In a world where culinary trends shift as quickly as the tides, Faiza Ahmed, a fashion designer, visual artist, and culinary visionary, is returning to the roots of traditional Bangladeshi cuisine — minus the meat — with her plant-based venture, Sanchayita, initially launched in 2015. Her enterprise draws on our country’s rich folk traditions, highlighting the bounty of plant-based foods ...

A newborn child was found abandoned at a graveyard under Fenchuganj in Sylhet on Monday. Fenchuganj upazila health officer Rashedul Haque told that a group of people of the Nijghilachhara village in the upazila gathered around the graveyard of the village in the morning after hearing the cry of a newborn baby. ‘But, none of the villagers approached the baby ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has accepted an invitation from Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to join the youth festival in Bangladesh in January next. Infantino among several global leaders and key officials met the Chief Adviser on the sidelines of COP29 in the Azerbaijan capital Baku on Tuesday, according to a message received here. Prof Yunus briefed him about the ...

Chief Prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Advocate Mohammad Tajul Islam has sent a letter to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam requesting to contact the Interpol for issuance of red notice to arrest former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives. Tajul sent an official letter to the IGP in this regard, according to information shared by ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday had brief interactions separately with a number of leaders as COP29, UN’s biggest climate conference, is underway. Prof Yunus met with Prime Minister Daniel Risch of Liechtenstein and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan, reports UNB. He also met with President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives and President Denis Becriovic of Bosnia and ...

Bangladesh and Singapore have expressed satisfaction with the launching of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation and hoped that FTA would facilitate more economic engagements between the two countries. The observation was made when Singapore non-resident High Commissioner to Bangladesh Derek Loh Eu-Tse called on the Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin at the foreign ministry here on Monday, said a press ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday ordered to send Awami League Advisory Council Member Amir Hossain Amu to prison after remand in trader Abdul Wadud murder case. Earlier this morning, investigation officer DB police’s Romna zonal team police inspector Jahangir Arif prayed to keep Amu inside jail for proper investigation. Later, after hearing Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman sent him ...

Rapid Action Battalion have arrested former lawmaker for the Sylhet-2 constituency Yahya Chowdhury from Uttara area in the capital. A joint team of RAB-1 and RAB-9 conducted a drive and arrested him from the area on Monday night, RAB legal and media wing director Lt Col Munim Ferdous confirmed. The former lawmaker was shown arrested in a case filed over ...

Bangladesh National Sports Council (NSC) has officially issued 32 cheques, disbursing the promised Tk 1 crore reward to the Bangladesh women’s football team and support staff for their triumphant victory in the SAFF Championship. The team secured the regional football title for the second consecutive time by defeating Nepal 2-1 in the final held in Kathmandu on October 30. Sports ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday evening (local time) to attend the UN’s biggest climate conference, COP29, which is seen as a “pivotal opportunity” to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11am (local time). Prof Yunus ...