Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she has returned power to people which was confined to cantonment. “No progress of the country takes place if power goes to uneducated and illiterate people. We developed the country from 1996 to 2001. But, Khaleda Zia destroyed all those things after going to power,” she said while speaking as ...

Alicia Kearns, the first woman chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament, praised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for providing shelter to millions of Rohingya refugees who were persecuted in Myanmar. She also emphasised on increasing international pressure to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar. Alicia Kearns was holding a meeting with Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud ...

NASA has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around two weeks ago. The finding was made by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) by comparing before and after images of the estimated impact point, provided by Russian space agency Roscosmos. The Luna-25 probe crashed on August ...

Didn’t score tickets for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour? Never fear — the culturally defining juggernaut will hit movie theaters with a concert film released on October 13. “The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I’m overjoyed to tell you that it’ll be coming to the big screen soon,” Swift said on ...

Liverpool have rejected a blockbuster £150 million ($190 million) offer for Mohamed Salah from Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad, according to reports on Friday Egypt star Salah has been linked with a move to the Gulf State for several weeks and it is believed a verbal offer was made to Liverpool by Al-Ittihad on Friday. The bid is understood to have ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said Awami League does not believe in democracy though it talks about it. They (Awami League) wants to lengthen its power resorting to jail, oppression, arrest, cases, torture, enforced disappearances and murders. But, people of the country will not let that happen again, he said. Moyeen Khan said ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday (September 1) held a meeting with a high-powered business delegation from the United States at the State Guest House Padma in Dhaka. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the matter on Friday. According to sources, both sides discussed issues related to the long-term trade benefits between the two countries. The members present at ...

The Bangladesh government must remove draconian provisions from the draft Cyber Security Act (CSA) which is to replace the Digital Security Act (DSA), said Amnesty International on Friday. “The Cabinet must not push through the CSA as it is largely a replication of the draconian DSA that preceded it and retains repressive features which have been used to threaten and ...

Running is a great form of workout and with practice and consistency this can be turned into lifelong passion. Whether or not you are running professionally, it can offer a host of health benefits provided you don’t go overboard and give your muscles, bones and ligaments sufficient time to recover. Here are seven tips to help you run faster and ...

Blood clots in the brain or the lungs might explain some common symptoms of “long Covid”, including brain fog and fatigue, a UK study suggests. In the study, of 1,837 people admitted to hospital because of Covid, researchers say two blood proteins point to clots being one cause. It is thought 16% of such patients have trouble thinking, concentrating or ...