is Mashuk Ali, 52, a resident of the same area. Acting on a tip-off, police conducted a raid and arrested Mashuk from an abandoned house of South Kathalkandi from Adampur union in the upazila. According to locals, ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is poised to regain its political registration and traditional election symbol—the Scales (Dāripalla)—in a major development confirmed by the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday. “Jamaat-e-Islami will soon get back its registration. We are taking necessary steps. The Election Commission has made a decision in this regard,” said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah while speaking to reporters after ...

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday banning the nationals of 12 countries from entering the United States, saying the move was needed to protect against “foreign terrorists” and other security threats. The countries affected are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The entry of people from seven other countries: ...

A group of 97 patients had longstanding multiple myeloma, a common blood cancer that doctors consider incurable, and faced a certain, and extremely painful, death within about a year. They had gone through a series of treatments, each of which controlled their disease for a while. But then it came back, as it always does. They reached the stage where ...

Showering isn’t just about cleaning your body from dirt or sweat; it’s also about clearing up your mind, relaxing your body, and detangling your thoughts. Ever wondered why the best thoughts and ideas come to mind while taking a shower? Well, there is a science behind it. Taking a shower can relax our muscles and promote thinking by calming our ...

Sana Yousaf, a 17-year-old TikTok content creator from Pakistan, was tragically shot and killed by an unidentified assailant at her residence in Islamabad. According to police reports cited by local media, the assailant allegedly entered Sana’s home and shot her at point-blank range before fleeing the scene. She sustained two gunshot wounds and succumbed to her injuries on the spot. ...