Wrapping up very engaging stay and series of meetings with global leaders, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus left for Dhaka on Friday night. Prof Yunus and his delegation members left JFK International Airport at 9:30pm (NY time) and are scheduled to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:15am (Dhaka time) on Sunday. The Chief Adviser attended around 40 big events ...

India on Friday lifted the ban on the export of non-basmati white rice with immediate effect after 14 months. The country imposed the ban in July last year to ensure the domestic supply of rice and keep prices under control. Besides, the country also reduced export duty on parboiled rice to 10 per cent from 20 per cent earlier as ...

Argentina’s soccer association (AFA) said on Friday that FIFA suspended goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for two matches of South American World Cup qualifying in October. The decision rules out the 32-year-old from official games in the round-robin competition against Venezuela and Bolivia on Oct. 10 and 15, reports AP. AFA said in a statement that FIFA’s disciplinary commission sanctioned Martinez due ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday urged the international community to continue and deepen engagements with Bangladesh to help meet its people’s quest for democracy, rule of law, equality and prosperity so that it can emerge as a just and inclusive democratic society. “I call upon the international community to engage with ‘new Bangladesh’ anew that aims to realise ...

Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has condemned Awami League, accusing it of commiting genocide asserting that such actions disqualify any party from participating in national politics. He made this statement while addressing a gathering at the Rukon Conference organised by Khulna Metropolitan Jamaat at the Al Faruq Society in Sonadanga on Friday. “Those who commit genocide have no right ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, marked International Tourism Day on Friday by welcoming passengers with flowers upon their arrival at Sylhet’s MAG Osmani International Airport. The special ceremony, led by Biman’s Sylhet District Manager MD Shahnewaz Mazumder and Airport Director Hafiz Ahmed, took place as Flight BG-601, carrying 74 passengers from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, landed at ...

There are some people who can’t get enough when it comes to exercise — the ones who are up at the crack of dawn for a jog, who squeeze in a class during their lunch break and prioritize boot camps over brunch on the weekends. And then there are the rest of us. We know we need to exercise — ...

A year ago, life for many people in the UK with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) became unpredictable and disorientating as their medications suddenly became scarce. They were told the shortages would be over within months – but people with the condition tell the BBC it is still a problem. Spending two hours on hold to her pharmacy or GP ...

Boris Johnson was part of a last-minute attempt to discourage the Duke of Sussex from leaving his royal life in the UK, according to the former prime minister’s soon-to-be-published memoir. Johnson delivered what he calls a “manly pep talk” to Prince Harry on the sidelines of a UK-Africa investment summit in London in January 2020, according to Unleashed, the memoir ...

After the removal of elected mayors from all city corporations and municipalities of the country following the fall of the Awami League government, the councillors have also been removed. The general councillors and councillors in the reserved seats of women of 12 city corporations and 323 municipalities across the country have been removed. Removing the general councillors and councillors in ...