Mohammad Nuruzzaman Badal, Jamaat-e-Islami’s MP candidate from Sherpur-3 constituency and the party’s district secretary, passed away early Wednesday. He breathed his last at around 1:30am while undergoing treatment for kidney complications at Swadesh Hospital in Mymensingh, said Sherpur district Jamaat Ameer Maulana Md Hafizur Rahman. He said Nuruzzaman Badal had been suffering from kidney-related complications for a long time. According ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday alleged that a coordinated campaign of misinformation has targeted its Chairman Tarique Rahman, with at least 29 false claims circulated over the past week in an attempt to mislead voters ahead of the national election. Speaking at a press conference at the BNP Election Steering Committee office in Gulshan, committee spokesperson Mahdi Amin ...

The High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition challenging the validity of BNP-nominated Dr MA Quayum’s candidacy in the Dhaka-11 constituency for the 13th National Parliamentary Election. Now, there is no bar for Quayum to contest polls. The High Court bench comprising Justice Fahmida Kader and Justice Md Asif Hasan issued this order. Senior lawyer Mohammad Hossain and Advocate ...

The name of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has been changed to ‘Special Intervention Force (SIF)’. Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury made this announcement on Tuesday following a meeting of the law-and-order core committee at the Bangladesh Secretariat. In response to the question about what changes will come with the renaming, he said that the quality ...

NASA has delayed the planned launch of its Artemis II mission after completing a major prelaunch fuel test, with the agency now targeting March as the earliest possible launch window. According to a recent blog post by NASA, the decision follows the conclusion of a wet dress rehearsal carried out at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida early on February ...

Iranian authorities have arrested over 50,000 people as part of their crackdown on protests, an NGO said on Tuesday, adding that fresh detentions were ongoing. Rights groups have accused Iran’s security forces of killing thousands of people in a crackdown on protests that peaked on January 8 and 9 and have since subsided. But police have also been rounding up ...

Jaya Ahsan continues to command admiration on both sides of the border, with powerful performances that have resonated deeply with audiences in Bangladesh and India alike. A multiple-time National Film Award winner at home and a frequent recipient of honours in India, Jaya now returns to the big screen with her latest film, “OCD”, set for release on February 6. ...

With just over a week to go before Bangladesh heads to the polls on February 12, the country’s domestic airlines are enjoying a rare boon. Passenger numbers on some key routes have risen by 5 percent to 10 percent. The uptick is largely owed to top politicians and their entourages crisscrossing the country to campaign, with faster air travel becoming ...

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe is confident Sandro Tonali will not try to engineer a move away from the Magpies despite speculation linking the Italian international to Arsenal. Rumours of a shock deadline day move to the Gunners on Monday were quickly quashed after reports in Italy claimed a representative of Tonali had contacted Arsenal. Newcastle’s preparations for the season were ...

On Shab-e-Barat, kitchens of South Asia come alive long after dusk. It is a night shaped by quiet devotion and the sharing of sweetness. From slow-cooked halwas to carefully shaped breads, each dish carries patience and love. The following recipes draw from familiar festive traditions as well as distant culinary memories, coming together in the spirit of Shab-e-Barat’s generosity. In ...