Countries agreed Friday to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams in tooth fillings by 2034, in a move that will change dentistry around the world. At a conference in Geneva, signatories to a treaty aimed at protecting human health and the environment from mercury pollution called time on mercury amalgams. Nations agreed “to end the use of dental ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a certain political party is attempting to create division within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He made the remark on Saturday morning while addressing a gathering in front of the residence of late BNP leader Barrister Aminul Haque in Godagari, Rajshahi, after offering prayers at his grave. Introducing Major General ...

Content creator Ashraful Alam, popularly known as Hero Alam, has been arrested by the police. He was taken into custody on Saturday afternoon by Hatirjheel Police following a case filed by his wife Riya Moni. According to the Hatirjheel Police, Hero Alam has been placed in police custody as part of the ongoing investigation into the case. Police said he ...

Bangladesh’s economy is caught in a debilitating ‘waiting vortex’ of stagnant investment, high inflation and weak business confidence, with experts saying only a credible and participatory election can restore stability and drive recovery. The prevailing consensus across the business and policy landscape is that the economy is currently ‘breathing, but unable to walk’ as it is paralysed by political uncertainty ...

Bangladesh’s rising football star Hamza Choudhury has officially joined bKash as its new brand ambassador. The Bangladesh National Football Team midfielder and English club Leicester City player will work closely with bKash. The partnership was formalized recently at a signing ceremony held at a hotel in the capital on 14 November. bKash Chief Marketing Officer Mir Nawbut Ali, Chief Legal ...

A huge crowd of devotees thronged Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday as the International Khatme Nabuwat Conference commenced amid tight security and extensive participation from home and abroad. The religious congregation began at 9am with inaugural remarks and will continue until 2pm. From early morning, thousands of scholars, students of madrasas, and devout Muslims from various districts were seen ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said that no country can achieve sustainable development by excluding half of its population. He made the remarks on Friday while attending a three-day reunion of former cadets of Joypurhat Girls’ Cadet College as the chief guest. “When women make up 50 percent of the population, it is impossible to move the nation ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher and leaders of seven other parties have called on the Chief Adviser to immediately announce a separate date for the national referendum, instead of holding it on the same day as the upcoming general election. Speaking at a joint press conference held at Al-Falah Hall at Moghbazar in Dhaka on Friday, Taher said, “We ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has pledged that the party will ensure the strictest punishment for perpetrators of violence against women if entrusted with power through people’s mandate. He made the remarks at a pre-procession rally titled “Rising Violence and Disrespect: Conscious Women Prepared to Resist,” organized by Women and Children Rights Forum at Shahbagh in Dhaka. Following the ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided against raising income tax rates at the Budget later this month. In recent weeks, Reeves had given strong indications she would increase the rates – a move that would have broken Labour’s election manifesto promise not to raise “the basic, higher or additional rates of income tax”. However, as first reported in the Financial Times, ...