Vegetables are great not only for their versatility – they can be eaten raw or cooked, whole or chopped – but also for their health benefits. However, those looking to incorporate more veggies into their diet may be overlooking one in particular. Eating three servings of baby carrots a week can give a significant boost of important nutrients found in ...

After a severe bout of sweltering summer heat as the time comes for a splash in the rain, it also brings along microbes, which plague our eyes with infections. So along with the excitement that monsoon fills us with, we need to take proper care of our eyes. Dr Aditya Pradhan from Disha Eye Hospitals, consultant in cornea, external diseases ...

Traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced that battery-run autorickshaws (locally made three-wheelers) and other slow-moving vehicles will no longer be allowed to operate on the main roads in Dhaka city. This decision is being implemented alongside enforcement of the law, said DMP Joint Commissioner (Traffic-South) SM Mehedi Hasan at a press conference held at the DMP Media ...

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will publish the monetary policy statement (MPS) for the first half (July-December period) of FY 2024-25 online on Thursday (July 18). Breaking the tradition of announcing it through a formal press conference, Bangladesh Bank has decided to release the MPS through an online update. The primary goal of the upcoming monetary policy this time will be ...

As the effects of the second round of flooding were just beginning to subside, heavy rainfall and water from the upstream have once again inundated fresh areas in Sunamganj. Although rainfall decreased from Friday night, leading to a slight drop in water levels, new areas in the low-lying regions of Bishwambharpur and Tahirpur upazilas have been submerged due to upstream ...

Dr. Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, Secretary General of the University Teachers Association Federation, said their discussion with Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader is satisfactory. “Our three-point demands have been discussed openly in the meeting. We will informed our decision after discussing the matter with the federation members.” Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, also President of the Dhaka University Teachers Association, made this ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader is holding a meeting with a delegation of the teachers, who are on strike demanding the withdrawal of new pension scheme ‘Prottoy’. The meeting began at around 11:30am on Saturday at Awami League’s Dhanmondi office in the capital. A delegation of at least 10 teachers went to the Awami League office for the meeting. ...

At least 21 people were killed, mostly students, and scores more injured on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, the Red Cross and witnesses said. Trapped students cried for help under the rubble as desperate parents looked for help after the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State fell in on ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said he believes students, who have been protesting quotas in government jobs, will accept the Supreme Court’s directive and return home, warning that the government will be forced to take action otherwise. The minister was speaking to journalists at Akhaura railway station in Brahmanbaria, his constituency, on Friday morning. Warning the protesters, the minister said ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A young woman and her mother-in-law drowned reportedly while bathing in the Mugrain haor at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday afternoon. The deceased Rezia Akter, 45, wife of Firoz Ali, and her daughter-in-law Pipasa Akter, wife of Haq Mia, were residents of Janiarchar village under the upazila. According to locals, Rezia Akter along with Pipasa Akter ...