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The foods that may help your body fight inflammation

We have done keto, paleo, and intermittent fasting. We have sworn by them and given up on them in turn. However, the diet in question here is less about losing weight and more about reducing inflammation. Here’s why — Chronic inflammation in the body is a central driver of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other illnesses. Thankfully, certain diets endorsed by ...

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Minister orders crackdown on brokers fuelling irregular migration from Sunamganj

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury today ordered swift action against brokers who lure youths from Sunamganj into irregular migration, often putting their lives at risk. While addressing a meeting at the Sunamganj deputy commissioner’s conference room on ensuring safe migration and preventing irregular journeys abroad, he said that the brokers must be identified quickly and brought ...

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Sylhet Development Authority activities inaugurated

The activities and office of the Sylhet Development Authority were inaugurated tuesday at Naiorpul in Sylhet city amid a festive atmosphere. Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher, MP, inaugurated the authority’s activities at a civic gathering held at the Sylhet Zila Parishad auditorium. Commerce, Textiles and Jute and Industries Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir attended the programme as the chief ...

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Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi being observed

People throughout the country are observing the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi today with due religious solemnity, commemorating the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). In Dhaka, thousands of people gathered at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital to celebrate Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SA), where devotees from Dhaka and different parts of the country started arriving at the venue in the ...

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3 killed in separate road crashes in Sylhet

Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Sylhet and neighbouring Sunamganj today (24 August), with two of the crashes occurring on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway. A 15-year-old girl was killed and three others were seriously injured in the first accident when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Jaintapur in the morning. The deceased, Nusrat Jahan Tasnim, was a ...

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State Minister Humaiun Kobir renounced British citizenship: Law minister

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir has renounced his British citizenship, and there was no violation of the law in his oath-taking as state minister, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman said on Tuesday. “As far as State Minister Humaiun Kobir is concerned, he has renounced his British citizenship. There was no violation of the law in ...

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Iran vows to resist widened US sanctions as Washington seeks talks

Iran pledged to fight back against expanded US sanctions aimed at isolating its economy, expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist the pressure campaign and saying that Washington was keen to revive talks. Almost six months into a conflict the US has struggled to resolve, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled the measures on Monday but stopped short of the ...

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UNDP offers support for Bangladesh’s overall reform process

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday expressed its willingness to extend full cooperation to Bangladesh in its overall reform process, including legal and judicial reforms and constitutional amendments. The UNDP has shown the keenness when its Resident Representative Stephen Rodriques paid a courtesy call on the Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed at his ministry office in Bangladesh Secretariat in ...

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Mosharraf Karim wins Bioscope Star Award for 2nd time

Popular actor Mosharraf Karim has won the Best Actor Award for the second time at the “Bioscope Star Award 2026”, recognising his acclaimed performance in Tanim Noor-directed film “Bonolota Express”. The 14th edition of the “Bioscope Star Award” was held on Monday at the Bishwa Sahitya Kendra auditorium in the capital’s Bangla Motor. Daily Sun journalist Md Jahidul Islam and ...

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Denmark’s support to help tackle Dhaka’s water crisis: LGRD Minister

Denmark’s support will play an effective role in addressing Dhaka’s growing demand for safe drinking water and tackling the capital’s water crisis, Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said. He said Denmark could become an important partner of Bangladesh in water supply, waste management and development assistance, including investment in infrastructure projects. The minister ...

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