Drawing attention to Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader’s remark that ‘we also make a visa policy,’ BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said, “You also frame a visa policy. What I want to say that the nation faces a very dangerous situation now. We must have to get rid out of it.” Mirza Fakhrul was speaking as ...

Healthy and luscious hair is desired by everyone and in order to take good care of hair, keeping them clean is the first step. Many people shampoo their hair every day while others skip hair-washing for several days. While washing hair is important, is it needed every day? People often wonder how frequently they should be washing their hair and ...

In accordance with data presented today at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific conference of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), people with powerful legs are less likely to get heart failure following a heart attack. Heart failure is most frequently caused by myocardial infarction, with heart failure developing in 6-9% of heart attack patients.3,4 Previous studies have demonstrated that people ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday made it clear that as an independent and sovereign country, Bangladesh will never bow down to any external interference. “We’ll not bow down to interferences of anyone. It is our decision,” she said while addressing a special Darbar (assembly) arranged at her office here, marking the 37th founding anniversary of the Special Security Force ...

In a bid to stave off a worsening foreign currency crisis, Bangladesh is set to receive a much-needed boost in the form of $1.02 billion in budget support from development partners, according to the Economic Relations Division (ERD). This comes amid an acute dollar shortage and a precipitous decline in reserve money which has seen the nation’s foreign reserves dip ...

The British government will allocate 25 million pounds (about $32 million) in the next two years for reinforcement of cybersecurity in Ukraine, the British Prime Minister’s Office said in its statement Saturday. According to the statement, the funding will make it possible to protect the critical Ukrainian infrastructure and essential services by reinforcing Ukrainian cybersecurity capabilities, which will make it ...

The Election Commission (EC) cancelled the nomination paper of Ashraful Hossain Alam alias Hero Alam for the Dhaka-17 by-elections on Sunday. Returning Officer Md Muneer Hossain Khan said EC also rejected eight nomination papers, including of Jatiya Party nominee Mamunoor Rashid. Speaking at the Electoral Training Institute after scrutinisation of nomination papers, the returning officer said 15 people had submitted ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) handed over arrested prime accused chairman Babu and three other accused of journalist Nadim murder case to Bakshiganj police early Sunday. Confirming this matter, Bakshigaj Police Station OC Sohel Rana said RAB handed them over to the police at an early hours. All of them will produced in court today seeking remand. Prime accused Babu was ...

Opener Usman Khawaja raced away in delight and threw his bat high in the air after scoring his first test century in England as Australia made 311-5 on day two of the Ashes at Edgbaston on Saturday. Australia’s deficit was down to 82 runs after Khawaja revived Australia’s fortunes with an unbeaten 126. He had excellent support in consecutive half-century ...

Crticising the new visa policy announced by the US government, Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader has said Bangladesh could announce visa policy too. “Let them (US) implement their visa policy, we don’t care about it. There is question around the world about standard of democracy of a country, which is announcing visa policy. We may have visa policy ...