Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday arrived in Rome to attend the UN Food Systems Summit at the invitation of the UN Secretary-General. The three-day summit will open at Italy’s capital city on Monday, July 24. The premier and her entourage flew from Dhaka by a regular flight of Qatar Airways. It landed at Rome Fiumicino Airport at 1:40pm ...

A game of chess can turn any dull day into an invigorating and fun-filled one. The game not only engages but also makes sure you put your thinking cap on and provide the much-needed workout to your brain. Especially if age is not on your side, and you have reached a phase where your brain needs constant stimulation, chess is ...

Police recovered the body of a schoolgirl from Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Sajna Akhter, 14, daughter of Ismail Miah, a resident of Patharia village under the upazila. She was a seventh-grader of Surma High School and College. Shantiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Khaled Chowdhury said locals found a sack beside a road ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday called for building a social movement against corruption to uphold national interests. He said this when newly appointed Commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission Asia Khatun paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban, according to President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin. The president described corruption as a major obstacle to development. He said efforts to eliminate corruption ...

Ashraful Hossain Alam, better known as Hero Alam, has appealed to the Election Commission (EC) seeking cancellation of the results of Dhaka-17 constituency by-polls and demanding re-election in the constituency. “There was vote rigging in the by-polls. I want re-election in the constituency,” he said to journalists after submitting a written application to the EC on. “I have video footage. ...

Paris Saint-Germain have left Kylian Mbappe out of their squad for a pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea, casting further doubt on the forward’s future at the French champions. PSG gave no reason for the omission of France’s captain but 24-year-old Mbappe has said for weeks that he is refusing to sign a new contract. His omission will fuel ...

Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue by the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 167 this year. The July death toll alone rose to 120, smashing the previous highest for deaths from dengue in a single month. Previously, the deadliest month had been November 2022, when 113 people ...

Elon Musk said he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds. In a tweet at 12:06 a.m. ET (0406 GMT) on Sunday, the social media platform’s billionaire owner added: “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow.” Musk ...

A man was killed in a clash between two groups over a football match in Ajmiriganj upazila of Habiganj district on Saturday evening. The incident took place at around 7pm in Sadar area of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Selim Miah, 32, son of late Sabaj Miah, a resident of Sharifnagar village under the upazila. Quoting locals, police ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday left Dhaka for Rome, Italy, on a three-day official visit to attend UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment. A regular commercial flight of Qatar Airways, carrying the premier and her entourage members, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 05:05am, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS. The flight is scheduled to ...