Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday joined in New York a welcome reception with heads of delegation representing various countries at the UN General Assembly hosted by Secretary General António Guterres at the UN headquarters, reports UNB. World leaders gathered here to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, “Leaving no one behind: acting together for ...

Britain must prepare for more pylons and more prisons to deliver “national renewal”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Sir Keir used his first conference speech as Prime Minister to tell the British public would have to accept “trade-offs” as he prepared to take on the “massive challenges the Tories ignored”. Addressing the party faithful in Liverpool, Sir Keir said: “So ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out plans to crackdown on crime as she said the government would attempt to halve knife offences in a decade. In a speech to Labour conference, Cooper said police would be given new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour, off-road bikes and shoplifting. The government would also pass a new law to ban the sale ...

China’s central bank has unveiled a major package of measures aimed at reviving the country’s flagging economy. People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Pan Gongsheng announced plans to lower borrowing costs and allow banks to increase their lending. The move comes after a series of disappointing data has increased expectations in recent months that the world’s second largest economy will ...

A man was killed in a clash between two rival groups over a land dispute at Bahubol upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday. The clash broke out around 9 AM on Tuesday at Babnakandi village in the upazila. The victim was Wahid Mia, 32, son of Ishaque Molla and a resident of the same village. Citing locals, police said there ...

South Korean ambassador in Dhaka Park Young-sik on Tuesday (September 24) held a meeting with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam. The meeting was held at the BNP Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in Dhaka around 4:00pm on Tuesday. On behalf of the BNP media cell, it was told that the BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has honoured Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, Executive Director of icddr,b, as one of its Goalkeepers Champions for 2024. Dr Ahmed was celebrated for his pioneering contributions to the field of child nutrition, particularly his work on microbiome-directed ready-to-use therapeutic food (MD-RUTF), which has been instrumental in addressing childhood malnutrition in Bangladesh and other vulnerable regions. ...

Ingredients: v Ambarella –500 g v Oil –3 tbsp v Curry Leaves –8 Leafs v Lemongrass –1 piece v Coconut milk –2tbsp v Mustard –0.5 tsp v Onion –20 g v Green chilis–3 pieces v Cinnamon –2 pieces v Garlic –2 tsp v Chili powder –1.5 tbsp v Curry powder –1 tbsp v Curry powder –0.75 tbsp v Turmeric –0.5 ...

Members of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) in a drive seized 10,000 kilograms of Indian sugar from Madhabpur border area in Habiganj district on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the force conducted a raid in Jagadishpur Muktijoddha Chattar area and seized the sugar in an abandoned condition, BGB Habiganj 55 Battalion Captain Lieutenant Colonel Imdadul Bari Khan said, ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has met Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussed issues of mutual interest. The meeting was held on Monday focusing on bilateral ties. “Had a meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain of Bangladesh in New York this (Monday) evening. The conversation focussed on our bilateral ties,” Jaishankar wrote on X, formerly ...