Desk Report: “I, Rafique, a sub-inspector of special branch (SB) of police, am calling you from the SB office to let you know that the passport applications of your mother and wife are now with me”, reports The Daily Star. Rafique, a fraud pretending to be an SI, said this to Md Mohsin Alam Mollah…
UNB: Healthcare services at Koyra Upazila Health Complex, the lone government healthcare centre for over 3.5 lakh people in the upazila, are seriously being hampered for lack of manpower. Sources said the 31-bed the health complex built in 1964 was upgraded to a 50-bed one in 2004. Despite infrastructural development, they said, the capacity of…
Desk Report: In wetland areas of Pirojpur, farming on floating seedbeds called “dhap” is a tradition that spans centuries, reports The Daily Star. Primarily constructed from water hyacinth, the seedbeds that are up to 180 feet long, four feet wide and two feet thick, allow farming in areas otherwise unavailable for regular crops. But this…
Desk Report: Sabbir Rahman might be facing another lengthy ban from cricket. He is set to meet the BCB’s disciplinary committee yesterday, for a hearing related to the outburst on social media that allegedly came from Sabbir’s official account and directed abuse at a fan following Bangladesh’s loss in the second ODI in the West…
Desk Report: Nearly 50 houses of Dhulia union have collapsed into water in the severe erosion of the Tetulia river, reports The Observer bd. Dhulia NK and Barujibipara Government Primary School and Dhulia Dakhil Madrasa, along with more than 1000 homesteads are threatened by the continued erosion. Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad ASM Feroz…
Desk Report: Country’s first bicycle-rental service JoBike, which would allow riders to rent a bike from one’s smartphone, is all set to roll out its full-fledged operation from yesterday, reports the Daily Sun. Earlier they made a pilot run in Cox’s Bazar for around three months successfully with a view to providing economical and environment-friendly…
Desk Report: The apprehended person was denying time and again that he was carrying anything illegal inside his stomach, reports the Asian Age. Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport forced him to drink juice. Then he was fed bread and banana. The next was light workout-viola! The man…
Desk Report: The residents of Barhatta upazila in Netrakona seems to be lucky to witness the ‘Bangabandhu National Under-17 Gold Cup Football Tournament’ began on day before yesterday at Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium, reports the Asian Age. The President of Barhatta Upazila Krira Songsta and UNO Forida Yesmin said, the nationwide tournament, organized by Ministry…
Abrar Hussain: President M Abdul Hamid yesterday applauded the contribution of artists and cultural activists to all achievements of the nation as he inaugurated the month-long Asian art exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital. “The art-culture too has a huge contribution to our nation building . . . The cultural activists always…
Russia Today: US specialists were training militants in Syria who were set to carry out a terrorist attacks in Palmyra, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. It received the information from fighters captured by the Syrian Army. The captured militants said that they were from the Lions of the East Army group, which is…