A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight remains grounded at Muscat International Airport after a passenger died on board, with the aircraft awaiting permission from the Royal Oman Police to remove the body. The incident has left the onward journey of flight BG-136 uncertain until the necessary formalities are completed, causing inconvenience to other passengers. According to Biman sources on Wednesday, the ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has urged all to unite and work together to prepare a roadmap to prevent the rehabilitation of fascism. “Let us work together to prepare a roadmap to prevent the rehabilitation of fascism and ensure that we do not become fascists. Let us move forward together and focus on building our nation,” he ...

The number of child fatalities in the ongoing measles outbreak has hit 950, with seven more children dying from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am Wednesday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 1,098 new suspected measles cases were reported during 8am Tuesday-8am Wednesday, bringing the total number of suspected cases nationwide to 152,736. ...

The Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) has ordered authorities concerned to immediately withdraw 10 food products from markets including spices from Bombay Sweets and Baghabari Ghee. In recent laboratory tests these products failed to meet minimum safety standards, the BSTI said in a press release on Wednesday. The concerned companies have also been served show cause notices, asking them ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent Bidisha Ershad, former second wife of late president and Jatiya Party founder Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to jail after rejecting her bail petition in a fraud case filed with Gulshan Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid passed the order after a hearing in the afternoon, said public prosecutor Syed Golam Murtuza Ibn-e-Islam. Bidisha’s ...

Jasprit Bumrah’s tenure as the No.1 ranked Test bowler is over as Australia pacer Mitchell Starc claimed the premier position for the first time in his illustrious career on the back of his dominant performance against Bangladesh. Bumrah first rose to the top back in February of 2024 and the right-armer has maintained his spot as the No.1 ranked Test ...

When you walk into Liberty Drink House, or just Liberty Falooda as the locals lovingly call it, you’ll enter a small, vintage-style shop frozen in time. The old-fashioned logo, the retro tiles, and the classic seating arrangements make you feel as if the 20th century never really left. It’s the kind of place where people don’t just stop by for ...

Britain and Ukraine have signed a partnership to jointly develop artificial intelligence technology for defence and national security. The agreement gives British researchers access to Ukraine’s Avengers AI Labs, which uses a dataset of about 5m battlefield images to train military AI systems. Britain is the first international partner to receive access to the platform. The two countries will also ...

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 ...

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 ...