National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Mineral Resources and Power-Port has announced to hold a countrywide rally on November 4 to press home its 6-point demands. The leaders of the committee announced the programme from a roundtable meeting held at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Saturday (October 26). The demands include holding trials of the “energy criminal” who looted country’s wealth in ...

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and Jatiya Nagorik Committee leaders are holding meeting with the BNP leaders. The meeting was arranged at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office on Saturday (October 26) evening. Apart from BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, several leaders of the party have joined the meeting. On the other hand, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement coordinator Hasnat Abdullah, ...

More than 50,000 people living along the banks of the Kushiyara River in Sylhet’s Beanibazar upazila are living in constant fear. Severe erosion has caused miles of roads to collapse into the river, and many structures—including homes, schools, mosques, madrasas, and graveyards—have already gone into the gorge of the river. The embankment meant to safeguard the riverbanks is also under ...

Commonwealth leaders have agreed the “time has come” for a conversation about reparations for the slave trade, despite the UK’s desire to keep the subject off the agenda at a two-day summit in Samoa. A document signed by 56 heads of government, including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, acknowledges calls for “discussions on reparatory justice” for the “abhorrent” transatlantic ...

The chancellor is set to increase the National Insurance rate for employers to boost funding for public services including the NHS. Rachel Reeves is also expected to use Wednesday’s Budget to lower the threshold for when employers start paying the tax – with the two measures combined to raise about £20bn. The move is thought to be the single largest ...

Imagine taking a mouthful of something that feels light and crunchy at first but explodes into a symphony of intense flavours — tangy and spicy with the smell of mustard oil — all at once. That’s exactly what “muri bhorta” would offer you! The humble yet fiery dish, made from puffed rice (muri) and a special blend of ingredients, has ...

Did you know that according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), in 2022, 17.45 per cent of the deaths in Bangladesh were attributed to heart attacks? The abrupt cutting off of blood flow to the heart muscle causes a heart attack. Because of this obstruction, the heart is unable to pump blood efficiently. “In Bangladesh, heart pains start from ...

Former Chief Whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah’s son Moin Abdullah was arrested from a house at Gulshan-2 in the capital early Saturday. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrest in the morning. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police conducted a raid in the area around 3:30AM and arrested Moin. He was wanted in several ...

Israel struck military sites in Iran early on Saturday, saying it was retaliating against Tehran’s strikes on Israel this month, the latest attack in the escalating conflict between the heavily armed rivals. Hours later the Israeli military said its strikes had been completed and its objectives achieved, but a semi-official Iranian news agency vowed a “proportional reaction” to Israeli moves ...

Bangladesh cricket team captain Najmul Hossain Shanto is unwilling to continue in his role, an international cricket media reported on Saturday. The news came as the Bangladesh team is gearing up for the second Test against South Africa in Chittagong, starts on October 29. Cricbuzz, a cricket website, reported that he is not willing to continue in his role and ...