The continuous rainfall and mountain runoff are causing to rise the water levels of all river, including the Surma, Kushiyara, and Jadukata, once more which left the lowlands of Sunamganj district flooded. The low-lying areas of Tahirpur upazila are gradually being submerged, as the floodwaters are rapidly entering through the upazila’s Charagaon area, near the Meghalaya border, which raised concerns ...

Stating that the 10 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to New Delhi are just a ‘new version of slavery’, BNP on Sunday demanded the government to make public immediately all the agreements signed with the neighbouring country. The party also expressed concern that granting India a rail corridor, allowing it to ...

A 15 per cent value-added tax (VAT) is going to be levied on metro rail tickets from Monday (July 1). The VAT on metro rail tickets remained exempted till June 30. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) had been providing VAT waiver to metro rail tickets since December 28, 2022. But, the NBR said it would not provide VAT exemption ...

Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Sunday said that his ministry is monitoring the strikes of teachers of public universities across the country regarding the universal pension scheme. “Considering the situation, necessary measures will be taken from the ministry in due course,” he said, reports UNB. He made the remarks while replying to a question from journalists at a briefing ...

Transfer of the accused of corruption from one office to another office cannot be an effective punishment, said former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen. He opined that all the properties of the individuals accused of corruption should be auctioned after confiscation. The former top diplomat of the government writes in a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday (June ...

Adding a new medication is associated with better blood pressure lowering. In drug-treated patients with hypertension whose blood pressure (BP) is inadequately controlled, augmentation strategies include maximising the dose of a currently prescribed antihypertensive medication or adding another antihypertensive drug. According to a cohort study in the United States, investigators identified 487,000 older hypertensive veterans (age, ≥65; 98% men) whose ...

Dr Niyati Arora, BDS, MDS (Prosthodontist) at Krown Hub Dental Clinic, Pitampura said, “The most common thing available to clean any food stuck between our teeth in a household or when we go out to eat is a toothpick. But using toothpicks to clean the food stuck can do more harm than benefit.” Have you ever instinctively reached for a ...

If you leave your job, it would seem logical that your salary would stop being paid, but not so for a number of former Nigerian civil servants. They have managed to be employed elsewhere – sometimes in another country entirely – and yet continue to receive a wage from their former workplace. News of this has reached the top and ...

Giant peacock floats, motorbike formations and martial arts demonstrations accompanied by thumping pop tunes have formed part of London’s annual Pride Parade this year. Attendees in the colourful procession wore all kinds of outfits ranging from carnival costumes to gym gear, while crowds lined the streets from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square to cheer them on as a giant rainbow ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday (June 30) sent a letter to the sub-registry offices of different districts including Dhaka seeking information about land properties owned by National Board of Revenue (NBR) official Matiur Rahman and his wife Laila Kaniz. Earlier, a court in Dhaka imposed restrictions on leaving the country by Matiur Rahman, his wife Laila Kaniz and son ...