Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the PM’s standards adviser after controversy over her links to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh. It comes after the minister was named last month in an investigation into claims her family embezzled infrastructure funding in the country. Siddiq had faced growing calls for an investigation after reports in recent days she ...

Shoppers spent more in December compared with the year before but it wasn’t enough to make up for an overall lacklustre year for retailers, new figures suggest. Doing particularly well over Christmas were gifts including beauty advent calendars, jewellery and AI-enabled tech, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. December’s growth of 3.2% was boosted by a big weekend of Black ...

Masterchef India semifinalist Kriti Dhiman, who consumes ghee water — a teaspoon of ghee in a cup of warm water — on an empty stomach every morning, claims to have noticed the following changes: *My skin has been better than ever. It’s clearer, brighter, and feels hydrated. Ghee is enriched with essential fatty acids and antioxidants. So, it helps in ...

The National Orthopedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute (NITOR), widely known as Pangu Hospital, is struggling with an overwhelming number of patients and persistent complaints about its services. Located in the heart of Dhaka, the hospital’s corridors are crowded with patients who wait for weeks-sometimes months-hoping for admission and treatment. Families Forced to Sleep in Corridors Mosammad Asma Begum, who traveled ...

Four days later, Bangladesh was shaken by another earthquake. The earthquake was felt at 7:05AM (Bangladesh time) on Tuesday in several parts of Bangladesh, including the capital. However, no damage has been reported. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in Tibet, China, with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale. The tremor was also felt in Nepal, Bhutan ...

At least 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 are injured after a major earthquake struck the mountainous Tibet region on Tuesday morning, Chinese state media say. The earthquake that hit Tibet’s holy Shigatse city around 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT) had a magnitude of 7.1 and a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), according to data from the ...

Warnings for snow, ice and rain are in place across parts of the UK, with areas in southern England being warned of flooding due to rain and melting snow caused by milder temperatures. More than 100 flood warnings have been issued for parts of the south of England, meaning flooding is “expected” in these areas. More than 260 flood alerts ...

The government wants to introduce a fully electronic passport (e-passport) by December this year, instead of machine-readable passports, said Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday. He came up with the information while briefing reporters after visiting passport office at Agargaon in the capital. Informing that the government is trying to transforming all passports into electronic passports, the Home ...

Syria’s new foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani landed in the United Arab Emirates Monday on his first visit to the country since rebels toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month, official news agency SANA said, reports AFP. “Shaibani, accompanied by defense minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and intelligence chief Anas Khattab arrive in the United Arab Emirates,” SANA said, a day after they ...

Two motorcyclists were killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw in Sunamganj’s Shantiganj on Monday. The road accident occurred around 10:30 am in Sichni area under Dargapasha union of the upazila. The dead were identified as Amirul Islam, 50, of Nurpur village under Derai upazila, and Rajin Ahmed, 26, son of Habibur Rahman of Aktapara ...