Desk Report: World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation for…
Hossen Sohel: Oppo-sition lawmakers have criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for offering to re-start talks with India on key issues, including terrorism and Kashmir, without taking parliament into confidence, reports PTI. Senate, the upper house of parliament, met Monday evening and among other issues discussed the government’s efforts to revive talks with India. In…
Kevin Martin/Gulf News It isn’t always in the furnace fire or the maelstrom of oceans that heroism is born People sometimes ask, “What were you doing in …?” And they name a year. To be honest, if I can remember what I was doing yesterday it would constitute a major victory in ‘memory recall’ but…
NDTV: Miley Cyrus shut down reports suggesting that she is expecting a baby with her husband Liam Hemsworth like a boss! The 26-year-old singer took to Twitter to put a stop to all the pregnancy rumours using the viral egg meme. Under a Daily Mail Twitter post to a story titled “Miley Cyrus and Liam…
Desk Report: The much-talked about proposed Road Transport Act-2018 was placed in parliament last night, amid criticism over the “lenient” nature of the punishment over deaths caused by reckless driving, reports the daily star. The draft law retains the punishment of five years’ imprisonment for causing death to a person by reckless driving, a sentence…
Abrar Hussain: The list of organizations and spy firms confessing accidental exposure of their data have recently included an even bigger victim. The United Nations that reportedly exposed sensitive data online, according to a discovery made by a researcher regarding passwords and other sensitive data leaking online on Google due to an app misconfiguration The…
Desk Report: The securities regulator has extended the suspension period of trading of the shares of three companies—Monno Jute Stafflers, BD Autocars and Legacy Footwear—by 15 days, reports Financial Express. “The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has further extended the suspension period of the trading of shares of Monno Jute Stafflers, Bangladesh Autocars and…
AFP: Nepal introduced a new criminal code on Friday (Aug 17) that makes sharing confidential information a jailable offence, sparking concerns among journalists that the laws could be used to muzzle the press. Media have warned that the Communist-led government, which has shown an increasing intolerance for dissent, could use the vaguely worded code to…
DOT Desk The Border Guard Bangladesh will get two helicopters for its air wing within December next year, said its director general Major General Md Shafeenul Islam in Khagrachari on Monday, reports The New Age. While talking to UNB after visiting the remote Kantalong Border Outpost under BGB-54 battalion in Khagrachari in the afternoon, he…
UNB: Police has taken legal action against 58, 549 vehicles and collected fines amounting to around Tk 1.91 crore in separate special drives against traffic rules violators across the country in the three days since special Traffic Week began Sunday . Besides, legal action was also taken against 15,389 drivers for various charges including violation…