A magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted Dhaka and rest of the country on Monday night. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), very strong shaking from the earthquake was felt at 8:49pm Bangladesh time on the Bangladesh-India border. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the depth of 10km at Kanaighat in Sylhet district and 18km northwest of Karimganj district ...

Anwaarul Haq Kakar has been sworn in as the 8th interim prime minister of Pakistan. The 52-year-old Kakar, clad in a grey suit, was administered oath by President Arif Alvi on Monday in a ceremony held at the Aiwan-i-Sadr ( President House) in Islamabad — which coincided with Independence Day, reports The Dawn. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by Chief ...

Controlling the mass media is one of the major weapons used by the fascist rulers, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. “There’re so many mass media in the country, but they can’t work freely. In fact, they’re not free. The mass media couldn’t become free even after 52 years of independence,” he said while speaking at a ...

Bollywood and fashion are closely related, as films have an influence on mass culture. fashion has always given Bollwood characters a unique identity and more so now as actors choose to even play the part off screen at marketing events. Bollywood has influenced various fashion trends, including ethnic, bold, bridal, and who can forget daily airport looks. Alia Bhatt’s saree ...

The humid climate during the monsoon months creates an ideal habitat for germs and viruses to spread conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye. Against the backdrop of this upsurge in cases of conjunctivitis, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi is consistently recording around 100 patients daily. In July, Maharashtra witnessed an astonishing surge of 87,761 conjunctivitis ...

Former politician and lecturer Delwar Hossain Sayeedi died of a heart attack at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital in the capital on Monday (August 14) night. BSMMU director Brigadier General Dr. Md. Rezaur Rahman confirmed it. According to the prison authority sources, Delawar Hossain Sayeedi had remained in prison in Kashimpur Central Jail for a long time before ...

Eighteen more people died of dengue in the country in the last 24 hours. Till date, Bangladesh counted some 416 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease this year. Besides, some 2,480 people were hospitalised with dengue infection in the same period of time. The latest information on dengue was learnt from the data of Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of ...

Local people of Kormodha union at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar have caught 17 more suspected militants. Kormodha union chairman AK Azad confirmed the matter on Monday morning. Locals caught the 17 from Asgorabad CNG station around 10:30am. And, later, informed the police. They are currently staying at Kormodha Union Parishad, AK Azad said. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said the government would reward those who can provide information on the killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “If you can give us information, you will be rewarded,” he said while speaking at a discussion at Jatiya Press Club. Momen also called for unmasking those who kept mum ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Sunday signed an agreement for US$190 million in additional loan for the ongoing Rural Connectivity Improvement Project that is upgrading rural roads, making agricultural areas more productive, and improving socioeconomic centers in rural Bangladesh. Sharifa Khan, secretary of Economic Relations Division, and Edimon Ginting, ADB Country Director for Bangladesh, ...