The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh’s (TCB) spokesperson said the news of cancellation of 4.3 million family cards is not true. TCB’s spokesperson Humayun Kabir in a press briefing today spoke about the family cards. Later some news media reported that TCB has cancelled 4.3 million family cards. Explaining the news, Humayun Kabir told Prothom Alo that out of 10 million ...

Pakistani separatists killed at least 22 people Saturday in a bombing targeting a railway station in Balochistan province, local officials and a militant group said. The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the main railway station in the provincial capital Quetta. “The death toll has risen to 22, including one woman,” said Shahid Rind, Balochistan government spokesman, ...

Osteoporosis is a common condition where bones become weak and brittle. This article explores how including prunes in your diet can be a delicious way to fight osteoporosis. It details the benefits of prunes for bone health, along with a 5-point plan for tackling osteoporosis. Save your bones with Prunes Osteoporosis has to be one of the most common preventable ...

Private television channel, Gaan Bangla’s chairman Koushik Hossain Taposh and actress Shomi Kaiser have been sent to jail by a court in an attempt to murder case filed with Utatra East Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiaque passed the order on Saturday (November 9). Earlier they were brought at court by police. Then investigation officer (IO) of the ...

The government has taken an initiative to sell egg at affordable price at 13 places under Dhaka North and South City Corporations from Sunday (November 10). Mohammad Alim Akhter Khan, director general of the Directorate of National Consumers’ Right Protection (DNCRP), told this while addressing a programme at the FDC in the capital on Saturday. The consumers will be able ...

The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the Justice Department said on Friday. In a statement, the department said that Farhad Shakeri had informed law enforcement “that he was tasked on October 7, 2024, with providing a plan to kill” Trump, ...

Workers of TNZ Apparels Ltd in Gazipur blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Maleker Bari area of Gazipur city demanding their unpaid dues. The protest began around 9:30AM on Saturday, halting vehicular movement on the highway. The blockade caused a heavy traffic congestion several kilometers long in both the Mymensingh and Tangail directions, as well as towards Dhaka. Bason Police Station OC ...

Five more people died from dengue and 466 others were hospitalised after being infected by the viral disease during the last 24 hours till Friday morning. With latest casualties, the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease reached 45 in the first eight days of the current month. This year dengue has claimed 342 lives so far. Of them, 134 died ...

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has received a death threat. He received a threat over a call. It is also said that a case has been registered at Bandra Police Station, in Mumbai. A leading news platform of India News18 has learned that a resident of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, named Faizan had made the threatening call. Sources added that a Mumbai ...

In the past, coffee was associated with increased health risks. But research from the last decade finds that drinking coffee may actually benefit your health. Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world. Humans have been drinking coffee, a natural source of caffeine, for centuries, but there have been mixed messages around its effect on human health for ...