Colombo: The Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo, made farewell visits to the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), and the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), a…
Dhaka: Retired government employees on Tuesday called for the swift formulation of rules under the amended Tobacco Control Act 2026 and stronger measures to protect public health from the harmful effects of tobacco and emerging nicotine products. The …
Dhaka: Prime Minister’s Political Assistant Rashed Khan announced on Tuesday that the opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami is witnessing its own downfall due to internal divisions within its alliance. Khan made these remarks while speaking at a discussion…
Dhaka: A Chattogram court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing a seven-year-old boy in 2016. Judge of the Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-2 Nishaduzzaman delivered the judgement.
According to United News of Banglad…
Dhaka: The government will take necessary steps in the public interest over the presence of microplastics in most toothpastes available in Bangladesh, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said on Tuesday. He made the remarks in respons…
Dhaka: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday destroyed drugs worth nearly Tk 84 crore that had been seized in separate anti-smuggling operations along the Cumilla and Satkhira borders. The drugs were destroyed at the headquarters of Cumilla Battali…
Dhaka: Roberto Mancini has been appointed for a second spell as Italy head coach, Italian Football Federation (FIGC) President Giovanni Malago announced on Tuesday. The 61-year-old succeeds Gennaro Gattuso, who stepped down earlier this year after Ita…
Dhaka: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed its intervention in aiding more than 3,500 victims of trafficking for forced criminality, spanning 39 countries in South-East Asia, with the majority of cases originating from Indo…