Banglanews24: A specially equipped Norwegian vessel has arrived in Chattogram to carry out an acoustic survey in the maritime boundary of Bangladesh. The United Nations flag carrier marine research vessel, RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen, headed by the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) arrived at Chattogram Silo Jetty around 12:00 pm Tuesday (July 31). The…
NY Times: Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for a prominent Muslim cleric who has criticised the way the monarchy is governed, the Saudi news media and the cleric’s son said. The trial of the cleric, Salman al-Awda, comes after a year-long crackdown by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s day-to-day…
Tara Sattar Kesha is ready to fight and won’t let go without one. Her lawyers recently appealed the judge to let her keep her contract with Sony music producer, real name Lukasz Gottwald. Theysaid the judge ruling to keep her out of recording for her new music production is nothing short of “slavery”. E! News…
Sofian Khan: The Supreme Court (SC) has stayed a High Court (HC) order directing two bus owners to compensate Tk 1 crore to Rajib Hossain’s family, for he was killed in a road accident on March, Asking the HC to form an independent committee to assess the liabilities. According to the SC, the purpose of the…
UNB: Police has taken legal action against 58, 549 vehicles and collected fines amounting to around Tk 1.91 crore in separate special drives against traffic rules violators across the country in the three days since special Traffic Week began Sunday . Besides, legal action was also taken against 15,389 drivers for various charges including violation…
The Guardian, UK: US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart of the American embassy in Moscow for more than a decade, the Guardian has learned. The Russian national had been hired by the US Secret Service and is understood to have had access to the agency’s intranet…
Starchild Ryan Reynolds has recently posted a touching speech on facebook remembering his youngest fan who lost his battle to cancer in Canada. Ryan met 13 year old Connor Mcgrath three years ago through “make a wish” foundation. They have been very well bonded ever since. Reynolds even showed Connor the uncut version of “Deadpool”…
Desk Report: Cardiovascular disease became a cause of increasing concern for Bangladesh with patients suffering it topping the list of people with non-communicable diseases. The top cause of mortality, morbidity and hospital admission in the country is also the cardiovascular disease, according to the National Health Bulletin. The World Health Organization in its latest Non-Communicable…
Desk Report: Frequent flight cancellation and hajj agencies’ reluctant attitude in collecting the visas of the pilgrims are deepening the crisis around hajj management this year, pushing many pilgrims into uncertainty, reports Daily Sun. Despite the frequent call and notices to hajj agencies, more than 60 hajj agencies have not issued demand orders (DO) in…
UNB A Turkish national and a pick-up driver were killed in a road crash on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Senbhag in Puthia upazila. The deceased were driver Golap Hossain, 26, hailing from Madhupur upazila in Tangail district and Turkish national Abbasi, 40. Later, the injured was taken to Puthia Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.