UNB: A schoolboy reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Jashmantapur village in Mohammadpur upazila. The deceased was identified as Nur Mohammad, 10, son of Shafiul Islam and a student of class IV of a local school. Police said Nur demanded Tk 200 to his mother in the afternoon. As his mother refused to provide…
BSS Two passengers were killed and 7 others injured when a Moua-bound bus from Dhaka plunged into road side ditch at KC road in Munshiganj on Wednesday noon. Driver of the bus VIP-Apon Paribahan lost his control and the bus plunged into road side ditch and made the accident. Victims are identified as Shimanta Mallik…
DOT Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik on Sunday said a monitoring cell will be set up soon to improve health services for patients in hospitals across the country, reports The Daily Sun. “A monitoring cell will be set up soon at the ministry to ensure regular presence of manpower, proper maintenance of…
NBC News: Many migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border may have a second chance to claim asylum under a settlement agreement reached late Wednesday between the Trump administration and lawyers representing the parents. The settlement, which is pending approval by a federal judge, would be major win for many of the parents of more…
Sayeed Muhammad: In yet another massive step in the power sector, the government has signed an agreement with German-based tech giant Siemens AG for constructing a 3,600 MW LNG-fired power plant. The agreement signing ceremony was held at a hotel in Dhaka on Friday night, making it a joint-highest capacity in the country. Mentionable, the…
Wion News: The Swiss city of Lausanne has blocked a Muslim couple’s bid to become Swiss nationals over their refusal to shake hands with members of the opposite sex. The municipality said it refused to grant the couple’s citizenship application over their lack of respect for gender equality, Lausanne mayor Gregoire Junod told AFP. He…
The Guardian: The search for a gifted gardener cheated of a scholarship with the Royal Horticultural Society in 1898 because she was female was under way this weekend – just one of a number of efforts to rescue notable women from the footnotes of history. The greenfingered “Miss Harrison” won a chance to train at…
Omar Mateen, an American citizen of Afghan decent, stormed into a gay nightclub and open fired on the visitors killing 50 and injuring several. The shooter was reported to have visited the place before carrying out the hostile operation. The mass murder in the club is the deadliest attack in the US history. The relatives…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari, Toronto The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against a former official of the Bangladesh High Commission in Canada. The official in question Mohammad Maksud Khan was filed on allegations of having embezzled Tk 26 million, equivalent to Canadian $412,381 dollars. Deputy Director of ACC Mahabubul Alam has been appointed as…
Sofian Khan The third test between India and Srilanka was interrupted by hazardous smog on Sunday. Players on fields and visitors were forced to wear face masks as the air quality dipped in the world’s most polluted capital city. Most of the fielders of the Srilanka team returned from their lunch on the game wearing…