New Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called “magic mushrooms”. Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour said rules had been relaxed so psilocybin could be used to treat certain types of depression. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in some species of mushroom and can cause hallucinations and an altered ...

Three persons including a woman and her son were killed and dozens injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet today. The accidents took place at Sreerampur under Moglabazar police station on the Sylhet-Zakiganj road and at the Union Office Bazar of Zakiganj on the same road. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Zakiganj Police Station Zahirul Islam Munna said a microbus carrying a ...

The United Nations Security Council will hold a session on Friday to address the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, according to Guyana, the current council president. This will be the second meeting on the issue in a week. The first urgent session was held after Israel launched an attack last Friday. The upcoming meeting was requested by Iran, with ...

Stock markets in Asia edged lower on Thursday while safe havens such as gold and the Japanese yen gained as investors remained on edge over the possible entry of the United States into the week-old Israel-Iran air war. President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the United States will join Israel’s bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites, telling reporters ...

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma warned Wednesday that the newly crowned European champions are “hungry” for more success at the Club World Cup as they prepared to face Brazil’s Botafogo. The French side began their Group B campaign in dominant fashion on Sunday, cruising to a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. The performance came just ...

A Dhaka court has directed prison authorities to facilitate the wedding of singer Mainul Ahsan Noble with that woman who filed a rape case against him. The court instructed that the marriage be solemnized with mutual consent and reported back upon completion. The directive was issued on Wednesday (June 18) by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmun Akhter, following a petition filed ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has appointed an amicus curiae as ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Gaibandha BCL leader Shakil Alam Bulbul were not appeared in the court in a contempt of court case. Senior High Court lawyer AY Moshiuzzaman has been appointed as an amicus curiae. A three-member tribunal issued this appointment order on Thursday.

Detective Branch (DB) police arrested former state minister for planning Dr Shamsul Alam from the capital’s Mohammadpur area. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner Nasirul Islam confirmed the arrest news. “Shamsul Alam was arrested and he is currently at the Detective Branch (DB) office on Minto Road. There is a case against him and he will be produced before the ...

National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman met with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Wednesday at the State Department in Washington, DC. The two sides discussed a range of key issues, including the ongoing Rohingya crisis, bilateral tariff negotiations, recent developments in South Asia, and the democratic transition in Bangladesh, according to an official message received Thursday. Deputy ...

Chocolate prices in the UK rose at the fastest pace on record in May as the overall cost of food continued to climb, official figures suggest. The main rate of inflation remained at 3.4% in the year to May, the highest for more than a year. However, food prices grew for the third month in a row, as some economists ...