Bloomberg : Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Asia won him support to maintain his grinding war on Ukraine while alarming US allies such as South Korea, which is now considering supplying Kyiv with weapons that could change the battlefield. Putin returned to Russia after visits to North Korea and Vietnam that resulted in a military pact with Pyongyang that bound the two US adversaries even closer and raised the risks of military action on the Korean Peninsula. Putin and...
UNB : A couple met a tragic end in a landslide caused by torrential rainfall for the past few days in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila early Friday, said police. The victims were identified as Anwar Hossain, muaezzin of Cox’s Bazar Central Mosque and his wife Maimuna Akter. Both were living in the Badsha Ghona area of the Sadar upazila. Tipu Sultan, chairman of Jhilongjha union parishad, confirmed the incident saying that they had been experiencing heavy rainfall for several days...
Staff Reporter : Police arrested a fake female doctor at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and filed a case against her at Shahbagh Police Station on Friday. The fake doctor, Ripa Akter, 20, was apprehended in the Gynecology department of Ward No. 212 of DMCH. Shahbagh Police Station’s Inspector (Investigation) Md Shah Alam confirmed the case filing. He stated that the fake doctor was handed over to Shahbagh Police Station after being detained at DMCH on Thursday night. She was...
UNB : Four people, including a child, died after being struck by lightning in three upazilas of Khulna, authorities said on Friday. Of them, two people including the child died in the lightning strike in Koyra upazila’s Ghorilal village and one each in Botighata and Paikgasa upazilas’ Kararia and Dewbunia areas respectively on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Enayet Ali, 37, son of Mohammad Ali from Ghorilal village in Koyra, and Nazmul, 8, son of Al Amin from...
Staff Reporter : The prices of green chilies and cucumbers surged by 60-80 percent due to increased demand for Eid-ul-Adha and a decline in supply, said traders. The price of green chilies reached Tk 400 per kg in various retail markets, up from Tk 180-200 before Eid. Similarly, cucumber prices rose to Tk 140 per kg from Tk 80. On the other hand, the price of broiler chicken, a common protein source for low- and middle-income groups, has increased by...
Staff Reporter : UNICEF has expressed deep concern over the devastating flood situation in the north-eastern region of Bangladesh, which has affected over 2,000,000 people, including more than 772,000 children. “As waters rise, children are the most vulnerable, facing heightened risks of drowning, malnutrition, deadly waterborne diseases, the trauma of displacement, and potential abuse in overpopulated shelters,” Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh, stated on Friday. “Our priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of children and adolescents. In...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday started recording the depositions of the complainant in the case filed over the murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital’s Shahjahanpur area on March 24, 2022. The complainant of the case and victim Tipu’s widow, Farhana Islam Dolly, testified at the Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka. After she completed testifying, the defence lawyers started cross-examining her. At the end of Thursday’s proceedings, Judge...
AFP : Fears of a regional war rose Thursday after Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement said none of Israel would be spared in a full-blown conflict, and Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive. Experts are divided on the prospect of wider war, almost nine months into Israel’s vow to eradicate Hamas. On Wednesday Israel’s top army spokesman said Hamas, as an ideology, cannot be eliminated. Others, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have also pointed to...
UNB : Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from the ambulance parking area of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital(DMCH) on Thursday. The identity of the deceased, aged around 50, could not be ascertained immediately. On information, Shahbagh police recovered the body and took it to the emergency department at around 10:20 am on Thursday. The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Md. Masud Mia, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of DMCH police outpost....
AFP : The death toll from this year’s Hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported Thursday included 58 from Egypt, according to an Arab diplomat who provided a breakdown showing that of 658 total dead from that country, 630 were unregistered. Around 10 countries have reported 1,081 deaths during the annual pilgrimage, one of the five...