Abrar Hussain of DOT The Appellate division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court order that had allowed a convicted person to contest in the upcoming national election. The seven-member bench of the SC led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing two petitions filed by the state and…
BanglaNews24 Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is set to create a database of all travel agencies who send tourists abroad. The government is going to collect information of all travel agents, tour operators, name of agents, travel expense, and Clearing and Forwarding (C & F) agents, as they process all travel-related procedures including visa applications,…
The Straits Times There were 265 newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections reported among Singapore residents from January to October this year, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement on Saturday (Dec 1). This is down from the 361 cases that were reported in the same period last year. Of…
NDTV Rows of yellow-labelled whiskey bottles sit alongside imported French wines, while cans of Korean beer chill in the fridge: with Iraq’s Mosul free of terrorists, the booze is back. The city spent three years under the iron-fisted rule of the ISIS group, which punished those caught drinking alcohol with public lashings or worse. But…
UNB At least 66 new patients have been tested HIV positive in the district till November this year, says a report released by a local voluntary organisation on Sunday. Among the affected, a total of 902 people were detected as carrying the lethal virus while the number was 836 in last year, according to Ashar…
DOT Desk The sale of train tickets in black market has become rampant in most of the railway stations across the country, causing inconvenience to commuters, reports Daily Sun. Many passengers alleged that most of the railway stations across the country, including Chattogram, Azampur and Akhaura in Brahmanbaria, have turned into a ‘den’ of black…
Luba Khalili, Deputy manager at BRAC Communications/BRAC Who would have guessed that the best part of childhood is also essential in developing the mind and body? Children’s ability to imagine and understand the world around them begins with play. BIED’s play labs help them do just that. An unexpectedly colourful room sits in the corner…
The Straits Times A week after his girlfriend said he had physically assaulted her, Chinese actor Jiang Jinfu turned himself in to the authorities. The 27-year-old, who was wearing a face mask and hat, was filmed entering a police station in Tokyo on Wednesday by TBS News. Japanese media reported that he had admitted to…
BBC The Bollywood superstar and the Texan singer, formerly part of the Jonas Brothers, wed before family and friends in Jodhpur’s Umaid Bhavan Palace. People magazine said the ceremony was officiated by Jonas’s father Paul Kevin Jonas. The couple will have a traditional Hindu ceremony on Sunday. Jonas and Chopra became engaged four months ago…
Channel News Asia The French government will consider imposing a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of France’s worst riots in years, but while it is open to dialogue it will not change course, its spokesman said on Sunday. Masked, black-clad groups ran amok across central Paris on Saturday, torching cars and buildings, looting…