Ekushey Padak-winning television and theater actor Engineer Jamal Uddin Hossain has passed away. He was 81. The veteran actor breathed his last at a hospital at Calgary in Canada at about 8:00pm on Friday (local time and 8:00am Bangladesh time), according to family sources. Jamal Uddin Hossain, a member of the Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, started acting in theater in the ...

Boeing announced that it plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as it projected a large third-quarter loss amid a machinist strike in the Seattle region. The aviation giant must “reset our workforce levels to align with our financial reality,” Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said on Friday, adding that the cuts of 17,000 positions globally “will include executives, managers ...

On 2 March 2022, a milestone in Bangladesh’s medical history was set when a 42-year-old woman, Tasnova Mostafiz Nova, became the first person in the country to receive an artificial heart. Although the event received significant media coverage at the time, Tasnova herself did not appear before the public. However, nearly two and a half years later, Tasnova and her ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has stated that the credit for the August 5 mass uprising does not belong to any political party, but rather to the students and the people. He remarked that the nation has been freed from fascism through the bloodshed and sacrifices of the youth and the general public. “We seek to earn the genuine love ...

At least 20 miners were killed and six others injured in a suspected militant attack in southwestern Pakistan, an official said on Friday. Attackers targeted miners in the Duki area of Balochistan, Kaleemullah Kakar, deputy commissioner of Duki, told reporters. According to local police, the militants also fired rockets and threw hand grenades while attacking the miners and destroyed machinery ...

Sylhet Division was separated from the Chattogram Division three decades ago, yet Bangladesh Railway has never established a divisional office in Sylhet disrupting desired services. After the separation offices of various government ministries and departments have been set up in Sylhet only except for the railway. Amid such conditions, the railway services in Sylhet are being completely controlled by the ...

One in five people in the country, most of whom are over 35, have presbyopia, or the inability to see objects up close, said a new study. The study conducted by BRAC and VisionSpring also shows that the silent epidemic also has significant economic consequences. Moreover, treatable blindness remains a major challenge, with nearly 1% of people over 40 at ...

A new study has found that plastic toys and products for children contain potentially hazardous toxic substances derived from recycled plastic. According to the XRF (X-ray fluorescence) study, all 160 analysed samples had at least one hazardous chemical, such as lead, mercury, bromine, cadmium, arsenic, and other dangerous materials like heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The research team ...

Two market monitoring teams under the Ministry of Commerce on Friday fined several business establishments Tk4,500 during separate drives in the city. A team led by Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Fuara Khatun conducted a drive at Mirpur Shah Ali City Corporation Market Kacha Bazar and fined several traders Tk1,500 for not hanging the price lists properly ...

After a torrid few weeks, Labour now has the opportunity to get on the front foot, and deliver on a major election pledge. The government will fulfil their promise to bring forward legislation on workers’ rights within 100 days. But in some cases employees will have to wait nearer to 1,000 days to enjoy new rights. The new Employment Bill, ...