A nationwide Vitamin A Plus campaign is set to launch on Saturday, aiming to provide essential nutrition to children across Bangladesh. As part of the initiative, children aged 6-11 months will receive blue Vitamin A capsules, while those aged 12-59 months will be given red capsules, according to a government press release. With the slogan “Feed Vitamin A, Reduce the ...

Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), today called on government authorities to take responsibility for ensuring the safety and dignity of women and children across the country. In a post on his verified Facebook page, Rahman expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of an eight-year-old rape victim from Magura, who passed away while undergoing treatment ...

England batsman Harry Brook has been banned from the Indian Premier League for two years after he pulled out at the last minute to focus on international cricket, local media reported on Friday. The 26-year-old, considered a front runner to replace Jos Buttler as England’s white-ball captain, was signed to Delhi Capitals for the IPL season beginning next week. Brook ...

Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to a 2-0 victory over Jamaica’s Cavalier SC on Thursday, securing a spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals. Suarez opened the scoring with a penalty in the 11th minute, while Messi, who came on in the second half, sealed the win with a stoppage-time goal, completing a 4-0 aggregate victory for ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Cox’s Bazar today to visit the Rohingya refugee camps. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying both leaders landed at Cox’s Bazar Airport around 12:48 PM, where they were welcomed by Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk E Azam. During the visit, Prof Yunus will inaugurate a new ...

A drought like situation and untimely cold wave, which induced pest attack and outbreak of blast disease, are severely impacting Boro paddy fields in Sylhet region, especially in Sunamganj district, causing extreme worry for several thousand farmers. Under the impact of the dry spell, lands of paddy fields have already become arid in many areas. Already 10 per cent of ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed appreciation for the close cooperation between the United Nations and Bangladesh as well as for Bangladesh’s generosity towards Rohingya refugees. The Secretary-General also expressed his solidarity with Bangladesh’s reform and transition process when Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and High Representative to the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh on Rohingya Issues and Priority ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to visit a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh on Friday, accompanied by Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus, to call on the international community to increase humanitarian aid for the displaced Rohingya people. Guterres will spend time with the refugees during Iftar, sharing the meal as part of his Ramadan solidarity visit. “I spend time ...

Advance train ticket sales for the upcoming Eid ul-Fitr have begun online. The sale for the western region’s intercity trains started at 8:00 AM on Friday (March 14). The sale for the eastern region’s intercity train tickets will begin at 2:00 PM. This was confirmed by Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Station Master at Dhaka Railway Station (Kamalapur). He mentioned that the ...

A delegation led by the Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, paid a courtesy visit to Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman at Army Headquarters on Thursday. In addition to the exchange of greetings, they discussed opportunities to enhance technical and military cooperation between the Bangladeshi and Chinese militaries as well as participation in Bangladesh-China joint military exercises.