Hossen Sohel: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday seized six buses of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan, on charge of plying on the streets despite having route permit cancelled by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). RAB Legal & Media Wing Assistant Director ASP Mizanur Rahman confirmed the matter, reports Banglanews24.com RAB-1 and 4 members seized the buses from different…
Samiul Bashar Samin Actor Lee Min Ki was recently accused and acquitted of sexual assault charges. On July 14, a source from Lee Min Ki’s agency stated that the actor had been involved in a sexual assault scandal but after careful investigation by the police he was declared innocent. There were rumors in the entertainment…
Eurek Alert: Researchers know that lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals are more likely than heterosexuals to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, but until now they didn’t know to what degree. New research out of the University of Michigan provides that context by examining the severity of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse reported by…
NDTV Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar’s legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian city where he ran his cocaine empire with a mix of brutality and largesse. Even as city officials prepare to demolish the bunker-like mansion where the late drug lord lived, in the neighborhood that bears…
Desk Report: British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh apparently conducted promotional activities for one of its new products in Dhaka’s Lalmatia area yesterday, defying the country’s tobacco control act, reports Daily Star. A group of 10-15 representatives of BAT Bangladesh set up a decorated point of sale, containing packs of the company’s new cigarette, at a…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT After all its 47 members took oath at Bangabhaban, the Cabinet Division yesterday evening published a gazette distributing portfolios among the new appointees. With the development, the outgoing cabinet got abolished with the publication of the gazette, reports The Daily Star. According to the gazette, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have…
BSS: Speakers at a participatory discussion in Rajshahi called for ensuring safe poultry farming to get hygienic and good quality of meat for protecting the public health from various chronic diseases like cancer, heart ailment and hepatitis. They mentioned that manufacturing and marketing of safe poultry feed is the precondition for good poultry farming, adding…
The Guardian: It could be a handy riposte for the stalwart commitment-phobe. When challenged on their reluctance to be tied down, half-hearted partners could shrug and claim their neural gene expression profiles made them that way. That is, at least, if research on smaller animals holds true in humans. Researchers who compared the DNA of…
Xasir Youssaf: Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) was asked by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to strictly ensure monitor and ensure environmental standards and obligations in the specialized economic zones producing export bound products. “The prime minister issued particular directives as she addressed the BEPZA’s sixth Governing Council meeting at her office,” said the PM’s press…
DOT Desk Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday realised over Tk 1.884 million in fines from traffic offenders. In simultaneous drives across the city streets, the DMP filed a total of 3,547 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violations, according to DMP data, reports The Financial Express BD….