Kolkata traders have welcomed India’s decision to resume tourist visas for Bangladeshis, celebrating the announcement by distributing sweets among themselves on Saturday. They also pledged to enhance services and facilities to ensure a better experience for the Bangladeshi tourists. During a meeting of traders’ associations from Marquis Street, Free School Street and the New Market area, participants discussed measures to ...

Zesty and uplifting, the margarita has as many origin stories as it has flavour variations. Its name is Spanish for daisy, which links it to a family of Victorian cocktails combining citrus juice, sweetened liqueur and a base spirit, and it has been known throughout its life as a tequila daisy, tequila sour and picador. First mentioned as a margarita ...

A skydiving aircraft crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, local authorities said. The accident occurred near the city of Nancy at around 11:00 am local time, according to Yves Séguy, prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, reports AP. Emergency responders rushed to the crash site immediately after the incident, while investigators began gathering statements from ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday urged students to develop themselves into competent, skilled and responsible citizens while hosting a luncheon for students, teachers and visitors in Parliament. The lunch was held at the VIP Cafeteria of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The guests included 29 law students from the Canadian University of Bangladesh, 21 underprivileged students and teachers brought by ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka on Sunday on a five-day official visit to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. During the visit, General Waker-Uz-Zaman is scheduled to meet senior defence officials and other key dignitaries of the two countries aimed at strengthening bilateral defence relations and cooperation, according to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon on Sunday said the four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed between Bangladesh and China on information and broadcasting cooperation are expected to bring a qualitative transformation to the country’s media sector. Sharing his reaction to the MoUs signed during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s recent visit to China, the minister said the two countries ...

Sylhet Office : Cumilla’s Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Magistrate Md Reza Hasan has been appointed as Sylhet’s new DC. The Ministry of Public Administration confirmed the information in a notification issued on Sunday afternoon. Reza Hasan replaced Sarwoer Alam, who was withdrawn on June 21 last. Sylhet’s DC Sarwoer’s withdrawal came after he took an initiative to ensure transparency ...

OpenAI and Anthropic have limited access to their latest artificial intelligence models following cybersecurity reviews by the administration of US President Donald Trump, reflecting increased government scrutiny of advanced AI systems. OpenAI said on Friday that its new model, GPT-5.6 Sol, will initially be available only to a small group of customers approved by the Trump administration. The company described ...

The government has planned to construct 100,000 affordable flats for low-income people through public-private partnerships (PPP) in 58 area, including Korail slum in the capital, said Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher in the Parliament on Sunday. Replying to a question from Independent MP Rumeen Farhana (Brahmanbaria-2), the minister said the sites have been identified under the Detailed Area ...

A Dhaka court on Sunday again deferred the hearing on framing charges in a case against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and former Rajuk assistant legal adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain for allegedly acquiring a flat illegally from a private developer in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area. Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 ...