A woman was killed in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway in Nilpur area under Sadar upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rajia Khatun, 50, a resident of Inamnagar village in Shantiganj upazila in the district. It was learnt that the accident occurred at around 12:00 noon in ...

Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has announced a hike in gold prices, effective from Sunday, raising the cost of 22-carat gold to Tk 142,266 per bhori (11.664 grams). The new price marks an increase of Tk 2,823 per bhori from the previous rate of Tk 137,449, as per a press release issued by Masudur Rahman, Chairman of the BAJUS Pricing and ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized Indian smuggled goods, including contraband items, worth about over Taka 1.65 crore from different areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj border districts today. “Based on secret information, the BGB personnel in its anti-smuggling drives in different areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj border seized a huge quantity of Indian smuggled goods but none was ...

Recently, an Instagram user asked the internet for suggestions on whether to eat expired frozen food or not. Dr Karan Rajan, MBBS BSc and an NHS surgeon in India, stitched the original clip and explained what one must do in such scenarios – if they should eat expired frozen food, how to freeze food and more, reports Hindustan Times. ‘As ...

Nine more dengue patients died while 886 people were admitted to different hospitals across the country with the viral fever in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 448. Among the deceased, four were male and six were ...

Lung cancer is one of the most prevalent and lethal forms of cancer worldwide. It is the top malignancy among the male population in Bangladesh. It is characterised by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lungs, which can form tumors and interfere with normal respiratory function. Lung cancer is primarily classified into two main types: non-small cell lung ...

Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested in Oslo on suspicion of rape, Norwegian police reported. The 27-year-old, who is the stepson of Crown Prince Haakon, was taken into custody on Monday night under a preliminary charge. Authorities allege that Borg Høiby engaged in sexual intercourse with someone who was “unconscious or for ...

Winter’s cozy appeal often tempts us to indulge in comfort foods and stay indoors, making it harder to keep the extra kgs off. With colder weather and lower motivation to stay active, cravings for rich, hearty meals increase. However, winter doesn’t have to mean weight gain—by following simple, effective strategies, you can maintain or even improve your fitness throughout the ...

Sylhet Metropolitan Police have rescued a mentally unstable woman who had gone missing from Dhaka’s Kafrul area. The Kotwali Police rescued her from Bandar Bazar in the city on Thursday, said officer-in-charge of the police station, Md Ziaul Haque. The woman, identified as Sabera Sultana, 55, is the wife of the late Syed Amir Shah Rahmani, and lives at Purba ...

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General and loyalist Pam Bondi to be US Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace his former nominee Matt Gaetz after the embattled former congressman withdrew from consideration. Gaetz was the subject of a House Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having sex with an underage 17-year-old girl ...