The High Court (HC) yesterday expressed grave concern over the poor attempts made by government organisations to stop food adulteration and to take legal action against the persons responsible for leading people towards death by supplying contaminated food. It also expressed anxiety because 52 food…

The country has suffered a loss of around Tk. 550 crore due to damage of houses, roads, croplands, and infrastructure and flood protection embankments following the severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ that struck Bangladesh on May 3 to 4. The disaster management and relief ministry said this yesterday…

There would be no relief from the ongoing heat wave for the next three to four days with the temperature likely to increase across the country, the Met office said yesterday. Rahul Kuddus, a meteorologist with the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), said that a heatwave was sweeping across the…

England's Jonny Bairstow has listed lifting the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup this year as more desirable than an Ashes win. Bairstow, a key fixture across formats for England, was quizzed by Sky Sports Cricket over which he’d like to win this summer if he could pick just one – the…