A housewife’s suspicious death occurred at Derai upazila in Sunamganj district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Soma Akter, 21, wife of Kayes Mia of Chandipur village under Derai municipality. According to locals, family members took Soma to Derai Upazila Health Complex in serious condition when the on-duty doctors declared her dead. Soma’s in-laws are claiming that Soma committed ...

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan has said the agency’s recent notice on zero-tax returns is intended to raise taxpayer awareness, not to intimidate anyone. “We do not want to scare taxpayers in any way. We simply want to make them aware,” he told a press conference on Tuesday at the Ministry of Finance’s multipurpose hall ...

Jaisen Clifford scored in added time to give Marumo Gallants a shock 2-1 victory over Orlando Pirates on Tuesday, which took the Bloemfontein club to the top of the South African Premiership. The substitute poked a cross past goalkeeper Sipho Chaine and home supporters in a capacity 15,000 crowd erupted with joy at the unexpected second-round triumph. Pirates, reeling from ...

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), the national university of Malaysia, has conferred an honorary doctorate degree on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in recognition of his exceptional contribution to social entrepreneurship. The ceremony took place at the UKM auditorium in Kuala Lumpur, where the university’s chancellor formally presented the honorary degree to Prof Yunus. Upon his arrival, the chancellor personally welcomed ...

Bangladesh has strongly raised the issue of undocumented or irregular Bangladeshi migrants with Malaysia’s top leadership, aiming for a long-term solution to migration challenges, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Tuesday night. “We are coming here frequently. We are having deep and sincere discussions. They (Malaysia) have responded well and remain serious about migration welfare,” Alam told reporters ...

The Bangladesh A made a good start to the Australia tour, beating DIXI by 37 runs in a practice game in Darwin. The visiting Bangladesh side posted a healthy 181-5 after opting to bat first. Afif Hossain anchored the innings with 33 ball-43 after opener Naim Sheikh provided the early impetus with 36 of 29. After Afif’s fall, skipper Nurul ...

Bangladesh and Malaysia have vowed to elevate their longstanding relationship into a forward-looking strategic partnership, following high-level talks between Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim in Putrajaya on Tuesday. The meeting began with a one-on-one discussion between the two leaders, later expanding to restricted talks and a full delegation-level session. Both sides ...

Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin on Tuesday said the government is actively working to reduce the existing 20% reciprocal tariff imposed by the United States on Bangladeshi exports to 15%. “There is a collective effort at all levels of the government to bring down the tariff from 20% to 15%,” he said during a press briefing at Secretariat following a ...

A powerful syndicate is allegedly plundering stones from Bholaganj’s Sadapathor quarry with the help of a few local influential figures and corrupt members of the police. Once a thriving tourist destination, the area has now lost much of its scenic beauty. Although the administration claims to be conducting regular mobile court drives, in reality, the looting continues unabated. Local resident ...

International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) has dismissed a petition filed by senior Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna seeking permission to defend former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a crimes against humanity case linked to the July-August Mass Uprising. The plea was moved on Tuesday by Advocate Naznin Nahar on behalf of ZI Khan Panna, who was reportedly unwell. She informed ...