During the auspicious period of Navratri, devotees honour the divine feminine energy and engage in spiritual practices such as fasting, prayer, and meditation. The Navratri meal suggestions shared with IANSlife by Hansaji, Director of The Yoga Institute and President of the Indian Yoga Association, not only conform to fasting traditions but also support a yogic lifestyle, boosting physical and mental ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen today said China never intervenes in internal affairs of other countries. “A friend in need is a friend indeed. A certain foreign country claims itself to be Bangladesh’s friend and keeps talking about human rights, democracy and free and fair elections in Bangladesh. In the meantime, they are also imposing unilateral visa restrictions and ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused the government of pushing the country towards a confrontational situation to hold another lopsided election. Speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office, he also alleged that the government is moving ahead with its plan to hold the one-sided polls by arresting and jailing the active BNP ...

NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will yield clues about the earliest days of our solar system and perhaps the origins of life itself. The OSIRIS-REx mission collected rock and dust from the asteroid Bennu in 2020, and a capsule containing the precious cargo ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered $338 million in loans to Bangladesh for manufacturing vaccines against various diseases. ADB Country Director Edimon Ginting shared the information in a meeting at a meeting with Planning Minister MA Mannan at the latter’s office in the capital on Wednesday. The minister MA Mannan after the meeting told the reporters that the government ...

The Embassy of China in Bangladesh will donate dengue testing kits to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Tuesday (October 11). As part of the initiative to assist Bangladesh in addressing the ongoing dengue surge, the Chinese embassy is going to donate a batch of dengue testing kits at 10:30 am tomorrow. State ...

More than 1,200 Israelis have been killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict, an Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson said on Wednesday, up from 1,000 previously reported. “The death toll is a staggering 1,200 dead Israelis,” IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said in a video message, adding that “the overwhelming majority of them” were civilians. On the other hand, At least 30 ...

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim says hilsa production increased by 92 percent in the last 15 years thanks to the comprehensive steps taken by the government. He said that monitoring activities will be intensified in water, land and air ways so that no one can catch hilsa during the mother hilsa conservation campaign from October 12 to November ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has appealed for a writ challenging the legality of bringing three foreigners to the country to testify against her in the Niko graft case. Barrister Kayser Kamal, lawyer of Khaleda Zia, submitted the application on behalf her to the High Court on Wednesday. He said, “The permission given to foreign witnesses coming to the country ...

Another bad news for Bangladesh after suffering a huge defeat against England as they were fined five percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the match. The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the matter with a press release after the match. The Shakib Al Hasan-led side was ruled to be one over short of the target ...