Ahead of US official Donald Lu’s visit, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh stands ready to do whatever is needed for the people’s welfare, noting that the government is still studying the issues related to US Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS). “It’s not that transparent. It’s not mentioned there how it will bring benefits. We are studying,” he told ...

Former Dhaka University teacher Mohammad Azhar Zafar Shah who was arrested in connection with the death of a woman by dragging her with his car died on Friday afternoon. An on-duty doctor pronounced him dead after he was brought at the Department of Emergency at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj. DMCH police outpost in-charge ...

Obesity is an emerging public health problem of epidemic proportions worldwide. As to WHO, globally, obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 and as per 2016 data 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese. Unhealthy dietary habits are a major modifiable factor, leading to obesity. India too is battling this full-blown crisis of malnutrition which has worsened over the years in ...

Paris Saint-Germain’s trip to Rennes on Sunday is set to be the first time their superstar front three of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have all played together since the World Cup. Mbappe returned to training on Thursday having been given 10 days off after coming back from Qatar and playing in PSG’s first two games following the tournament. ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Alauddin (60), who was booked under section 54 for fighting in Baralekha Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Moulvibazar, died in Moulvibazar Jail. When he suddenly fell ill around 11:30 on Thursday, the jail authorities sent him to Moulvibazar 250-bed hospital. The doctor on duty there declared him dead. The deceased Alauddin is the son of Ajmal Ali ...

Two tourists carrying ships on Cox’s Bazar-Saint Martin waterways have resumed operations. Two ships– MV Parijat and MV Rajhangsha– left Domdomia Ghat of Teknaf for Saint Martin at about 9:30am on Friday (January 13, 2023) with 610 passengers on board. “We are ready to welcome tourists coming through this route after a long time,” said Jasim Uddin Shuvo, proprietor of ...

Thousands of devotees from different countries of the world including Bangladesh offered Jumma prayers together at Biswa Ijtema Maidan on the bank of river Turag in Tongi on Friday. The leading Tablighi Jamaat Imam Maulana Zubair led the largest Friday gatherings at Ijtema Maidan. Thousands of people from different parts of home and abroad are taking participating in the Biswa ...

There is no health risk in eating broiler chicken as it contains antibiotic and heavy metal residues far below the maximum tolerable levels in meat, said Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Thursday. Broiler chicken meat, bones and composites mainly contain small amount of two antibiotics (oxytetracycline and doxycycline) and three heavy metals (arsenic, chromium and lead), which is not unusual ...

Marc-André ter Stegen saved two penalties and Pedri converted the deciding spot kick as Barcelona defeated Real Betis 4-2 in a shootout Thursday to set up a Spanish Super Cup final against rival Real Madrid this weekend in Saudi Arabia. Madrid defeated Valencia on penalties in the other semifinal on Wednesday, when Thibaut Courtois made the decisive save, AP reports. ...

The first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, began Friday morning after two years of Covid hiatus on the bank of the River Turag river in Tongi. The 56th edition of the annual Biswa Ijtema (World Congregation) began with the a’mbayan (general sermons) of Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Ziaul Haque ...