For the second summer running, women with places to go and bling on all their fingers have heralded the sunshine with fizzing orange manicures: Aperol spritz nails. “It is refreshing and puts you in a good mood,” wrote one journalist after the actor Zendaya posted an apricot-tipped selfie last year, listing the many ways (ombré, glowing, pastel, arty, French, jelly, ...

Israel has agreed to a series of three-day “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of September, in central Gaza, for three days, and there will be a humanitarian pause during ...

Bangladesh is showing an upward trend again in remittance sent by expatriates which exceeded $2 billion in 28 days of August. According to Bangladesh Bank’s updated report on remittance as of August 28, expatriate Bangladeshis sent $2.07 billion to the country through the formal channel. In the same period of August 2023, remittance inflow was $1.43 billion, reports UNB. Bangladesh ...

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked all banks to freeze accounts of former chief justice Obaidul Hassan and attorney general AM Amin Uddin. The anti-money laundering agency also ordered banks to block all accounts belonging to Obaidul Hassan’s wife Nafisa Banu, and Amin Uddin’s wife Afsari Khanam. BFIU, an investigation wing of the central bank, sent letters to banks ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director and Chairman of the Women’s Cricket Committee Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel resigned from the post during the board meeting on Thursday. The newly elected BCB President, Faruque Ahmed, chaired the board meeting. Nadel is a former member of parliament from Moulvibazar-2 constituency and the organising secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League, reports UNB. Another BCB ...

A man was killed and at least 40 others were injured in a clash between two villagers over a land dispute in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila on Thursday. The incident took place at Rafinagar and Mirzapur under the upazila in the afternoon. The victim’s identity was not immediately known. According to police and locals, there was a dispute over land between ...

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has removed the floor price for the shares of four more companies. The companies are BSRM Ltd, Khulna Power, Meghna Petroleum, and Shahjibazar Power. Now, the floor price remains only for two companies-Beximco Ltd and Islami Bank Bangladesh. The stock market regulator took the decision at an emergency meeting with its Chairman Khondoker ...

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Vikentyevich Mantytskiy on Thursday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed the country’s latest situation, next general election, trade, investment and the potential areas for cooperation between the two friendly nations. The hour-long meeting, held at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, was also attended by BNP Standing Committee and International Affairs Committee ...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic racked up his 90th win at the US Open on Wednesday by defeating Serb compatriot Laslo Djere who retired in the third set of their second round clash, reports AFP. Djokovic, a four-time champion at the tournament and seeking a record 25th Grand Slam title, was leading 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 when Djere called it quits. The ...

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas has been acquitted in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charges of irregularities in allocating a plot in the capital’s Tejgaon industrial area. Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam passed the order on Thursday. Mirza Abbas’s lawyer Mohi Uddin Chowdhury confirmed this. Meanwhile, the ACC’s public prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali ...