BSS Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and the regions of Rajshahi and Pabna. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, said a met office release here today. Night temperature may…
UNB Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States, including one who gave birth to a baby with a rare birth defect, health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it’s investigating 10 more reports of pregnant travelers with Zika. All got the virus while…
UNB Young transgender children allowed to live openly as the gender they identify with fared as well psychologically as other kids in a small study that suggests parental support may be the key. Rates of depression and anxiety were equal in the study, which compared 73 transgender kids aged 3 to 12 with 73…
UNB Stating that their party does not have any chairman candidate in 114 Union Parishads (UPs), BNP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is making its all efforts to ensure the victory of ruling party candidates. “The Election Commission is trying its best to have the chairman posts for the ruling party…
UNB Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP), a forum of pro-Awami League lawyers, swept the election to the Dhaka Bar Association. SASP candidates Mohammad Saidur Rahman Manik and Mohammad Ayubur Rahman were elected president and general secretary of the DBA respectively defeating their rival candidates Khorshed Alam and Azizul Islam Khan from pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers’ platform…
UNB A motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured in a road accident at Pukhuria in Shibganj upazila on Friday night. Moynul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shibganj Police Station, said Nasim, 50, son of Badrul Mia, and Jahurul Islam, 50, of Kansat Bazar area, were injured when their motorcycle crashed into a stationary truck around…
UNB Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 1.20 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 3.5 crore from Hoangbrang bordering area in Teknaf upazila on Friday night. Topped off, a team of BGB led by Hila BoP Company Commander Nazrul Islam conducted a drive in the sluice gate area along…
UNB An unidentified man was found dead on the rooftop of a four-storey building in the city’s Wari area on Saturday. Informed by locals, police recovered the body of the unidentified man, aged about 45, from the rooftop of a building at Bhagabati Road around 10:45 and brought it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital…
UNB Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from his house at Surat village in Sadar upazila early Saturday in connection with several cases. Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Hasan Hafizur Rahman said tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid on the house of Matiur Rahman, ammer of Sadar thana unit of…
UNB A suspected robber was arrested after a gunfight with police in Niribili area under Ashulia police station, on the outskirts of the capital early Saturday. Rezaul Haq, officer-in-charge of the police station, said a gang of robbers stormed the rod-cement shop of Shamim Hossain, a former commissioner of Savar municipality, and tried to…