A man who created more than 100 fake social media profiles to blackmail and sexually assault other young Muslim men has been jailed for 16 years. Waleed Saeed, a British-born Muslim of Somali descent, was sentenced in what one Metropolitan Police officer described as the biggest “sexploitation” case he has dealt with. Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, heard how the 31-year-old ...

Bangladesh hockey legend Abdus Sadeque passed away on Saturday morning at Continental Hospital in Gulshan, Dhaka. He was around 79. He breathed his last at about 8AM while undergoing treatment at the hospital. The first janaza for Abdus Sadeque will be held after Asr prayer at Baitus Sobhan Mosque in Bashundhara’s I-block. A second janaza follows Sunday at 10.30AM at ...

The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) on Saturday called on the government to maintain the existing requirement of 30 per cent value addition for importing raw materials against bank guarantees, saying the measure is vital to safeguarding the country’s textile industry. Expressing deep concern over the proposed national budget for the fiscal year of 2026-27, which seeks to withdraw this ...

Ingredients: * 2 cups mango (peeled and cubed; from about 3 mangoes) * ¾ cup sugar (divided) * ¼ cup lemon juice * 1 cup heavy (whipping) cream * ¾ cup whole milk Method: 1. Before You Start…Please note that this recipe requires 8.5+ hours of chilling, churning, and freezing time. 2. Freeze the ice cream freezer bowl for 24 ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke called on Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday afternoon. The high commissioner congratulated the foreign minister on his election as President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly for the term 2026–2027, said a press release. Both sides noted with satisfaction the deep historical ...

Seven more children have died across the country with symptoms of measles in the past 24 hours, including six in Dhaka. During the period, 887 new cases were reported, according to the latest report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) released on Saturday. According to the DGHS, a total of 677 children have died from measles and measles-like ...

A girl of Class IX who was allegedly abducted from Sylhet’s Moglabazar area three years ago has been rescued from Brahmanbaria. She was rescued and the sole accused, her private tutor at the time, arrested during a joint operation conducted by RAB-9 and CPC-1 in the Char Islampur area under Bijoynagar Police Station in Brahmanbaria on Thursday night. According to ...

Bangladesh has renewed its call for the early repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, stressing that the displaced people want to return to their homeland and that the prolonged crisis continues to impose heavy burdens on Bangladesh. Speaking at a UN briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar on Friday, Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Salahuddin ...

Much of Western Europe was sweltering in a gruelling heatwave on Friday with the mercury expected to continue rising in the coming days, likely shattering yet more temperature records. France was hit hard, forcing hundreds of schools to tweak their timetables to cope. Forecasters warned of an “intense and long-lasting” heatwave that could see temperatures in Paris soar above 40C ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said that all necessary documents had been sent to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 15 June to facilitate the return of former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed. He made the remarks while speaking at an award ceremony at the ministry in the capital on Saturday. The adviser said the government would contact the UAE ...