President Mohammed Shahabuddin has called upon Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to facilitate the entry of more skilled and semi-skilled workers from Bangladesh into Malaysia. The President made the request during a meeting with the Malaysian PM at Bangabhaban on Friday, reports UNB. Welcoming Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with flowers, President Shahabuddin expressed optimism that the bilateral relations between Bangladesh ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a brief one-to-one talk with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today (Friday). Prof. Yunus said he was “very happy” to welcome his old friend in Dhaka. During the meeting, the Chief Adviser spoke briefly on the student-led movement, sacrifices the students and people and the carnage committed by ...

The bodies of nine people killed during the Anti-Discrmination Student Movement in Sylhet are set to be exhumed for autopsies. The bodies will be exhumed once the necessary preparations are complete, police said. Among them, six victims are from Golapganj upazila and three from Beanibazar. Mir Md Abdun Naser, officer-in-charge (OC) of Golapganj police station, said that four magistrates have ...

With Navratri underway and Dussehra only a few days away, there is a festive spirit in the air. But, as much as festivities are about happiness and the coming together of families and friends, they are also about indulging in sweets. However, many people tend to over-indulge and risk gaining excess weight, feeling bloated, and also consuming empty calories. What’s ...

The government has pledged nearly £22bn for projects to capture and store carbon emissions from energy, industry and hydrogen production. It said the funding for two “carbon capture clusters” on Merseyside and Teesside, promised over the next 25 years, would create thousands of jobs, attract private investment and help the UK meet climate goals. Sir Keir Starmer, who is to ...

The health secretary has urged GPs in England to end collective action and warned it will “only punish patients”. Addressing the Royal College of GPs conference in Liverpool, Wes Streeting said he understands why doctors “wanted to give the previous government a kicking”. But he asked them not to “shut your doors to patients” and instead “work with us to ...

Tormuja Khatun’s house in Luton is being consumed by black mould, mushrooms and dry rot after the botched installation of external wall insulation. Her family say they have been warned it could cost more than £100,000 to repair, and describe the situation as a “nightmare”. Mrs Khatun’s case is far from unique. A growing number of MPs are worried about ...

Former Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has been placed on a seven-day remand in a case filed with Tejgaon Police Station over the killing of a student during the recent Quota Reform Movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuddin Hossain granted the remand after Soyad Imrul Sahed, sub-inspector of Badda Police Station and investigation officer of the case, produced the former minister ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Dhaka on Friday afternoon on an official visit at the invitation of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. On his arrival at around 2PM, Chief Adviser Professor Yunus received the Malaysian Premier at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport where he was given a guard of honour, foreign ministry sources said. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is ...

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag desperately needs a reversal in his side’s Premier League fortunes on Sunday against an Aston Villa team on a high after beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City will all be confident of three points heading into the international break, with last season’s top three setting the pace once ...