NDTV Stung by his party’s electoral defeat in three major states across the Hindi heartland, BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya has attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s ascent in national politics by questioning his lineage in a near-abusive remark. “A child born from a foreign woman can never be patriotic, nor have national interests at heart,” the…
AP, Beirut Backed by Russian aircraft, Syrian troops pushed Friday toward the historic central town of Palmyra in an offensive to recapture it from the Islamic State group whose fighters have damaged some of the world’s most precious archaeological sites since they overran the town last May. After night fell, Syria’s state news agency SANA…
Desk Report: The Emergency Obstetrics Care (EOC) unit of the 51-beded Bauphal Upazila Health Complex has been closed for over a decade, reports Daily Observer. The section was closed several days after its opening due absence of gynecologist and anesthesiologist in the hospital. The modern machinery of the EOC section are exposed to be inoperative…
Written by: Eshan Maitra All the local markets & stoppings are filled with varieties clothing of native & foreign designs. Still, sellers increase the prices by 20-25% each year during the Ramadan. Then, it stays that way throughout the year. While, general goods’ prices only go up by 2-3%. Market Experts are saying, this is…
Reuters: Two people died, a dozen more were hospitalized and hundreds others sought medical assistance after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Sydney, the police said. A 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman died on Saturday after collapsing at the Defqon.1 festival, the police said. Two of the 13 hospitalized people remain in…
UNB: Gono Forum President Dr. Kamal Hossain on Sunday urged the government to form a neutral poll-time government and reconstitute the Election Commission (EC) before the upcoming general election. He also strongly slammed the Digital Security Act 2018 stating that it facilitates the law enforcers to arrest, seize and raid anyone without warrant, said a…
The Suppli-mentary Budget for the FY 2017-18 and Proposed Budget for FY 2018-19 are under preparation in the kitcehen of the Ministry of Finance. According to the legislative rules and procedure, the Supplimentary Budget will be cleared within a week after it is placed and the Proposed Budget will be passed by Parliament by June…
Sayeed Muhammad: As the countrywide crackdown on suspected drug abusers and peddlers continues, two more people were killed in separate “gunfights” in Comilla and Cox’s Bazar yesterday. One of the deceased was killed in a “shoot out” with police while another killed in a “gun battle” between two groups of yaba peddlers, The Daily Star…
Hossen Sohel: Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President also Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said the Sheikh Hasina-led government has started implementing precisely the 9-point demand raised by the schildren during the road safety movement. He said this while talking to the leaders and activists of his party, at his residence in Bheramara of Kushtia, reports…
UNB A court here on Thursday sentenced three brothers to death and three people, including two siblings, to life imprisonment for killing a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist in the district town in 2009. The condemned convicts are Rony Mondal, Masum Parvez Masum and Masud Parvez Munna, sons of Abdul Mazid, while the lifers are…