The festive season makes everyone embark on the quest for the best festive ensembles and fitness and workout regimes that would help them attain that perfect festive look. “I wanted to look my best this festive season. So, my trainer formulated a diet chart and workout regime for me accordingly”, says Adriza Ghosh. However, with the holiday season comes a ...

The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling soybean oil, potato, onion and lentils at a lower price in 25-30 trucks to consumers in the capital from Tuesday (November 14). To stabilise the prices of the commodities in the market, this initiative has been taken, said Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh at a press conference in the ...

Six vehicles were torched across the country on the second day of the 48-hour blockade called by the main opposition BNP and like-minded parties. Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Mohammad Ali confirmed this to media on Monday morning. Of the vehicles, four were buses, one lorry and one was truck. In Dhaka, a lorry was set on fire ...

An inspired Antoine Griezmann helped Atletico Madrid come from behind to beat Villarreal 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday. The French forward netted his 300th strike for club and country in the win which keeps Atletico fourth, two points behind champions Barcelona, who beat Alaves earlier on. Atletico coach Diego Simeone penned a new deal this week until 2027 and ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government can’t be overthrown by carrying out clandestine attacks as the people are not behind the opposition movement. “What can they do by imposing blockades? They want to topple the government. But how can they overthrow the government? The government can’t be ousted by clandestine attacks,” she asserted. The premier was addressing ...

The hearing on the petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami challenging the High Court order for revoking the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party, deferred till November 19. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order as the counsel for Jamaat-e-Islami filed a petition seeking time. The SC also fixed November 19 ...

Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit outstanding hundreds as India posted a colossal 410 runs before the Netherlands in the 45th and last game of the round-robin stage in the World Cup in Bengaluru. Both batters made a 208-run stand together on the fourth wicket and provided the hosts to add 126 runs in the last 10 overs at the ...

The harvesting of early and short-duration varieties like Bina evolved Bina-7 and Bina-17 as well as Bridhan-71, Bridhan-74, Bridhan-75 and Bridhan-87 has begun in Sylhet region. Rahim Uddin, a farmer at a village in Golapganj upazila, said, “Bina dhan is a short-duration crop. After its harvest, we can cultivate mustard and then Boro paddy on the same land in the ...

In a bid to tackle lifestyle diseases in the country, Columbia recently passed a new law putting a tax on ultra-processed foods, the Guardian reports. Referring to it as the ‘junk food law’, this new bill is the first of its kind in the world, which according to reports, may set an example for the other countries. According to a ...

“Long colds” can be a thing in the same way that “long Covid” is, with some people experiencing prolonged symptoms after an initial infection, according to a UK study. Common long cold symptoms included a cough, stomach pain and diarrhoea, BBC reports. The findings come from 10,171 adults who completed questionnaires. More work is needed to understand who is at ...