Abrar Hussain: The physical condition of 12-year-old Muktamoni, who was diagnosed with a tumor in her hand in August 2017, has been declared critical, as reported by The Daily Star. Muktamoni’s father Ibrahim Hossain, a grocery shop owner of Kamarbaisa village in Sadar upazila of Satkhira, said, “The infection in her hand has spread all…
Desk Report: A doctor-to-be has given his primary school teacher a new lease of life by donating part of his liver to save her. Chen Ze Rong, a 25-year-old medical graduate, donated 67 % of his liver to Liang Feng Pin, his former teacher from Kong Min Chinese primary school in Kuantan of Malaysia. Liang…
NDTV A picture of a diamond-encrusted Emirates airplane left netizens puzzled after it was tweeted by the airline’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The blinding pic shows an airplane bedazzled with thousands of diamonds, and it left many wondering whether it was real or not. “Are you playing with physics & aerodynamics?” one Twitter user…
DOT Desk: National Board of Revenue has sought a set of data including accounting system and fare setting method from mobile apps-based ride sharing companies to remove complexities in collecting value-added tax on the service. In a letter issued on January 20, VAT wing of NBR asked Uber Bangladesh Ltd and Patho Ltd, the two…
Kabir Humayun: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed said the country will see wide-ranging changes within the next month, ahead of the upcoming national polls. Moudud came up with the comment while speaking a discussion on ‘Voting rights, justice and human rights” at the Jatiya Press Club yesterday. “There is no delay as time…
Ashik Kabir ashikk992@gmail.com The month of August had put a scare on the heart of those Bangladeshi people who always believe in the sovereignty of Bangladesh. 15th August 1975, is the day which remains as the darkest hour in the history of the Bangladesh. The leader of the nation, the prolific writer of the freedom…
BSS: Rangpur Metro-politan Police (RpMP) Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Alim Mahmud distributed blankets among a large number of cold-stricken distressed people of the city. Alim visited different areas around midnight and distributed the blankets from his own contribution among the cold-hit street beggars, distressed men, women and children, at several spots of the metropolis to mitigate…
Reported by: Arifur Rahman Tuhin Written by: Eshan Maitra Bangladesh Road Transportation Commission (BRTC) record shows, public bus service bought 1538 buses in past 7 years. But, only 991 are running. Rest, hundreds of crores taka worth 545 buses are parked in the depo and out of condition due to the authority’s utter negligence….
Abrar Hussain of DOT The British government will reportedly spend over 100 million pounds ($130 million) chartering extra sea ferries in order to ease cross-Channel congestion if the United Kingdom fails to secure a trade deal before leaving the European Union next year. Just three months before the United Kingdom is due to leave the…
By Sheersho Zaman Imagine for a second you are sitting at school and having fun with friends. Or you’re just in the middle of class. Through the corner of your eye, you notice the quiet kid sitting at the back. He always sits there; usually head-down on the table. But this time, he looks different….