Businesspeople in Sylhet have threatened to go for movement if the power crisis in the district is not resolved in the next 48 hours. Bangladesh Dokan Malik Shamity, Sylhet, Sylhet Metropolitan and District Businessmen Oikkya Kalyan Parishad said this in a joint statement on Monday. According to the statement, the local businesses are facing severe losses due to excessive load ...

The boss of Aldi UK says shoppers are treating themselves to more expensive products as cost of living pressures start to ease. Customers are said to be “trading up” to premium own-label products including Wagyu steak, premium cheese, ready meals, and brioche buns. It is a shift in behaviour from 2021, when soaring food prices saw a boom in cheaper ...

The NHS was “creaking at the seams” when the pandemic hit – and this undermined the care given to both coronavirus patients and those needing treatment for other conditions, the Covid public inquiry has been told. On the opening day of the third stage of the inquiry, which is looking at healthcare, lawyers said the health service entered the pandemic ...

Army Chief general Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday called on President Mohammed Sahabuddin at Bangabhaban and briefed him about the overall activities of the army. During the meeting, the Army Chief also highlighted the activities of the army to maintain law and order across the country, President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin said. Sahabuddin appreciated the role of the army in maintaining the ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday said India’s relationship with its neighbouring countries is not going well now as the country always adopted dominance politics with its neighbours. He said this while talking to journalists after offering ziarat at BNP Founder and Martyred President Ziaur Rahman’s mazar at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital marking the ...

The government will honor the martyrs of the students-people uprising on September 14. Disclosing this at a preparatory meeting today, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md. Nahid Islam said to honor the martyrs, a commemorative meeting in memory of all the martyrs in the students-people uprising will be organised on September 14, said a press release. “The government will ...

Taking cold showers may have benefits for your mental and cardiovascular health, experts say. You may have seen people jumping into frigid seas or stylish ice baths, claiming these dunks are good for heart health, muscle recovery, stress and more. This practice is known as cold water immersion, a type of cryotherapy or cold therapy – which can be applied ...

US health officials have confirmed a human case of bird flu in a patient that had no immediately known animal exposure. The patient, in the state of Missouri, was treated in hospital and has since recovered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. It is the 14th human case of bird flu in the US in 2024 and ...

Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Operations) of Dhaka District Md Abdullahil Kafi has been suspended over the allegations of killing and burning students in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, during the student-led mass uprising on August 5. The Police Branch-1 of the Public Security Division of the Home Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on ...

PTI leaders rallied on the outskirts of Islamabad on Sunday, demanding the “immediate release” of their founder, Imran Khan, while criticising the government for marginalising the party as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. The party was staging the rally today to gain support for Imran’s release, who has been imprisoned since last August. Imran was expected to ...