Bangladesh has received $2 billion (equivalent to more than Tk 24,000 crore at the exchange rate of approximately Tk 120 per dollar) in remittances in three weeks of December through legal channels. The information was revealed in the latest report of Bangladesh Bank, published on Sunday (December 15). The average daily inflow stands at $95.2 million or Tk 1,142 crore. ...

Ingredients: v Butter–100 gm v Sugar–100 gm v Eggs–2pc v Vanilla –half tsp v Powdered milk–2 tsp v Flour — 90 gm v Cornflower–20 gm v Baking powder–1 tsp, v Fruits –(Marmalade, Raisins, Cherries, Kiwi, )–Total 250 gms Method : 1. Mix butter and sugar using whisk /spoon/ electric bitter. Add egg one after another. 2. Now mix sift flour, ...

Strong winds are continuing to cause some travel disruption in parts of the UK as millions of people travel ahead of Christmas. Heathrow said around 100 flights had been cancelled on Sunday and passengers are advised to check with their airline before travelling. The weather has also led to the cancellation of some ferry services, road closures to high-sided vehicles ...

Demanding a hike in their monthly stipends to Tk50,000 from Tk25,000, postgraduate private trainee doctors blocked Shahbagh intersection this afternoon. The blockade resulted in halt of traffic movement, causing huge suffering to commuters. The protesters said they gathered at BSMMU around 10:00am and later marched towards Shahbagh intersection. One of the protesters said they have long been demanding hike in ...

A Gazipur court on Sunday placed Mufti Muaz bin Noor, a follower of Maulana Saad Kandlavi, on a three-day remand in a case over the violent clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi over control of the venue. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alamgir Al Mamun of Gazipur Metropolitan Court passed the order. Earlier ...

Farms in Bangladesh’s Sylhet division have significantly outnumbered those in all other divisions in adopting mechanization. Preliminary findings of recent research reveal that 44% of Sylhet’s farms used modern machines to harvest the Boro crop in 2023, compared to a national average of only 20% for mechanized harvesting. Farmers in Sylhet division who cultivated rain-fed Aman rice the same year ...

National mourning day will be observed on Monday (December 23) in honour of AF Hassan Ariff, Adviser to the Ministry of Land and the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. He died of cardiac arrest on Friday. The cabinet division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday. The national flag will be flown at half-mast at all government, ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday the government would shut down social network TikTok for at least a year from 2025. “We are going to chase this thug out of our neighbourhood for one year”, Rama told a meeting with Albanian teachers, parents and psychologists in Tirana. The government would launch programmes to “serve the education of students and ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started probe against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and his son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on charge of laundering money $300 million to New York and London. The anti-graft body disclosed the information on Sunday morning. Earlier, the ACC formed a five-member team to investigate allegations that Sheikh Hasina, Joy, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana’s ...

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam has observed that pervasive corruption in the road and transport sector has not stopped, rather it has remained as usual. “A political party indulged in corruption of the transport sector earlier, creating a total anarchy in the sector. Now another political party becomes involved in corruption. A political influence is interconnected with the ...