Ingredients: v 1 large local chicken (over 1 kg) v 1 cup chopped onions v 1 tsp ginger paste v 1 tsp garlic paste v 1/2 cup onion paste v 1 tbsp poppy seed paste v 1 tbsp cashew nut paste v 1 tsp raisin paste v 1/2 tsp mace (jaitri) paste v 1/4 of a nutmeg v 2 tbsp ...

A petition to register a case has been submitted against Lalmonirhat assistant commissioner Tapashee Tabassum Urmi, who was suspended on Monday for her Facebook post criticising the chief adviser. Abu Hanif, publicity secretary of Gana Adhikar Parishad, submitted the petition with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain for filing a defamation case against the suspended assistant commissioner. The ...

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all banks to freeze accounts of Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). It also directed to suspend the accounts of Taposh’s wife Afrin Taposh Sheuly and their son Sheikh Fazle Nashwan. In a letter sent to financial institutions across the country, BFIU instructed banks to ...

The government has extended Durga puja holidays by one more day. A notification in this regard issues on Tuesday, said Md Mahfuz Alam, special assistant to Chief Adviser. He added “The puja holidays will be extended by one more day. Thursday (October 10) will also be the holiday. The notification will be issued today.” Mahfuz Alam informed this to reporters ...

The overall inflation decreased by 1.17 percent in August compared to last July, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Sunday. According to BBS, the overall inflation was 11.66 percent in July, which declined to 10.49 percent in August. Besides, food inflation declined to 11.36 percent in August, from 14.10 percent in July. However, ...

Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research – not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 – are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living populations. “We have ...

Ireland captain Paul Stirling led from the front with a dashing 88 as his side completed their ODI series against South Africa with a convincing 69-run win in the final match in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Chasing 285 to win, South Africa slipped to 126-6 with only a fine 91 from Jason Smith keeping them in the game. But Smith ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Monday approved a Tk 11,560.77 crore new rail-cum-road bridge project over the River Karnaphuli at Kalurghat beside the existing old bridge to ensure smooth and uninterrupted communication system between Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar. The approval came from the 3rd ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY25) and the 2nd ...

A man was killed in a road accident at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday. The accident took place in the afternoon at Damudhartapi Mamadpur area along the Sunamganj-Sylhet regional highway under East Pagla union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Siraj Mia alias Birat, 50, son of late Terab Ali, a resident of Damudhartapi village. According ...

Macroeconomic adjustments undertaken in recent months and robust economic fundamentals will pave the way for growth to rebound Bangladesh’s economy over the coming year, observed Frederic Neumann, Chief Asia Economist and Co-Head of Global Research Asia of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited. “Bangladesh is already well on its way to recovery. Macroeconomic adjustments undertaken in recent months, ...