At least five students were injured in a clash between two factions of the anti-discrimination student movement in Sunamganj town on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurs as a group of students, who were reportedly deprived in the new committee, equipped with local weapons attacked a meeting organised for newly formed committee at the District Shilpakala Academy complex around 2PM. Both ...

The government has taken punitive measures against two officials stationed at Bangladesh Mission in Geneva in connection with the harassment of Law, Justice and Expatriate Welfare ministries’ adviser Dr Asif Nazrul in Switzerland, said Toufique Hasan, Director General, Public Diplomacy Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He disclosed it at a weekly media briefing held at the Ministry of ...

Former BNP lawmaker Mosaddek Ali Falu and two others have been acquitted in a case filed over siphoning off Tk 183.92 crore to Dubai. Dhaka Divisional Special Judge SM Ziaur Rahman passed this order on Thursday stating that the prosecution failed to prove the charges. Two other accused who are also acquitted from the case charge are SAK Ekramuzzaman, Managing ...

Anushka Singh, a fitness coach and nutritionist, took to Instagram to share that she reduced her belly fat in just 21 days, and she achieved the same by switching her lunch options to healthy, homemade and simple meals. Losing belly fat in three weeks is possible, according to her. On August 9, the fitness influencer decided to reduce her belly ...

The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday condemned recent attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), calling on all parties to respect the safety of members of that force. In a statement, the Council condemned the attacks on October 29, November 7 and November 8, which wounded several Blue Helmets. They did not name who they believed to ...

Chris Wood’s prolific goal-scoring for Nottingham Forest is unprecedented for New Zealand football and may never be repeated, the country’s coach said Thursday. The centre-forward is in the form of his life with eight goals in 11 matches to play a major part in Forest’s strong start to the season in the English Premier League, where they sit fifth. New ...

Bangladesh endured a frustrating start to their current FIFA window as they suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Maldives on Wednesday at the Bashundhara Kings Arena. Despite dominating possession and creating several promising opportunities, poor finishing proved costly for the hosts, who were unable to capitalize on their attacks. The only goal of the match came in the 16th minute, ...

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s main capital market, indexes saw an upward trend in the first hour on Thursday. Till 11am on the day, the trading record in the DSE shows, shares and units of 5.53 crore exchange through 53763 transactions. In this time shares and mutual funds worth Tk 163.4 crore were traded. A total of 369 ...

A school boy was killed and three others injured after being run over by a truck in Sylhet city on Wednesday night. The accident took place at around 10 pm on the Sylhet-Airport road near Malnichhara tea garden. The dead Tanjim, 16, son of Rajan Mia, a resident of Dakshin Surma Kuchai area in Sylhet, was an SSC candidate from ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday met Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at the COP29 climate summit venue in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. During the meeting, they discussed issues of mutual interest, according to a message received here. Earlier, Non-Resident Ambassador of Azerbaijan Elchin Huseynli in a meeting with Prof Yunus here stressed the need for deeper trade ties between ...