Arafat Hasan of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will contest the upcoming 11th parliamentary elections from Gopalganj-3 constituency, according to a statement by Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday. “Our party chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to run in the election from Goplaganj-3 constituency though she submitted her nomination paper from Rangpur-6,”…
Eurek Alert: Poop transplants have become routine treatment for nasty recurrent diarrheal infections, but trials for other conditions have hit a bum note. Now, the fecal faithful have re-examined the evidence. Time and again, they found one donor whose stool was substantially more likely to lead to clinical improvement than others in the same trial….
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy: Kazi Nazrul Islam is known as the national poet of Bangladesh. He has brought about revolutionary changes in the spirit and style of Bengali literature and music. Nazrul belonged to the 19th century as a poet and musician. Eventually, he became the national…
BSS: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved six projects including an amended proposal on the project for the construction of a permanent trade fair centre at Purbachal. The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city yesterday with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister…
UNB A man born in North Korea was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty in an attempt to export night-vision goggles to China. Song Il Kim, 42, was arrested in Hawaii after a monthslong online sting operation conducted by Utah-based Homeland Security Agents. Prosecutors say Kim gave…
Sky News: At least 20 people have brought legal claims against a hotel in Egypt where a British couple died, it has emerged. Nick Harris, a partner at law firm Simpson Millar who is representing the group, said his clients had reported becoming unwell after recent stays at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in Hurghada….
Science Daily: In a large clinical trial to determine the risks and benefits of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular events, aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living (life free of dementia or persistent physical disability). Risk of dying from a range of causes, including cancer and heart disease, varied and…
UNB: The High Court on Thursday directed government to free space of Shishu Park in Khilgaon B-block in the capital illegally occupied by Ansar-VDP within 90 days. Besides, the HC ordered to renovate the park situated on two bigha land as a modern one. An HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Md…
UNB Potholes, which pepper the roads, regularly cause severe traffic disruptions. Commuters and vehicle drivers told UNB that woes on the roads were nothing new but students, officer goers, and patients, in particular, suffered the most. Locals blamed public representatives and contractors for the situation but a parliamentarian faulted the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)….
Kabir Humayun: At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a minibus in Rangpur city yesterday. The victims could not be identified immediately. Rangpur Central Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Saifur Rahman Saif said the accident occurred on the Rangpur-Dinajpur Highway in the CO Bazar…