One of the most renowned cultural figures in the country is Kazi Nazrul, a poet, novelist, lyricist, composer, playwright, and journalist. He became a rebel poet as a result of his flaming poetry, which inspired the oppressed masses to resist the injustice and persecution of British colonial control. And the nation got inspirations from his poems and songs during the ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called for reconstitution of interim government’s advisory council by excluding controversial advisors to maintain the administration’s neutrality. BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain made the announcement on Saturday night following a meeting with the Chief Advisor at state guest house Jamuna. He stated, “To uphold neutrality and public trust, controversial figures should ...

The second four-day game between Bangladesh A and New Zealand A ended in a draw at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday, with the visitors dominating most of the match. With this result, New Zealand A won the series 1-0, having secured a 70-run victory in the first game. Earlier, Bangladesh A had won the three-match one-day series 2-1. Resuming ...

India named top-order batsman Shubman Gill as the new Test captain, cricket board said on Saturday, as it announced the team for next month’s all-important tour of England. Gill, 25, succeeds Rohit Sharma, who retired from Tests recently along with Virat Kohli. He will take charge in the five-Test series in England starting June 20, reports AFP. Gill will lead ...

From now on, an individual customer can use a maximum of 10 mobile phone SIM cards. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has made this decision on Saturday. A BTRC official said that a customer was allowed to register up to 15 SIM cards previously. According to the new decision, only a maximum of 10 SIM cards can now be ...

Tina – an acronym, not a person – was very popular with the late Lady Thatcher. It was in 1980 that the then prime minister – introducing what were radical economic policies – first insisted “There Is No Alternative”. Although politically on the left, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used similar rhetoric. She has claimed there is no alternative to last ...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Apple will have to pay 25% tariff if its iPhones are not build and manufactured in the US. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not ...

Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside 10 Downing Street on Friday under the banner “Emergency Protest – Stop Arming Israel – Words Are Not Enough,” demanding the UK government halt arms exports to Israel and take concrete action in response to the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. The protest, coordinated by several pro-Palestinian groups including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), comes ...

Specialist mental health crisis centres will be opened across England over the next decade in an attempt to reduce crowding in accident and emergency departments (A&E), the NHS has confirmed. Ten hospital trusts have been piloting new assessment centres to deal with people experiencing a mental health crisis. The aim is to get these patients to appropriate care in a ...

A 43-year-old woman and three children – a 15-year-old girl and two boys aged eight and four – have been killed in a house fire in Brent, north-west London. The emergency services were called to the blaze in Tillett Close, Stonebridge, at about 01:20 BST. A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in ...