The remains of Harris Chowdhury, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s political secretary and a freedom fighter, will be buried with state honours in Sylhet on Sunday. Barrister Samira Tanzin Chowdhury, daughter Harris Chowdhury, said that the body remains would be brought to Sylhet via air ambulance from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday for a second burial. His Namaz-e-Janaza ...

Fewer people seem to be reading for enjoyment. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read often, up from 42 percent in 2015, and almost one in four young people aged 16-24 say they’ve never been readers, according to research by The Reading Agency. So, what does this mean? Will choosing video over reading affect our brains or our ...

Influential designer and creative director Clare Waight Keller on her move from Givenchy to Uniqlo, “re-defining what luxury is today” – and how Seoul street style is predicting what we wear. Last week, Clare Waight Keller flew from London to Tokyo, grabbed some fabric swatches, and decided what millions of people will wear in September 2025. “I don’t have a ...

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on Friday) after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by. Nasa said the probe was “safe” and operating normally after it passed just ...

In 1984 an unassuming appeal for Tampa Bay fans was placed in a UK American football magazine. It was during a season when the NFL team had lost more games than they had won and were being called one of the worst franchises in American sport. Despite the team’s poor form, it struck a chord with fans, and the first ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of “fakery” over Reform UK membership numbers, after his party said they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. A digital tracker on Reform’s website shows its membership numbers have overtaken the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservatives earlier this year. Badenoch said Reform’s counter was “coded to tick up automatically”. Farage ...

A man has appeared in court charged with four counts of attempted murder after pedestrians were hit by a car in London’s West End on Christmas Day. The car was travelling on the wrong side of the road in Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho – in the capital’s theatre district – when it hit four people at 00:45 GMT on Wednesday. One ...

South Korea’s parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon Suk Yeol’s powers over his short-lived declaration of martial law, plunging the country deeper into political chaos, reports Reuters. The impeachment of Han, the acting president since Yoon was impeached on Dec. 14 for declaring martial law on Dec. 3, has pushed ...

Global Islami Bank reconstituted its Shari`ah Supervisory Committee. The six-member Shari’ah Supervisory Committee of the bank reconstituted in a meeting of the board of directors held at the head office of the bank on 26 December 2024. Chairman of Jamea Quasemia Kamil Madrasah, Narsingdi Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree has been elected as Chairman of the committee. Other members of the committee ...

Two committees have been formed by the Labour and Employment Ministry to assess the damages caused by the fire that broke out at the Building No 7 of Bangladesh Secretariat where the ministry located. Joint secretary Begum Morsheda Akter was made convener of a 5-member committee which is formed to determine the extent of damage to the documents and important ...