The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has set August 10 for hearing on a petition seeking to impose a ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s all political activities until the disposal of a plea on the party’s registration. A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique fixed the date on Thursday (August 3). Writ petitioners ...

Hollywood studios will meet with writers this week to discuss reopening talks for the first time since a strike began nearly 100 days ago. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) walkout, which kicked off May 2 over pay and the threat of artificial intelligence, has brought US film and television production to a halt, AFP reported. Writers have been joined ...

France coach Herve Renard has warned his team they must keep their focus or it “can all come tumbling down” after being stunned by an early goal from Panama and leaking another two late on. Women’s World Cup debutants Panama silenced the world number five with a strike in the first minute of their Group F clash in Sydney on ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on social media Wednesday that he and his wife Sophie are separating after 18 years of marriage, reports CBS News. “After many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate,” Trudeau wrote on Instagram. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau posted a similar message on her account. The couple has three children — 15-year-old ...

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sought vote for her party’s electoral symbol ‘Boat’ in the next general election and give them another chance to serve the people. “People have got country’s independence by casting vote for the boat… the country’s development happens only when Awami League remains in power. Fortunes of the people have ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said sustainable peace among nations can be achieved if respect and tolerance towards others, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, color and race, can be inculcated. “Let us work together to achieve such a goal. In fact, for ensuring prosperity in the region, we need peaceful coexistence of all nations and all countries,” he ...

Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday over his efforts to upend the results of the 2020 US election — the most serious legal threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the White House. It is the third criminal indictment of the 77-year-old Trump since March and charges him with three counts of conspiracy and one ...

Drinking even one alcoholic drink daily could raise blood pressure levels, according to an analysis of seven international research studies published on Tuesday in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. The studies showed that even in adults without hypertension, blood pressure readings may climb more steeply over the years as the number of daily alcoholic drinks rise. The analysis confirms ...

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) price has increased this time after seeing reduction on several occasions. Now, a 12kg LPG cylinder gas price has been fixed at Tk 1,140 increasing by Tk 141 at consumer level. Earlier, it was Tk 999. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the rate of LPG gas Wednesday afternoon. The new price will come into effect ...

England and Australia have been docked crucial ICC World Test Championship points and have been hit with fines for maintaining a slow over-rate during the men’s Ashes. Under the revised regulations, they were fined five percent of their match fee and one WTC point for every over short. Australia have been docked 10 WTC points from the recently-concluded Ashes series ...