Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s prime minister said he had agreed on Monday to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government, a day after the rebels seized the capital Damascus and Assad fled to Russia. The imminent transfer of power follows 13 years of civil war and the end to more than 50 years of brutal rule by the Assad ...

The price of bottled soybean oil and loose oil has been raised by Tk 8 per litre. The price of bottled soybean oil has jumped to Tk 175 from Tk 167 per litre and the price of loose oil to Tk 157 per litre from Tk149. Commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin announced the new prices after a meeting with traders ...

Four Awami League leaders and activists were arrested in India on Sunday in a rape case. The arrestees were identified as Nasir Uddin Khan, chairman of Sylhet district council and general secretary of Sylhet district AL; Alam Khan Mukti, president of Sylhet Metropolitan Jubo League; Ripon, vice president of Sylhet Metropolitan Jubo League; and Jewel, an AL activist. Shillong police, ...

A Michigan Medicine study found that high systolic blood pressure (the top number on the blood pressure reading and how hard the heart pumps blood to the arteries) increases the risk of the two most common types of strokes over time. The study looked at the average systolic blood pressure years before the first stroke in over 40,000 adults aged ...

Winter season generally see a lot of wedding programme in this region. While the people love to keep them stylish with heavy dress when attending a wedding programme, the chilly weather some create a barrier in styling them properly. Normally winter weddings in Bangladesh are vibrant and full of cultural flair, so the outfit as a guest should balance style, ...

An elderly man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident involving a speeding motorcycle in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday. The incident occurred around 12:30 PM near BRAC office at Mokambazar area on the Shamshernagar-Moulvibazar highway. According to police, the motorcycle, driven recklessly by a teenager and carrying another, was heading toward Munshibazar. The ...

The fourth economic census of the country will begin on Tuesday and will continue until December 26. It was informed at a press briefing regarding the Economic Census 2024 project at the conference room of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Agargaon, Dhaka on Monday. Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Project Director of the Economic Census Project, provided an overview of ...

Former president of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and actor Shomi Kaiser has submitted a petition to the High Court seeking bail in an attempt to murder case filed with Uttara East Police Station in the capital. The petition was submitted to the branch concerned of the High Court on Sunday (December 8). Police from the Uttara East Police Station ...

There was further wind and rain for some on Sunday, although the storm has now moved away from the UK Tens of thousands of people are facing another night without power after Storm Darragh swept across the UK. A final yellow weather warning for wind in England and Wales expired on Sunday evening, with the storm having now moved away ...

The Prince of Wales met US President-elect Donald Trump while visiting France for the ceremonial reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral. Prince William joined other world leaders in Paris to mark the restoration of the world-famous landmark, which was devastated by a fire five years ago. After shaking hands at the ceremony, the pair also met afterwards, with the president-elect describing the ...