Narges Mohammadi in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on January 23.(Nooshin Jafari/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images) Iranian authorities arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday, according to a statement from her foundation citing information from her brother, reports CNN. The Paris-based foundation said Mohammadi was “violently detained” by security and police forces during a memorial ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi, ...

Ingredients: * Cinnamon- 1 inch stick * Black cardamom- 2 pods * Black pepper- 1 tsp * Fennel seeds- 1 tsp * Green cardamom- 3 pods * Cloves- 4 * Nutmeg- ¼ piece * Tea powder- 2 tsp * Sugar- 2 tsp * Water- 1 cup * Milk- 1 cup * Dried rose petals- 2 tbsp Method: 1. In a ...

A total of 200 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, raising the number of hospitalizations from the mosquito-borne disease to 99,693 so far this year. The information was disclosed in a dengue-related press release issued today by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of ...

Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmud Khan today asked the newly recruited officers to work with honesty, concentration and dedication to develop themselves as worthy airmen of the Air Force. “The newly recruited BAF members will actively contribute to the implementation of the firm commitment to keep the skies of ...

Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Shahrif Osman Hadi, also an independent candidate of upcoming election for Dhaka-8, was injured by bullet in the capital’s Paltan area on Friday afternoon. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) emergency department in critical state. The attack incident took place some time after the Jum’a prayers. According to DMCH police outpost in-chargeMd Faruk,Osman Hadi ...

After soaring for nearly two years, cocoa prices dropped sharply in 2025. However, chocolate, in demand ahead of the festive holiday season, has seen prices rise. AFP examines the reasons for the divergence and the current state of the cocoa market. – West Africa at heart – Ivory Coast and Ghana are the world’s biggest suppliers of pods — the ...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) extends its warm congratulations to Dr Asif Nazrul on becoming the Adviser to the Ministry of Youth & Sports. Dr Nazrul has long been recognised as someone with a genuine interest in sports and the BCB believes that his new responsibilities will allow him to channel that commitment toward meaningful progress across all disciplines. BCB ...

No force in the world can thwart the February 12 parliamentary election, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday. While speaking to reporters in Shariatpur, he said, ”The people of the country are eagerly awaiting for the elections. Those who try to take the law into their hands and try to create anarchy, will be strictly suppressed.” ”Besides, ...

The revised list of re-demarcated boundaries for all 300 parliamentary constituencies has been published by theElection Commission (EC)ahead of the upcoming national election and the referendum. A gazette in this regard, signed by EC Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed, was published on Thursday night. It said, previously published order on constituency demarcation has been partially amended following the judgment on ...

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has announced that he will contest the upcoming national election as an independent candidate from Dhaka-10. He made the declaration in a Facebook post on Friday morning. In a video message, Asif said, ”The opportunity to determine the future of Bangladesh has come after 17 long years. Building a new Bangladesh is difficult but not impossible. ...