When Giancarlo Fanigliulo opened Marrone, a cafe dedicated to tiramisu in London’s Soho in August, he hadn’t anticipated he would sell out within two and a half hours. “I was expecting a buzz, but I wasn’t expecting queues around the corner,” he tells me. “It was insane.” This kind of excitement about the Italian dessert is not a one-off – ...

An endangered capped leaf monkey died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal Upazila this afternoon (11 September). The accident occurred around 4:30pm near the No 6 Bridge area, confirmed Tajul Islam, a junior wildlife scout at the range office and said an autopsy would be conducted. “The specific cause of death will ...

Bangladesh’s hopes of qualifying for the Junior Hockey World Cup ended after a 6-2 defeat to Japan in the fifth-place playoff of the Under-20 Asia Cup on Friday. Bangladesh needed a win over Japan to keep their World Cup hopes alive, but the heavy defeat ended their campaign. Bangladesh had qualified for the previous Junior Asia Cup in Oman in ...

Health Minister Sardar Mohammad Sakhawat Hossain has warned of action against the authorities of Mugda Medical College Hospital within 24 hours if allegations of irregularities are found to be true. The minister made the warning during a surprise inspection of the hospital in Dhaka on Friday morning following a report on irregularities aired by Independent Television. During the inspection, he ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited injured army officer Captain Mirza Mohiuddin at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka, on Friday and inquired about his condition. The prime minister visited the hospital in Dhaka Cantonment at noon after the captain was seriously injured in an accident during a field firing exercise in Hathazari, Chattogram. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Tarique ...

Registration for the 2027 Hajj is currently underway, with pilgrims required to complete the process by September 24 in line with the Saudi government’s schedule. The Ministry of Religious Affairs issued a notice on September 9 confirming that the deadline will not be extended under any circumstances. According to the ministry, Bangladesh has been allocated a total quota of 78,500 ...

The government is currently reviewing 101 bilateral agreements signed with India during former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime, Chief Whip of Parliament Nurul Islam Moni said on Friday (September 11). Addressing a press briefing at the Parliament Media Center, the Chief Whip emphasized that the current administration is actively pulling back from various unethical arrangements to prioritize national interest. Moni ...

Gold prices have fallen in the local market, with the price of 22-carat gold dropping by Tk 2,158 per bhori. The new rates, announced by the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS), came into effect at 10:00 AM on Friday. According to the revised rates, the price of 22-carat gold has been reduced to Tk 231,880 per bhori. The price of 21-carat ...

The resumption of Bangladesh-India passenger trains Maitree, Bandhan and Mitali Express was not on the agenda of the 38th Inter-Governmental Railway Meeting (IGRM), and no decision or timeline was set for their resumption. This piece of information came from Ziaul Haque, additional secretary of the Ministry of Railways and head of the Bangladesh delegation, on Thursday evening at the end ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has denied her party’s plans to cut housing benefit would make people homeless, but suggested some would have to “move somewhere cheaper”. At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, she had challenged Andy Burnham to commit to spending 3% of GDP on defence by 2030, saying the cost could be covered by cuts to welfare. The Conservatives ...