NDTV A day after US President Donald Trump asked a 7-year-old if she still believed in Santa Claus, social media is comparing his response to one from President John Kennedy back in 1961, when he assured a little girl that Santa is alive and well. Mr Trump managed to raise eyebrows around the world when,…
UNB, Dhaka Pre-registration for online Hajj applications will begin from 20 March, according to Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman. He said this while speaking at the inauguration of the 9th annual Hajj and Umrah Fair on Saturday, which was organised by Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC). During…
Desk report: Most of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) buses running in the capital are in a dilapidated condition with broken windscreens or shattered windows, shabby seats and dents and scrapes all over their bodies, reports The Daily Sun. Though most of its own buses are found in a rundown condition, BRTA has declared…
Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said not all in the party are ideological, some parasites too. Angered by the clash between two groups of activists of the party in the city earlier in the day, Quader said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner was requested to take proper action against those…
Maj Gen (retd) Abdur Rashid speaks to DOT : BNP tries foiling an election through sabotage once it senses a defeat. According to the media reports, BNP and Jamaat have increased their contact with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. Telephonic conversation in this regard has been leaked out as well. They are plotting violence centring the…
DOT Desk: Thousands of farmers in Sunamganj are worried as rats are eating up their paddy at Jahangirnagar union under Sadar upazila in Sunamganj Haor area, reports The Daily Star. Mizanur Rahman, a resident of Islampur village, said paddy on his five kiar (one kiar = 30 decimals) of land has been destroyed. , adding…
International Desk A Passenger Jetliner flying to southern Russia from Dubai crashed on its second landing attempt at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, according to Russian officials reports Reuters. All 62 passengers aboard the jet perished. Returning from Dubai, the FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, attempted to land at 03:50 local time when it missed the runway. The…
BSS, Dhaka Members of Cyber Crime Team of Police department arrested a Facebook hacker from Dakhkhinkhan in the city on Friday. The arrestee was M Zahid Hasan Sunny, said a press release issued by DMP today. The team also seized a cell phone and other essential stuff generally used in hacking from his possession. Sunny…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Undergoing multiple therapies & treatment methods are only creating more health complexities among the cancer affected children. The tensed & concerned parents are trying out all the possible ways just to ease their child’s pain or for miracle to happen. But these are only making things critical for the child patients….
Desk Report Bangladesh Under-18 Women’s Football team reached Bhutan to participate in the 6-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-18 Women’s Championship beginning today (Sept 28) at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, reports Asian Age. Earlier, a 30-member Bangladesh team consists of 23 players and seven officials, captained by Mishrat Jahan Mousumi, left Hazrat Shajalal…