Authorities have intensified the screening of people returning from India through Darshana checkpost in a bid to prevent the spread of a new variant of Covid-19. To this end, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued an additional alert at the Darshana Joynagar checkpost as the rate of Covid infection continues to rise in the district. Immigration officials said ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus was briefed on Friday by a visiting UK delegation regarding the capabilities and potential benefits of HMS Enterprise, a naval and oceanographic survey vessel set to be inducted into the Bangladesh Navy. Lesley Craig, Head of the South Asia Regional Department at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and Commodore Whalley met with ...

Border Guard Bangladesh detained 13 people who were reportedly pushed in by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) through the Barlekha border in Moulvibazar on Friday. They were detained near New Pallathal border outpost (BOP). The detainees include four men, three women, and six children. Lt Col Arifjan, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-52, said that the BSF pushed the 13 ...

Ingredients: * Beef 500 gms * Saffron 1/2 tsp soaked in hot water * Greek yogurt 2 tbsps * Onion 1, chopped * Garlic 1 tbsp * Lemon juice 1 tbsp * Cumin seeds 1 tsp * Cinnamon seeds 1/2 tsp * Pepper * Salt to taste For glaze: * Pomegranate juice 1/3 cup * Honey 1 tbsp * Chili ...

Liverpool has agreed to pay a transfer fee of 116 million pounds ($157 million) for attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, British media reported Friday. The deal for the 22-year-old Germany international includes a guaranteed 100 million pounds plus 16 million pounds in add-ons, which if achieved would make it a British record. According to AP, the Premier League ...

Bangladesh’s Interim Government Professor Muhammad Yunus, during his recent visit to London, declined to meet Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to discuss ongoing corruption allegations against her. Yunus described the matter as a “court issue” and expressed confidence in Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), which is investigating Siddiq for allegedly receiving land illegally from the regime of her aunt, former Prime Minister ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei confirmed on Friday that several military commanders and scientists were “martyred” in Israeli strikes on Tehran, reports Arab News. In a statement carried on state television, Khamenei warned that Israel will not go unpunished for its attacks. State television earlier said that Hossein Salami, the chief of the Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), was ...

Election likely before Ramadan: Press Wing BNP’s Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman and Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus held a crucial meeting in London on Friday, discussing the political roadmap ahead of the next national election. The meeting, held in a cordial atmosphere, was followed by a joint press conference signaling a potential breakthrough. According to the Chief Adviser’s Press ...

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan has stated that recent claims circulated by Indian media regarding minority repression in Bangladesh have been thoroughly disproven by the country’s interim government, independent fact-checkers and media professionals. In a verified Facebook post, Adviser Asif Mahmud highlighted that the wave of misinformation began following the ousting of former Prime ...

Oil prices surged sharply on Friday following Israel’s announcement of a “preemptive strike” on Iran, heightening fears of broader instability in the Middle East — a key oil-producing region. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark U.S. crude, climbed 6.3 percent to $72.29 per barrel. Meanwhile, Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, rose 5.7 percent to $73.29. The escalation raised ...