Some people think we are odd for swimming in the Thames. “Isn’t it cold?” they ask with a shiver, like they are the ones who just took the plunge. Er, yes, that’s the whole point. Cold water ignites the central nervous system and reboots the mind. “Isn’t it dirty?” they ask. Yes, sometimes, particularly when it’s rained. Then we don’t ...

In series eight of Peep Show, Mark (David Mitchell) is working as a salesman in a bathroom shop when a customer asks him for a “modern but traditional” bathroom. Aghast, he tells the customer that these opposing styles can’t be married when his boss, Super Hans, swoops in to say they can: “Fancy taps but a rainforest shower head?” I ...

Bangladesh Police Headquarters has withdrawn Moulvibazar’s newly appointed Superintendent of Police (SP), Md. Riazul Islam, only seven days after he assumed office, according to an official order issued on Friday. The withdrawal order, signed by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md. Ali Hossain Fakir on May 15, instructed Riazul Islam to hand over his responsibilities to a senior district police ...

Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 45-day extension of a ceasefire that has tamped down the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, as two days of talks facilitated by Washington concluded on Friday with an agreement to hold further meetings in the coming weeks. “The April 16 cessation of hostilities will be extended by 45 days to ...

Actress and content creator Kaarina Kaisar, who was flown to India’s Chennai for advanced treatment for lung and liver complications, has died. Her father, former national football team captain Mohammad Kaisar Hamid, confirmed the development on a Facebook post early on Saturday morning. He wrote, ”It is with great sadness that I inform you that my beloved daughter Kaarina Kaisar ...

A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), who went missing from Bichhanakandi in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet, was found dead after about five hours on Friday. Deceased, Shanto Bonik, was a student of the Petroleum and Mining Engineering (PME) department from the 2023-24 academic session. He hailed from Thakurgaon district. University Proctor Professor Md Mokhlesur Rahman confirmed ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday joined a roadside rally at Lakshmipur Bazar ground in Barura upazila of Cumilla while travelling to Chandpur on his first official visit to the district as head of government. The Prime Minister reached the rally venue at around 1:20pm. Leaders and activists greeted him with thunderous applause and cheers as he stepped onto the ...

A total of 58,347 Bangladeshi pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year as of 2:59am on Friday, according to the latest Hajj bulletin. The IT Help Desk published the information in its 28th-day bulletin on Hajj operations. The pilgrims travelled on 150 flights operated under both government and private management arrangements. Meanwhile, 15 Bangladeshi pilgrims have ...

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir paid a courtesy call on Celso Amorim, the chief foreign affairs adviser to the President of Brazil. The meeting was held at the Brazilian Presidential Palace on Friday, May 15. During the meeting, the two sides held fruitful discussions on various issues of mutual interest. Both parties stressed the importance of further strengthening ...

Mizanur Rahman Sinha, former state minister for health and convener of Munshiganj BNP, died at a hospital in Singapore in the early hours of today. He was 82. “Sinha, who was undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore for a long time, breathed his last at about 2.47 am today,” his daughter Tasnim Sinha confirmed on social media. ...