The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Tuesday organized a national inception workshop at the BIAM Foundation in the capital to initiate the revision of the National Youth Policy 2017, said a press release. The workshop was supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Bangladesh and implemented with technical assistance from the national consultant and VSO Bangladesh. The workshop ...

Sylhet Office : A court today sentenced one criminal to death and three others to life-term imprisonment in the gang rape case involving a young woman at the Murari Chand (MC) College dormitory here. The court also acquitted four accused in the case. The Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Swapan Kumar Sarkar delivered the verdict this afternoon. The court sentenced ...

Around one in every 13 Bangladeshi women experiences menopause before the age of 45, according to the largest multi-country study led by researchers at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). Published last week in BMJ Global Health, the study analysed health data from 716,648 women aged 30 to 49 years across 44 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). ...

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon has claimed that the HSC exams were postponed after talking to everyone concerned. He said, “We made the decision after observing the situation till 5 pm the day before the exam. Everyone said that the weather will be good, that’s why we postponed the exams.” The education minister said this in response to a ...

Protesting HSC examinees gathered near the venue of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s programme at the University of Dhaka (DU) on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of Education and Primary and Mass Education Adviser Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon. The students marched from the Science Lab intersection to the DU campus after holding a demonstration over the continuation of HSC examinations amid ...

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years ahead of a sell-out exhibition at the British Museum, travelling under police escort during a meticulously choreographed journey from France. The 70-metre (230-foot) embroidery, which depicts the 1066 Norman conquest of England, was transported in an air-conditioned, anti-vibration crate under French police escort to the ...

Measles-like symptoms have claimed two more children’s lives in Bangladesh’s Sylhet Division. The children died while undergoing treatment between Monday morning and Tuesday morning, said Mohammad Nur-e-Alam Shamim, assistant director of the Sylhet Directorate General of Health Services. They were being treated at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital.

Although he exited France’s 2-0 quarterfinal defeat of Morocco last Thursday with an ankle injury, Kylian Mbappe is fully fit for Les Bleus’ Tuesday semifinal against Spain in Arlington, Texas, France coach Didier Deschamps told reporters on Monday. “Kylian feels good,” Deschamps said. “He is at 100 percent, we cannot go above.” Mbappe, who has scored eight goals in six ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has urged youth to become entrepreneurs braving challenges, saying the government is by their side. “You will have to go through many challenges. However, the government is here to support you and guide you. We will do our utmost to stand by you,” he said at a special event titled “Youth, Startups and Promising Bangladesh” at ...

Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said the government would welcome the return of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, saying it is seeking her extradition to ensure justice through due legal process. Speaking at a weekly briefing on the government’s activities at the Press Information Department (PID), he said the government had formally requested ...