Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Friday has requested the countrymen to wait for six months to bring inflation under control. He said inflation will begin to decline by the end of this year in line with the measures taken in the budget. The finance minister was speaking at a post-budget press conference held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium ...

Describing the six-point movement a turning point, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Friday that those who don’t acknowledge it don’t believe in the independence of Bangladesh. He came up with the remark while talking to reporters after paying homage to the portrait of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at Dhanmondi 32 in the ...

The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced that Friday (June 7) will mark the first day of Zil Hajj, as the crescent moon of Zil Hajj has been sighted in the kingdom on Thursday evening. “Arafat Day falls on Saturday, 15 June, while Sunday, 16 June will be the first day of Eid-ul-Azha,” according to a Saudi Supreme ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital on the occasion of the historic Six-Point Day. After laying the wreath at 7 in the morning, the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence ...

Emboldened by its recent success against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka batting coach Thilina Kandambi is confident that they can overcome the challenge posed by the Tigers in the T20 World Cup. The match turned out to be a ‘do or die’ game for Sri Lanka in a bid to keep their Super 8 hopes alive following their six-wicket defeat to South ...

The prices of many products and services may be costlier or cheaper as Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday proposed some changes to tariff on those in the 2024-25 national budget. Prices of commodities and services that are likely to increase –talk time in mobile phone and internet, tobacco, cigarretes, rolling paper, air conditioners, refrigerators, water filter, led ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that looting has been planned anew in the proposed budget of 2024-25 which was placed in Jatiya Sangsad in the capital on Thursday (June 6). He made the allegation in an instant reaction to the proposed national budget at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan political office on Thursday. The BNP leader said, ...

An Israeli air strike on a UN school packed with displaced Palestinians in central Gaza has reportedly killed at least 35 people. Local journalists told the BBC that a warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp. Videos showed the destruction and a number of bodies. Israel’s military said ...

Sylhet Office : Police seized 14 trucks loaded Indian sugar at Umaiagao of Jalalabad police station at around 6 am on Thursday (June 6). At this time, a private car and a motorcycle were seized. Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (North) Azbahar Ali Sheikh said, based on intelligence information, we conducted raids and seized 14 trucks full of Indian sugar. ...

Ingredients: v 15 – 20 pieces of mutton v 2 onion thinly sliced v 3 cloves of garlic roughly sliced v 2 inches of ginger, roughly sliced v 5 – 6 green chilies v Whole spices (2 dry red chilies, 4 green cardamoms, 2 bay leaves, 6 cloves, 1 small cinnamon stick and 1 Teaspoon crushed coriander seeds) v 1 ...