Damage to 61 graves in the Muslim section of a cemetery is “as bad as it can get”, a public meeting has been told. Hertfordshire Police is treating the vandalism at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery, reported on Sunday, as an Islamophobic hate crime. No witnesses had come forward but forensic samples were being analysed, the force said at the meeting ...

Model and Miss Earth Bangladesh 2020 winner Meghna Alam has been officially shown arrested in a fraud case filed with Dhanmondi Police Station. She is accused of being part of an organised crime ring that allegedly used attractive women to lure foreign diplomats and wealthy businessmen into romantic relationships, later blackmailing them for large sums of money. The court on ...

Bangladesh nationalist Party (BNP) is not against reforms, rather it is the party of reforms, said BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan while holding dialogue with National Consensus Commission. “But the people are at the root of everything,” he made this comment during opening speech at the talks at the LD Hall of the National Parliament Building. Nazrul Islam ...

Law enforcement officials have arrested Md Shaher Alam Murad, the former general secretary of the Dhaka South unit of the Awami League (AL), from a residence in Uttara, Dhaka, on Thursday morning. The arrest was confirmed by Md Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), who said that Murad, also an executive member of the Dhaka Metropolitan ...

Three people, including a young man were killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj on Wednesday afternoon. In Nabiganj upazila’s Dighalbak union, a youth named Shah Alam, 21, died after being struck by lightning while grazing cattle in a nearby haor around 3:15pm. He was the son of Abdul Hakim, a grocery shop owner in Bonkadirpur village. Locals rushed him ...

The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country’s traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many were political detainees locked up for opposing army rule. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the ruling military council, pardoned 4,893 prisoners, MRTV reported. Thirteen foreigners will also ...

It’s a familiar exchange to many women: “I love your dress.” “Thanks, it has pockets!” So coveted is the spacious inset pouch in womenswear that when they exist, they are likely to attract attention. Take Dua Lipa’s look at the 2023 Met Gala — a vintage, cream-colored Chanel gown with pockets she was able to slip her hands inside, to ...

The Trump administration is formulating plans to cut roughly a third of the federal health budget, eliminate dozens of programs and vastly whittle down health agencies, according to an internal document reviewed by CNN. The preliminary memo, sent from White House budget officials to the Department of Health and Human Services, previews the administration’s plans to slash discretionary federal health ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a Jubo League leader as part of the nationwide ‘Operation Devil Hunt’ from Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj. The arrested, Shahid Mia, 37, son of Hafizur Rahman, a resident of Terhal village, is an Education, Training and Library affairs secretary of the upazila unit Jubo League. Confirming the matter, Shantiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Akram Ali Khan said ...

The UK’s annual inflation rate eased more than anticipated in March, offering a boost to the Labour government amid global economic uncertainties. According to data released on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) fell to 2.6% in March from 2.8% in February. Economists had forecast a more modest decline to 2.7%. The better-than-expected inflation ...