BSS Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said all fears over the polls started disappearing and the countrymen would exercise their franchise in a favorable and festive environment. “Foreigners, including European Union (EU), have given their opinions over the forthcoming polls, saying it will be held in a free, fair and neutral manner. Now…
Press Trust of India The Pakistan government has decided to convert Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor’s ancestral home in the Qissa Khwani Bazar in Peshawar into a museum soon, heeding to a request by the actor. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the Pakistan government will make the actor’s house into a museum. “There was a…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The visiting West Indies team suffered a horrific batting collapse in their first innings after finishing the second day scoring 75 for 5 against Bangladesh in the second and final Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. Bangladesh 1st innings were: 508 for all, Mahmudullah 136, Shakib 80,…
Science Alert A bacterium called Staphylococcus epidermidis is right now making itself at home on your skin. Don’t panic – it’s on all of us – and usually isn’t a call for alarm. But because it’s so common, it means medical clinicians overlook its dark side – one that could become deadly should it learn…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The United States will send 12 teams of observers and fund thousands of domestic observers to monitor an election in Bangladesh it hopes will be free and fair, a senior official at the U.S. embassy in Dhaka said, reports Reuters. Amid opposition concerns about rigging in the Dec. 30 general election,…
The Economic Times NASA’s unmanned Martian quake sensor, InSight, has landed at a slight angle on the Red Planet, and experts are hopeful the spacecraft will work as planned, the US space agency said Friday. The $993 million lander arrived Monday at its target, a lava plain named Elysium Planitia, for a two-year mission aimed…
AFP The youngest children in a given class at school are more likely to be diagnosed with an attention deficit disorder than those older than them, according to an American study, triggering renewed debate on overdiagnosing. The topic is a heated one in the United States, where 5 per cent of children aged two to…
BBC News Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement over the custody of their children, according to a lawyer in the case. The couple separated in September 2016 after two years of marriage, with Jolie citing “irreconcilable differences” when she filed for divorce. The pair have six children – three biological…
AFP The first ever Copa Libertadores final between Argentina’s two most popular clubs was supposed to be the “match of the century” and a football festival that would propel the country back into the spotlight following yet another World Cup debacle. Well, Argentina is back in the spotlight but for all the wrong reasons and…
Reuters French riot police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon at “yellow vest” protesters trying to breach security cordons on the Champs Elysees boulevard in Paris on Saturday ahead of a third rally against high fuel prices. Police said 24 people had been arrested amid concerns that violent far-right and far-left groups…