The interim government of Bangladesh has issued new, stricter guidelines concerning official foreign travel by public servants. The directive, which introduces several revisions, aims to ensure the necessity of such trips while simplifying the approval process. According to a circular issued by the Office of the Chief Adviser on March 23, all government officials must now clearly establish the relevance ...

Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali New Year, is a celebration of life, culture, and renewal. It’s a day when Bangladesh blossoms in a riot of colours, and nowhere is this vibrancy more evident than in the traditional attire worn by its people. The fashion of Pohela Boishakh is more than just clothing; it’s a visual representation of cultural identity and festive ...

A total of 27 people lost their lives in road accidents across Sylhet Division in March, according to a report released by the Safe Road Movement (Nischa) Sylhet Division Committee. The report states that 29 road accidents occurred in the region, leaving 27 people dead and 78 injured. Among the deceased, 12 were motorcyclists or their pillions. The report, published ...

Protesters in Sylhet on Monday vandalised a local outlets of several fast food restaurants and a store during a rally expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and condemning Israeli aggression in Gaza. The vandalism incident took place around 3:00 PM at the KFC branch in Mirabazar and the Bata showroom in Dargah Gate in the city. Witnesses said that a ...

A second child has died from measles as an outbreak of the highly contagious virus continues to grow in western Texas. The school-aged child was not vaccinated, had no underlying health conditions and was in hospital suffering complications from measles, Aaron Davis, the vice-president of UMC Health System, told the BBC. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has ...

Bangladesh cricketer Nasir Hossain has been officially cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to return to professional cricket after successfully completing his two-year ban for breaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code. The 33-year-old all-rounder, once a key figure in Bangladesh’s middle order, was suspended in September 2023 for two years, with six months of the sentence suspended, due to corruption-related ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) staged a protest against what they described as “genocide” by Israeli forces in Palestine and the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill in India’s Parliament. On Monday, April 7, the demonstration began at 4:20 pm outside the National Museum in capital’s Shahbagh, with party leaders and activists demanding an immediate end to the violence in Palestine. “It is ...

The Election Commission (EC) has nearly finalized a draft of the electoral code of conduct for the upcoming national parliamentary elections, which notably proposes to exclude the use of posters in campaign activities. Election Commissioner Md. Anwarul Islam Sarkar announced the development on Monday following a meeting held at the EC headquarters in the capital’s Agargaon. Speaking to reporters, Commissioner ...

The Election Commission (EC) has urged the public not to fall into deceptive Facebook advertisements promoting NID-related services, reports BSS. A media release issued by the EC secretariat on Monday said recently, it has observed numerous fake IDs and Facebook pages on social media platforms, which are misleading people by advertising NID-related services, which is highly unwanted. It said official ...

A Dhaka court on Monday has imposed the ban on former lawmaker for Comilla-8 constituency Abu Zafar Mohammad Shafiuddin Shamim from leaving the country. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The petition, submitted by ACC Assistant Director Ferdous Rahman, highlighted allegations of embezzling 300 crore taka ...