Vegetables can be very boring to eat, but there are a number of ways to easily level up your cooking game. As the weather cools down, roasting vegetables is a great way to add extra flavour to your regular side dishes. However, if you find that simply roasting your vegetables isn’t giving them enough flavour, there’s one ingredient you can ...

Seventy per cent of purchases related to the national elections have already been completed, said Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed on Thursday. “Materials like clean ballot box locks, official seals, marking seals, brass seals, hessian big bags, hessian small bags, gunny bags have been purchased for polls. Our works to collect election equipment are underway.” Akhtar Ahmed said, “We ...

The Jatiyo Nagorik Party (NCP) convener Nahid Islam has told the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) that Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus was contacted on August 4 last year and offered the position of head of a new government, days before the collapse of the government. Nahid, a key witness in the case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ex-Home Minister Asaduzzaman ...

A Dhaka court has sentenced Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Russell and Chairperson Shamima Nasrin to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over fraud and embezzlement. The verdict was delivered on Thursday by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Monirul Islam. Alongside the jail term, the court imposed a fine of Tk 10,000 each, with an additional three months imprisonment ...

Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, made a high-profile appearance at the premiere of his debut Netflix series The Ba**ds of Bollywood on Wednesday night at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai. Adding to the buzz was the presence of his rumoured girlfriend, Larissa Bonesi, though the two arrived separately and avoided posing together. Aryan, ...

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on a new resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, along with increased humanitarian access. The move comes amid mounting global frustration over the United States’ repeated vetoes blocking previous efforts to halt Israel’s military campaign. The draft resolution, led by the 10 non-permanent members of the council, ...

Hajong people of Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj district in the Tangua­ar haor area are witnessing a gradual erosion of their ancestral lands and traditional way of life. Driven from their homes by historical upheavals, legal complications and land-grabbing practices, they now count themselves a marginalised minority in what once was their own territory. In the melodious words of a Hajong song, ...

Former spokesperson and Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank Md Mezbaul Haque has resigned citing personal reasons. Bangladesh Bank’s spokesperson and Executive Director Arief Hossain said Mezbaul submitted his resignation on Tuesday. His resignation will come into effect on October 14. Mezbaul Haque is currently serving as the Executive Director of the central bank’s Rajshahi office. Following the fall of the ...

The UEFA Champions League returned with a bang as last season’s finalists, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan, opened their campaigns with commanding victories, signaling their intent to dominate once again. PSG begin title defense with emphatic win over Atalanta Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain made a powerful start to their title defense, sweeping aside Atalanta 4-0 at the Parc des Princes. ...

Bangladesh rose to 9th in T20 International rankings following their victory against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup on Tuesday. The ranking improvement is also the outcome of their consistent performance in the last three months. Since they slipped to 10th in May, Bangladesh have won series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Netherlands. Also, they won two matches out of ...