Legendary former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats, described by Bill Shankly as a “colossus”, has died at the age of 86. The ex-Scotland defender was part of the Liverpool side that won the Second Division title under manager Shankly in 1962. Yeats went on to win two top-flight titles, the FA Cup and the Charity Shield three times, helping establish Liverpool ...

A number of farmers have achieved massive success in cultivating bean in the summertime in different places of the division. Although bean is known as a winter vegetable, two varieties of the vegetable released by Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) have showed huge success in its farming during summer, said Professor Md Shahidul Islam of SAU horticulture department. He also said ...

Hundreds of job seekers staged demonstration blocking Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Saturday to press home their demand for extending the age limit up to 35 years for government jobs. The protesters carried a banner urging the chief adviser’s attention to their demands. They said that the current age limit for civil service applications is 30. They have been carrying ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday visited critically injured persons of the student-mass upsurge at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital as he inquired about their health. “He (Professor Dr Yunus) saw the conditions of four students who were being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital,” its director Professor Dr Quazi Deen Mohammad told the ...

Samsung has unveiled new models of refrigerators in the Bangladesh market. The amazing new appliances have been especially crafted to blend into the natural aesthetic of modern interior. At the same time, all new models come with advanced features, ensuring maximum satisfaction to the customers. The new top mount freezer models are – RT 31, RT 35 & RT 42, ...

CIA Director Bill Burns and UK MI6 chief Richard Moore warned on Saturday that the world order was “under threat in a way we haven’t seen since the cold war”. Writing in a Financial Times op-ed, the two spy chiefs said “we have no more trusted or esteemed allies” than each other, adding that the partnership would be vital as ...

Religious Affairs adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain has said madrasa students will be deployed to guard the temples during the upcoming Durga Puja festival. He made the remarks while talking to journalists after attending an opinion-sharing meeting with different religious leaders including alems and ulemas organised by the Islamic Foundation in Rajshahi city on Saturday morning. The Religious Affairs adviser ...

Youth and Sports adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan has said a committee will be formed by Sunday with architects and museum experts to turn Ganabhaban into the ‘July Uprising Memorial Museum’. “Will start inauguration work soon,” he said after visiting Ganabhaban on Saturday (September 7). Earlier on Thursday, the interim government took the decision to turn Ganabhaban into the ‘July ...

Garment workers in the industrial areas of Savar and Ashulia have started working in the garment factories. Workers were seen returning to work at factories in Narsinghpur, Nishchintapur, Jamgora DEPZ, and Palashbari areas on Saturday morning, where protests had taken place previously. However, at around 9:00 am, authorities declared a holiday for two factories. Aside from this, no reports of ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party has started its processing to take party Chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced medical treatment. But as she is not physically fit enough to travel for a long time by plane, the party leader decided to take her by an air ambulance. They are trying to arrange the air ambulance from Qatar. Dr AZM Zahid, a personal ...