Sofian Khan Nine people were killed (five in Faridpur while four in Sunamganj) in separate road accidents yesterday.A Gazipur-bound bus of Ema Paribahan in Faridpur from Khulna hit an auto rickshaw at Bhanga intersection at around 6:45 am, leaving its four passengers and driver dead on the spot. Three of the deceased were identified as Abul…
Abrar Hussain Bang-ladesh has declared that it plans to sue a Philippines bank in the US court for damages over the 2016 heist of its central bank’s reserve. In February of last year, unidentified hackers, using fraudulent orders on the SWIFT payments system, stole $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the New York Fed,…
Abrar Hussain Switzer-land has urged to emphasise on preparedness to avoid disaster in Rohingya camps and protect vulnerable groups during the impending cyclone and rainy season. “Protecting those in need is the absolute priority. I am also worried about the impending cyclone and rainy season,” Swiss President Alain Berset told UNB in an interview yesterday, hours…
Abrar Hussain The Dem-ocrats have won a Missouri special election on Tuesday for a state house seat in a district that President Donald Trump won in a landslide victory during the presidential election.The win in Missouri was the latest for the Democrats, who in their anti-Trump attitude have won several special election victories in areas around…
Abrar Hussain Md Abdul Hamid has been re-elected to serve as the 21st president of Bangladesh.The Election Commission’s declaration came yesterday since no other candidates contested the polls.With the Awami League having an absolute majority in parliament, it was almost certain that Hamid will serve as the head of state for a second term. On Apr…
Sayeed Muhammad The law enforcers have detained a 24-year-old university student in possession of a set of leaked question papers in Sadar upazila of Madaripur. The detainee, Zubaidul Islam, was caught red-handed with a soft copy of the English second part question paper of the ongoing SSC exams yesterday, reports Prothom Alo. The administration claimed that…
Sofian Khan The first modern Britons, who lived about 10,000 years ago, had “dark to black” skin, a groundbreaking DNA analysis of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton has revealed.The fossil, known as Cheddar Man, was unearthed more than a century ago in Gough’s Cave in Somerset. Intense speculation has built up around Cheddar Man’s origins and…
Abrar Hussain UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that without hasty action 68 million girls could be subjected to female genital mutilation by 2030. In a statement yesterday on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, he said that the practice is “a gross violation of the human rights of women and girls.”…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari, Toronto More than two years ago in a overcrowded room on a top floor of the Acid Survivors Foundation Hospital in capital of Bangladesh, Popi Rani Das of Kamalpur village under Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj district, then 27, had spent seven years in pain and often sick, after her dowry seeking husband,…