Hazelnut and chocolate cake Having been kept waiting for three hours, Dick Dewy leaves Miss Fancy Day snipping and sewing her blue dress. The plan is that he will return for her a quarter of an hour later, however, Dick convinces himself that he has been scandalously trifled with by Fancy and decides that, to punish her, he will not ...

Recent research has highlighted significant shortcomings in the enforcement of tobacco control laws in Bangladesh, despite strong public awareness and support for smoke-free environments. The findings were presented at a dissemination conference organized by Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) and Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network (BTCRN), in collaboration with Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC). The event took place ...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, the Saudi foreign ministry said Thursday, in the first official contact between the countries since Tehran launched strikes against its Gulf neighbours in retaliation for Israeli-American attacks. “The call focused on reviewing developments in the situation and ways to slow the pace of ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has invited Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin to visit Bangladesh, signalling a fresh start in ties between the ruling BNP and India’s governing party. The Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser and BNP Joint Secretary General, Humayun Kabir, delivered the formal invitation to the BJP leadership in New Delhi. Kabir is currently visiting India alongside ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam and UK Trade Envoy to Bangladesh Baroness Rosie Winterton reiterated their commitment to deepen the bilateral partnership between the two nations on Wednesday. The leaders met at a dinner hosted by British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke. During the interaction, both sides emphasised strengthening cooperation across various sectors to enhance the ...

Bangladesh kept their Asian Games hopes alive with a nerve-shredding shoot-out victory over Hong Kong, sealing qualification for the upcoming Aichi Asian Games in Japan. With their participation hanging in the balance, the men in red and green held their nerve to clinch a 3-2 win in the tie-breaker after a pulsating contest had ended 4-4 in regulation time. The ...

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon announced a revised class schedule for selected schools in the Dhaka metropolitan area, introducing a hybrid learning system that combines both online and offline classes. Under the new arrangement, students will attend in-person classes on Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday, while online classes will be held on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The Education Minister made ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 has sentenced two individuals to death in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of Begum Rokeya University (BRUR) student Abu Sayed during the July Mass Uprising. Several of the remaining 28 accused were handed life imprisonment, while others received varying prison terms. The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Nazrul Islam Mazumder, announced ...

Detectives have arrested former MP and President of Lalmonirhat district Awami Mohila League Advocate Safura Begum Rumi in the capital. A team of the district Detective Branch (DB) of police, with assistance from the local police station, picked her up from Mohammadpur area in Dhaka on Wednesday night. Lalmonirhat Superintendent of Police Asaduzzaman in a press release issued on Thursday ...

Four astronauts travelling back from the far side of the moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission spoke with reporters in their first press conference from space on Wednesday (April 8). The astronauts shared some of the highlights from their journey and their time living aboard the Orion capsule. “We have loved living in Orion,” NASA astronaut Christina Koch told the ...