The 89th birth anniversary of the architect of multi-party democracy and founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman is being celebrated today. The valiant freedom fighter Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, was born on this day in 1936 in Bagbari village under Nashipur Union in Gabtoli of Bogura district. Ziaur Rahman was the second of five sons of ...

Digital driving licences are to be introduced in the UK as the government looks to use technology to “transform public services”. They will be accessed on a new government smartphone app and could be accepted as a form of ID when buying alcohol, voting, or boarding domestic flights. Physical licences will still be issued, but ministers believe the voluntary digital ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the interim government to focus on reducing unnecessary development activities and expenses of the government and budgetary allocation for loans to autonomous bodies instead of increasing value added tax (VAT) and supplementary duty. He made the call at a press conference titled ‘Taxes and VAT imposed by the interim government will ...

A court in Dhaka has sent former member of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Ratiur Rahman to jail in an arms case filed with the Bhatara police station. Metropolitan Magistrate Naznin Akhter passed the order on Saturday as Sub-Inspector Belal Hossain of the Detective Branch (DB) of police produced Matiur before the court after the expiry of a three-day ...

Ingredients: Filling: l Ground coconut 1 cup l Melted Jaggery/Gur 1/4 cup l Cinnamon 1 stick l Cardamom 3 pcs Pitha Dough: l Oil 1 tsp l Water 1 cup l Salt to taste l Rice flour 1 cup Milk Ingredients: l Milk 1 litre l Sugar 1/4 cup l Ground coconut 2 tbsp l Melted Jaggery/Gur 1/4 cup Method: ...

Israel’s government has approved the new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for it to take effect on Sunday. The decision came after hours of discussions that continued late into the night. Two far-right ministers voted against the deal. The security cabinet earlier recommended ratifying the agreement, saying it “supports the achievement of the objectives ...

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her brother-in-law at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar. The victim, Karima Begum, 42, was attacked around 7:00 PM in the market line area of Patrakhola Tea Garden under Madhabpur Union. She was the wife of Mortuz Mia and a resident of the Purbapara No-2 area in the tea garden. Police stated that the ...

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said that value-added tax (VAT) has been increased ‘inconsiderately’. “We are astonished to see how inconsiderately the value-added tax was increased,” he said while delivering his introductory speech at a symposium titled ‘White Paper and Thereafter: Economic Management, Reforms, and National Budget’ at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) on Saturday. “We did not see any ...

Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW) unveiled its ninth biennial report titled “State of Professional Public Health Education in Bangladesh” at a program held at BRAC Tower in the capital on Friday. The event, attended by distinguished guests, explored the current challenges and opportunities in professional public health education across the country. The program commenced with a welcome address by Dr. Ahmed ...

The interim government on Saturday said it holds a “zero tolerance policy” towards any attacks on the shrines and requested all the aggrieved persons to file complaints with the police. All the police units have been ordered to investigate the cases stringently and arrest all the persons involved in the attack incidents. “The government attaches highest importance on the safety ...