Day: October 5, 2024
BSS : At least four people were killed and 10 others injured when a passenger bus collided head-on with a truck at Kalihati link road on Dhaka-Tangail highway in the early hours of on Friday. Among the deceased, two have been identified as Mizanur Rahman, 33, son of Bahar Uddin of Ghagra village of Dhanbari upazila of the district and Ziaul, 35, son of late A. Wazed of Mahish Bayan village of Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur district. The identities of...
AFP : India’s foreign minister will be in Pakistan later this month to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, a government spokesman said Friday, in a rare visit by a top New Delhi official. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will be the first Indian foreign minister to visit Pakistan in nearly a decade.The two nations are bitter adversaries with longstanding political tensions, having fought three wars and numerous smaller skirmishes since being carved out of the subcontinent’s partition in 1947. Indian Prime...
UNB : A recent study published in GSC Advanced Research and Reviews reveals an alarming level of air pollution in Dhaka, posing a severe threat to public health and the city’s economy. Conducted by Ashfaqur Rahman and a team of researchers from the Young’s Organization of Urban Research (YOUR), Western Illinois University, and several other institutions, the study sheds light on the hazardous impact of rapid urbanisation, poor infrastructure, and unchecked vehicle emissions on the city’s air quality. The research,...
DU Correspondent : A group of Dhaka University (DU) students, along with individuals from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) residing in Dhaka, demanded justice for the killing of schoolteacher Sohel Rana in Khagrachari and called for a unified constitution and legal system for all citizens. The protesters urged reforms to existing laws, agreements, and regulations related to the CHT region. At a human chain event held on Friday at the anti-terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture under the banner “Students for Sovereignty,”...
Staff Reporter : The Italian embassy has reviewed over 40,000 work-related visa applications and has begun returning applicants’ passports. The embassy has assured that within the next two months, they will process a significant number of these applications—at least 20,000—and return the passports accordingly. To expedite the processing of the long-pending visa applications, the embassy has implemented several measures, including increasing personnel in its consular section, following discussions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A notice from the Ministry of...
Agency : Harry Maguire’s stoppage-time header earned Manchester United a dramatic 3-3 draw at Porto in the Europa League group stage on Thursday as Tottenham Hotspur won 2-1 at Ferencvaros. England defender Maguire, a late substitute, salvaged a point for his team who led 2-0 after 20 minutes before conceding three goals and having their Captain Bruno Fernandes sent off to stand on the verge of another damaging defeat. Marcus Rashford put United ahead in the seventh minute and Rasmus...
Agency : Bangladesh cricket icon Shakib Al Hasan has received solid backing from Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud, who...
Agency : Tigress spinner Nahida Akter became the first Bangladesh woman to take 100 wickets in T20Is during their match...
Agency : In Shoaib Akhtar’s hometown Rawalpindi, pacer Nahid Rana bowled a delivery at 152 km/h, the fastest ball ever...