Abrar Hussain: At least six people, including a child, have been killed and scores injured in separate road accidents in Gaibandha, Khagrachhari and Lalmonirhat districts. Two of the accidents occurred yesterday morning while one took place Thursday night, reported The Daily Star. In Gaibandha, two people, including a child, were killed and 15 others injured…
Hossen Sohel: The protesting students yesterday halted the vehicle of the Chief of Bangladesh Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka and found licence of his driver expired. The students stopped the car of PBI chief Deputy Inspector General Banaj Kumar Majumdar at the intersection around 10:20am, reports The Daily Star….
Desk Report: A team of researchers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has invented a low cost technology to diagnose cancer in just five minutes by analysing blood sample, reports The Daily Star. Once the device is built, it will be able to detect cancer in just five minutes and it will cost…
Michael Schuman/The Atlantic One of Beijing’s top goals is transforming China into a technology powerhouse, so what happens to Huawei matters beyond China’s own borders. As Ken Hu, the “rotating” chairman at Huawei Technologies, made the case during a briefing in southern China that his company’s telecom equipment was trustworthy and above board, he did…
Desk Report: After months of relative relief, a large part of the capital under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is at risk of a dengue outbreak, reports Dhaka Tribune. A survey has found that out of the 2,599 buildings and construction sites, aedes larvae had been found in 938 sites which are over one-third…
Sofian Khan: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made allegations against the election commission and officers of the administration that they are prepared to set a new record of poll rigging in Gazipur city corporation mayoral polls on Tuesday. “There is no symptom or atmosphere that the Gazipur City Corporation elections scheduled to be…
Sayeed Muhammad: A Natore court has sent the driver of ‘Challenger Paribahan’ bus Shamim Hossain to one-day remand, granting bail to helper Abdus Samad over the death of 15 people in a road crash. Senior Judicial Magistrate Sultan Mahmud passed the order after Sub-inspector Tariqul Islam of Banpara Highway Police, also the investigation officer of…
Desk Report Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have detained five suspected operatives of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Boraigram upazila of Natore early today. One of the detainees was identified as Jubayer Hossain, who was said to be the regional chief of the militant outfit, our Natore correspondent reports quoting Assistant Superin-tendent of Police…
MEMO: Daesh terrorist organization claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack in the restive Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, according to its propaganda website Amaq. Four militants were shot dead by security forces as they attempted to attack a security checkpoint in the North Sinai city of Arish, local media said on Saturday. Sinai has remained the epicentre…
Desk Report Swiss Bio Hygienic Equipment (SBE), a joint venture of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd Bangladesh, Bio Engineering Switzerland and AMS Technology of Germany, has opened ‘Electro Polishing Plant’ at Dhamrai in the outskirts of Dhaka city on Saturday. Senior Secretary of Economic Division Kazi Shafiqul Azam formally inaugurated the plant at Krishnapura Sahebelishor area of…