Sir Keir Starmer is replacing the top civil servant in his Downing Street office. Principal private secretary Nin Pandit runs the prime minister’s team at No 10 and has only been in the role for ten months. She is the third senior staff member the prime minister has appointed and later let go, after chief of staff Sue Gray left ...

Bangladesh’s first-ever ‘ Cosmetica: Personal Care & Hygiene Show 2025’ was held at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital. The two-day exhibition featured over one hundred local and international beauty and personal care brands. Participants from Bangladesh, South Korea, Thailand, and several other countries included renowned cosmetics brands, manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and health experts. The event offered ...

Pop superstar Taylor Swift and American football player Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Tuesday, setting the stage for a high-profile wedding for one of the world’s biggest celebrity couples. A joint post on their Instagram pages showed pictures of Kelce on one knee making his marriage proposal in a flower-laden garden, and then Swift displaying a large diamond ring. ...

Lionel Messi delivered late-match heroics on Wednesday night, scoring twice as Inter Miami came from behind to defeat Orlando City 3-1 and secure a place in the Leagues Cup final. Returning after a two-game absence due to a right thigh injury, Messi equalized in the 77th minute with a calmly taken penalty and then put Miami ahead in the 88th, ...

Highlighting 24 tasks, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections roadmap. The 24 activities includes finalisation of constituency boundaries, voter lists, political party registration, and accreditation of domestic observers. According to the roadmap, the registration process for new parties will be completed by September 30. The 13th national parliamentary election will be held in the ...

Academic activities came to a halt at all engineering universities and colleges across the country on Thursday as students under the banner of ‘Engineering Rights Movement’ enforced a ‘complete shutdown’. Nasimul Islam, a fourth year student of BUET, said, ”Thursday is our weekly holiday, but we have exams every day except Friday. We boycott today’s exam for the shutdown.” The ...

At least 34 people have died and over 210,000 have been displaced as torrential rains pounded parts of Pakistan and India this week, triggering flash floods, landslides, and large-scale evacuations across the region. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue operations continue. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, a landslide in the Jammu region killed several Hindu pilgrims late Tuesday after ...

Paris Saint-Germain will discover their path to defending their Champions League crown on Thursday, as the draw for the expanded 36-team league phase takes place in Monaco. Last season, PSG claimed their first-ever Champions League title in spectacular fashion, thrashing Inter Milan 5-0 in the final in Munich. The victory capped a historic campaign under the competition’s revamped format, which ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized an Indian-made revolver and ammunition during an operation at Doarabazar border in Sunamganj district on Wednesday night. According to BGB sources, a special patrol team from Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB) led by Deputy Commander Major Md Nurul Huda seized the weapons and ammunition approximately 250 yards inside the Bangladesh border, near pillar 1234/3-S in the ...

Former Awami League minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui and several others were handed over to police by an agitated crowd after being confined at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Thursday (August 28) around 11:00 AM. According to witnesses and sources, a roundtable discussion organized by a group named “’71 Mancha” was taking place at DRU. Latif Siddiqui, along with others identifying ...