Desk Report A lighterage vessel carrying iron scraps sank at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port on Saturday. Chattogram Port Authority secretary Omar Faruk said, the vessel ‘Char Shamayl’ was returning to the port after unloading goods from a mother vessel. At around 12:15 pm, the vessel sank being hit by another watercraft, according to…
Desk Report The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. This day is referred to in India as Gandhi Jayanti. In January 2004, Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi had taken a proposal for an International Day of Non-Violence from a Hindi teacher in Paris teaching international students to…
Desk Report The sudden suspension of water taxi service at Hatirjheel lake has created great inconvenience for the commuters who uses the service regularly to avoid nagging traffic congestion on roads. The authorities said they have suspended the service from October 22 for repairing the water taxis. “We’ve 15 water taxies but all of them…
BBC Expectant mothers should be told that the risk of placenta complications rises after a caesarean or fertility treatment, according to top doctors. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) guidelines said early diagnosis of conditions placenta praevia and placenta accreta was vital.They added doctors should discuss with women the safest way to give birth.The…
Xinhua At least 31 Filipinos are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each day in the Philippines, government data showed with the Department of Health (DOH) voicing alarm over the spread in the Philippines of HIV that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Health Secretary Francisco Duque said the number of Filipinos affected by HIV…
Desk Report Both professional and non-professional fishermen in Shariatpur and Munshiganj districts are now preparing to go fishing in the river Padma during the ban period, which will start on October 7. Local people said many fishermen are making or repairing nets and trawlers ahead of the beginning of the 22-day ban period so that…
Desk Report The government’s oil import bill is set to jump 36 percent this fiscal year thanks to the appreciation of the dollar and an increase in global oil prices — a development that can lead to a hike in oil prices in the local market, officials said. In fiscal 2018-19, 75 lakh tonnes of…
Tech Explorist A new study has estimated the size of Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile to be lower than present estimates, attributing it to a shortage of uranium. The study estimates that Pakistan could at best have between 112 and 156 nuclear weapons. Of them, about 78 to 104 would be highly enriched uranium (HEU)-based weapons and…
Hossen Sohel Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said a government may be formed with representatives from the political parties having representation in parliament ahead of the next general election, reports UNB. ‘I talked to the opposition leader (Raushon Ershad). If they want, they can join us,’ she told a press conference in New York…
Desk Report An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of robbers in Jhenidah’s Sadar upazila early today. Deceased Shafiuddin alias Mona, 46, son of Subarek Ali Mollah of Chorkol village under the upazila, was an accused of four cases for robbery, our Jhenidah correspondent reports quoting police. Emdadul Haque Sheikh, officer-in-charge…