Three children died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am on Friday morning, and no death from confirmed measles was reported, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest three fatalities the total death toll among children from confirmed and suspected measles cases has hit 750 in just about four months. During 8am Thursday-8am Friday, ...

Sylhet Office : ICT Division Deputy Secretary Abdullah Al Mamun has been appointed as the new deputy commissioner (DC) and district magistrate of Sylhet. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification on Thursday confirming the appointment. The appointment follows a series of administrative reshuffles linked to controversy over the management of donations at Sylhet’s historic shrines. Earlier, on ...

Widespread flooding triggered by five consecutive days of heavy rainfall and upstream flash floods has inundated vast areas of Chakaria, Matamuhuri, Pekua and Ramu upazilas in Cox’s Bazar district, leaving at least 300,000 people stranded and claiming 22 lives over the past four days. The situation has been exacerbated by landslides, with rivers including the Matamuhuri and Bakkhali flowing above ...

Australia on Friday confirmed the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in a native seabird, marking a new phase in the disease’s spread after it landed on the country’s shores last month. Laboratory testing by Australia’s national science agency confirmed the case in a greater crested tern found in the South Australian coastal town of Robe, Agriculture ...

Asian stocks rose sharply on Friday, led by chip and AI firms as investors brushed off concern over the stalled recovery of energy supplies through the critical Strait of Hormuz, with tit-for-tat attacks escalating between the US and Iran. The renewed back-and-forth attacks have further eroded the fragile three-week-old ceasefire, bringing the spotlight back on oil prices and what they ...

Kylian Mbappé spread his arms out wide and spun around after scoring his eighth goal of this year’s World Cup. He later gave the jubilant France fans dotted around the stadium a wave when he left the game because of an injury scare. Les Bleus, with a star striker who said he’s fine despite a right ankle issue, are headed ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (9 July) upheld the High Court verdict that declared several provisions introduced through the Constitution’s 15th Amendment illegal, including the abolition of the caretaker government system. The five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by the chief justice, delivered the verdict this morning, dismissing the appeals challenging the High Court judgment. Following ...

Filmmaker Boney Kapoor’s daughter Anshula Kapoor tied the knot with Rohan Thakkar on July 6. After the wedding, the newlyweds hosted a reception, which brought together several celebrities. For her reception, Anshula exuded modern craftsmanship as she opted for a custom Banarasi corseted silhouette by Amit Aggarwal. The reception look came from Amit Aggarwal’s Banarsi Edit, a collection that explores ...

Bangladesh and China on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to working together for peace and stability in the region amid evolving global and regional geopolitical developments. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam at the Defence Adviser’s Office of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) in Dhaka ...

Prime Minister’s Political Adviser and BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has called on all democratic forces to remain vigilant in dealing with conspiracies by defeated forces. Speaking to reporters at the BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan in the capital on Thursday (9 July), Rizvi said the present government have come to power through a long struggle ...