Star-studded action spectacle Pathaan has earned Rs 667 crore gross worldwide in eight days, said production house Yash Raj Films (YRF) on Thursday. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the globetrotting espionage thriller was released globally in Hindi with dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu on January 25. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone. According to YRF, on ...

Two more people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours to Friday morning. The new patients were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Thirty-eight dengue patients, including 22 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, the DGHS has recorded 578 dengue cases, 534 recoveries, ...

Findings from experts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Kansas may offer more precise instructions regarding the food you place on your plate if reducing weight was one of your 2023 resolutions. Researchers tried to identify which aspects of meals were crucial for determining how many calories were consumed using data from prior studies. They ...

The runway of Sylhet Osmani International Airport has been closed after the tyre of a wheel of an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines got punctured just before it started to take off. The incident happened at 1:15pm on Friday in a Dhaka-bound aircraft of Bangladesh Biman from Sylhet, the authorities said. There were 143 passengers on board the aircraft. Fortunately, ...

Ambiente 2023, an internationally unique platform for consumer goods, began today at Frankfurt, Germany. Some 55 Bangladeshi companies have taken part to showcase their products at the five-day leading global consumer goods show, said a press release here today. Abu Mukhles Alamgir Hossain, Director (Fair and Display) of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), said they have been providing subsidised stalls ...

Juventus will face Inter Milan in the last four of the Italian Cup after beating Lazio 1-0 in Thursday’s final quarter-final tie. Gleison Bremer headed home the decisive goal a minute before half-time when he beat Lazio goalkeeper Luis Maximiano to Filip Kostic’s cross. The Brazilian’s second goal of the season won a tight contest in Turin and set up ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested 11 gamblers in separate drives in Sadar and Chunarughat upazilas of the district last night (Thursday). The arrested were identified as Fazlu Mia, 55, son of Abdul Mannan, resident of Swarnarekh village of Chunarughat upazila, Parash Ali, 35, son of Akbar Ali, resident of Narpati village, Jamal Mia,40, son of Abul ...

The Pentagon said Thursday that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying high over the United States that appeared to be surveilling highly sensitive nuclear weapons sites. At President Joe Biden’s request, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and top military officials considered shooting the balloon down but decided doing so would endanger too many people on the ground, a senior ...

Despite facing external economic shocks that have led to a dollar crisis, Bangladesh’s export earnings and foreign remittances increased in the first month of 2023. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) reported that Bangladesh’s export earnings rose by 5.89 percent to reach $5.13 billion in January 2023, compared to $4.85 billion in the same period last year. Foreign remittances, a crucial ...

A tense situation has prevailed in Sylhet city over the divisional rallies of ruling Awami League and the opposition party BNP to be held on Saturday. BNP will hold its rally on city’s Registry Ground at 2pm and after one hour the ‘Peaceful rally’ of Awami League (AL) is scheduled to be held at Central Shaheed Minar in the city ...