Six men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in Clapham. The Metropolitan Police believe the incident happened on Tremadoc Road, off Clapham High Street, at around 4:20 on Saturday 25 July. The victim died in hospital after being admitted with a stab wound. Police say his family have been informed and ...

India finally ended their losing streak in T20 internationals as they secured a 90-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Harare on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. After suffering back-to-back series defeats against Ireland and England and facing heavy criticism following six consecutive losses, the Men in Blue bounced back strongly in Zimbabwe, ...

Tea garden workers in Sylhet blocked Sylhet-Tamabil highway and staged demonstrations this morning (25 July), demanding a daily minimum wage of Tk500. The demonstration, organised by the Tea Workers Trade Union Centre, saw a large protest rally take place at the Khadim Tea Garden around 9:30 am. During the program, workers observed a two-hour work stoppage and staged a blockade ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today lauded the professionalism and role of Bangladesh Navy in safeguarding the country’s sovereignty as newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim paid a courtesy call on him at his office here. The prime minister and the navy chief exchanged views on maritime security, enhancing professional capabilities of the Bangladesh Navy, its ...

Maldivian President Dr Mohamed Muizzu today hosted an evening tea in honour of Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman, who is visiting the Maldives as a special guest for the country’s 61st Independence Day celebrations. President Muizzu hosted the reception as Dr Khalilur arrived in the Maldives today on an official visit aimed at further strengthening the longstanding bilateral relations ...

Medicine and public health experts here today advised people against taking any kind of antibiotics in fever. If you suffer from fever, you should only take paracetamol. Fever accompanied by headache, body ache, joint pain, and skin rashes are symptoms of dengue, they said adding in such symptoms one must refrain from taking aspirin-based medications. Advising the people not to ...

Increasing your daily consumption of ultraprocessed foods by 10% — basically the equivalent of a small bag of potato chips — may raise your risk of dementia even if you normally eat a healthy plant-rich diet, according to a new study. “Our study showed that UPF consumption was associated with worse attention and higher dementia risk in middle-aged and older ...

The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has ended its protest at Jantar Mantar following the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the Centre’s assurance that it would address the key demands raised by the demonstrators. The decision was announced on Saturday after the third round of talks between CJP leaders and a government delegation. The announcement came during a ...

National Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will use Bangabhaban, the president’s official resident and office, as his new office upon assuming the role of the acting president following the resignation of Mohammed Shahabuddin. However, Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will continue using the Speaker’s residence in the Parliament area as his resident, he told reporters on Saturday. On the same day, the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said on Saturday that the government has initiated a comprehensive plan to harness the potentials of semiconductor industry, describing it as the country’s next major economic growth engine after the RMG sector. “The semiconductor industry could emerge as Bangladesh’s next promising economic sector after the RMG industry. The government has already started implementing comprehensive plans, including ...