Siblings among 5 killed in city road mishaps

    Hossain Sohel of DOT Five people including two school children were killed in separate road accidents at Keraniganj, Uttara and Khilkhet in Dhaka yesterday. The school-goers– siblings– died and their father was injured when a truck hit a motorbike at Rajendrapur Mollar Pul in South Keraniganj, reports UNB. The deceased are Afifa Akter Afrin, 13,…

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      Bed Crisis At NIDCH: General & Contagious MDR-TB Patients Treated In The Same Room

      Reported by: Riku Amir Written by: Eshan Maitra Unfortunately, with the increasing number of Tuberculosis (TB) patients, authorities are forced to place highly-contagious Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in the wards of general patients, says helpless in-charge nurses to Amader Orthoneeti. National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) only have 144 beds. Still,…

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        Everyone must unite to protest Tonu murder: CPB

        Rafiq Ahmed Mujahidul Islam Selim, President of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) has invited everyone to unite and protest against Tonu’s murder or else oppressors will gain more power. He made these comments during the symbolic hunger strike organized by CPB’s Women Cell was underway in front of the National Press Club. Selim stated, “Oppression…

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          How To Avoid Brainwashing

          Nobonita Chowdhury With the recent events happening around the world, it is only natural that we be prepared for the worst. The only way to reduce terrorism is to ensure that we ourselves don’t unknowingly indulge in it. I know this sounds impossible, but after seeing the profiles of the terrorists accused of the Gulshan…

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            Another way for stellar-mass black holes to grow larger

            Tech Explorist: Scientists at the University of Hong Kong and Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Taiwan and Northwestern University in the U.S. come in collaboration and establish a new hypothesis where they explained how some stellar-mass black holes can grow bigger than others. Since the underlying discovery of gravitational waves three years…

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              Terrorizing Tourists: Why Are Terror Groups Targeting Tourists and Foreign Nationals?

              Sanjal Shastri Terror groups have various modus operandi. From suicide bombers to sending gunmen, every group employs its own set of tactics. Some like the Kurdish separatist group the PKK, specifically target government and military instillations. Till date there hasn’t been a PKK attack, which has targeted civilian installations. Other groups like the ISIS, Al-Qaeda,…

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