Myanmar authorities have confirmed to Bangladesh that out of a list of 800,000 Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh, they have identified 180,000 Rohingyas eligible for return to Myanmar, reports BSS. The original list was provided by Bangladesh in six batches during 2018-20. The final verification of another 70,000 Rohingyas is pending additional scrutiny of their photographs and names. This was disclosed ...

Bangladesh has received the BIMSTEC chairmanship for the next two years from Thailand. Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra handed over the BIMSTEC chairmanship to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the end of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok on Friday, reports BSS. Upon receiving the chairmanship from the Thailand premier, the Bangladesh chief adviser made a statement of acceptance, focusing ...

Dhaka has requested the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina during a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed the matter while speaking to BSS. Alam said the 30-minute meeting was “very constructive and fruitful,” with both leaders discussing various issues of mutual interest. ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called on the youths to build themselves as “three-zero persons” to protect the planet from destruction as he delivered keynote speech at BIMSTEC Young Gen Forum on the sidelines of BIMSTEC Summit here. “If we want to provide service, we will have to go to a new civilisation of three zeros – zero carbon ...

Another consignment of 10,850 metric tonnes (MTs) of Indian parboiled rice arrived at the country’s premier seaport, Chattogram Port on Thursday. A vessel ‘MV HT UNITE’ carrying the consignment docked at the port, said a media release sent from the Ministry of Food. Earlier, Bangladesh decided to import 500, 000 MTs of rice from India through international open tenders. Meanwhile, ...

Somewhere between the guilt of deep-fried indulgences and the frustration of oven-baked patience, the air fryer sits like an unproblematic middle child — efficient, mess-free, and oddly satisfying. If you are someone who gets up late and wants a quick breakfast or if you hate cleaning the stove after supper because of oil, this handy tool is for you. Here’s ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday stressed on the tangible, and result-oriented cooperation among BIMSTEC member states specially through effective implementation of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Area (FTA) enhancing intra-regional trade. He made the remark while leading the Bangladesh delegation in the 20th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting held today in Bangkok, Thailand, said a foreign ministry’s press release. Foreign ...

The residences of former Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury and former Awami League MP for Moulvibazar-2 (Kulaura), Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, were attacked and vandalised on Wednesday evening. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sylhet Airport Police Station, Syed Anisur Rahman, said an agitated group of students and members of the public carried out the attack on Nadel’s residence, causing damage. ...

Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world’s tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving, reports AFP. While still years away from being tested in humans, the wireless pacemaker was hailed as a “transformative breakthrough” that could spur advances in other areas of medicine. Millions ...

Seven people, suspected to be supporters of Awami League and its associate bodies, were arrested on charge of bringing out a procession in favour of the banned Chhatra League in Sylhet early Thursday. The arrestees are Zahirul Islam, 19, Sohel Ahmed Sani, 18, Robin Kar, 23, Fahim Ahmed, 23, Rajan Ahmed Ramzan, 23, Bashir Khan Lal, 50, and Soheb Ahmed. ...