Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury today said an initiative will soon be taken to establish a tourism support center to boost tourism in Sylhet. “Jaintiapur, Gowainghat, and Companiganj areas of Sylhet have immense tourism potential. We want to introduce a tourism support center to boost tourism,” he told an Eid reunion at Jaintiapur Upazila Parishad. Ariful, also minister ...

Sri Lanka raised fuel prices by up to six percent on Sunday, in line with IMF plans to recover energy costs and phase out subsidies to stabilise the economy. Petrol was raised to 434 rupees ($1.33), up from 410, while diesel increased to 407 rupees a litre from 392, the state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said. The price hike came days ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has vowed to eliminate the presence of criminal and terrorist groups from Jungle Salimpur and surrounding hilly areas in Chattogram through coordinated security operations. Speaking to journalists after visiting Jungle Salimpur on Sunday (31 May), the minister said the area would no longer be allowed to serve as a sanctuary for isolated militant groups. He added ...

Paris Saint Germain equalled the Champions League record for goals scored in one season in the competition as they retained the trophy by edging out Arsenal in a penalty shootout but their triumph was as much about grit as their renowned flair. A year after demolishing Inter Milan 5-0 in ​Munich with an attacking master class, this time they found ...

As India continues to wait for the official announcement of a broadcaster that will telecast the FIFA World Cup 2026 matches live in the subcontinent, a YouTube entity, backed by Cristiano Ronaldo, has confirmed that all 104 matches of the tournament this year will be aired for free. Ronaldo, who currently plays in the Saudi Pro League for Al-Nassr, recently ...

Bangladeshi pilgrims have continued returning home from Saudi Arabia as repatriation flights entered their second day on Sunday. According to officials, more than 5,000 pilgrims are expected to arrive in the country on 14 flights throughout the day. Upon landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, many pilgrims expressed satisfaction with this year’s Hajj management and overall arrangements. They ...

Turkey’s ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel showed he can still command strong support on Saturday, drawing a crowd of thousands in Ankara despite a court ruling that removed him from office and dealt a blow to President Tayyip Erdogan’s challengers. After addressing supporters – estimated in the tens of thousands by the private Anka news agency and media outlets close ...

The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a “deeply alarming” situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. Speaking two weeks on from the outbreak being declared, MSF deputy director Dr Alan Gonzales said never before had “so many cases” been recorded so soon. His comments came as the head of the ...

Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter “Doom” and say they are just scratching the surface of what the neurons could be capable of doing. It’s the science-fiction work of biotech boffins at Cortical Labs, who researched and developed the technology that harnesses the workings of the brain’s networking system. ...

The US, UK and Australia say they will develop underwater drone technology to protect undersea cables and boost defence, under their military alliance known as Aukus, reports BBC. The uncrewed undersea vehicle (UUV) technology is expected to be ready by next year. While the project’s total cost was not stated, British defence secretary John Healey said the UK would contribute ...