Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus will depart for New York on September 23 to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as he is scheduled to deliver his speech at the high-level General Debate on September 27, reports BSS. “In his speech, he is expected to highlight the remarkable mass uprising over the past two months in Bangladesh ...

Two people were killed after being struck by lightning at two separate areas at Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Nahid Ahmed, 13, son of Nurul Haque of Agfout village, and Abdul Mannan, 45, of Babarband village. According to locals, both of them were outside of their houses and returning to home amid a ...

The Ministry of Commerce has approved export of Hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja festival. In an official order signed by Sultana Akhter, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry, it was announced that the export of 3,000 metric tonnes of hilsa fish has been approved, according to a press release on Saturday, reports UNB. This decision came following requests from ...

A 72-hour blockade of roads and waterways is underway in three hill districts–Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban. No long-distance vehicles left the districts in the morning as the blockade began on 6AM on Saturday. Meanwhile, transport workers in Rangamati are observing indefinite strike from Saturday morning, causing immense sufferings of the commuters. Members of army, BGB alongwith police have been patrolling ...

Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, “was a monster” enabled by a system that “pervaded” the London store, a lawyer for his accusers has said. The late Harrods owner was described as a “sexual predator” who assaulted staff and threatened them over a 25-year-period, barristers representing dozens of women told a press conference in London on Friday. Dean ...

Sir Keir Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Chancellor Rachel Reeves will not accept any further donations for clothing after a row over gifts, a Downing Street source has said. The prime minister has faced growing criticism after it emerged he had received more than £16,000 for work clothing and spectacles for him, and further money for his wife, ...

More than 39 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant infections between now and 2050, new global analysis estimates. Researchers say “now is the time to act” to protect people across the world from the threat posed by resistance to drugs that are used to treat infection. The data indicates that more than 1 million people died from drug-resistant infections globally ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A Sunamganj court today sent former planning minister MA Mannan to jail in a case filed over the attack on students during the protests on August 4. Mannan was arrested by police yesterday evening from his village in Sunamganj. Sunamganj Judicial Magistrate Farhan Sadique passed the order after police produced him before the court, said Mashuk Alam, ...

Police arrested a youth from his house over raping a school girl at Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday night. The arrested man is Jahangir Miah, 25, a residen of Kamasid village under Mirzapur union in the upazila. Police said that the victim, age around 14, a ninth-grader of a local school, was raped several times in her room ...

The District Administration in Khagrachhari has imposed Section 144 to restore law and order following arson attacks on homes and sporadic gunfire on Friday night. Section 144 will remain in effect from 2:00pm on Friday until further notice. Section 144 has been imposed in Khagrachhari Sadar. The announcement also stated that legal action will be taken against anyone violating the ...