bdnews24.com :National cricketer Sabbir Rahman has come under attack from fanatics for posting Christmas greetings alongside Eid-e-Miladunnabi wishes on his Facebook page.His teammates Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das, too, had endured similar attacks on the social media after they greeted their fans on Durga Puja in October. Sabbir posted the Christmas greetings on his page at 10:35am on Friday. Sixteen minutes later, he posted another status wishing his fans the best on Eid-e-Miladunnabi.Both the posts met with a barrage of...
Reuters, Beirut/Paris :Syrian government forces and their allies fought insurgents near Aleppo on Monday and jets carried out raids around a nearby town seized by Islamist rebels, a monitoring group said, despite international efforts to reduce the violence.The United States and Russia, who support rival sides in Syria’s civil war, said on Monday they would work to revive a February “cessation of hostilities” agreement which reduced fighting in parts of the country for several weeks. But warplanes struck the town...
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday (Monday) again deferred the hearing on charge-framing against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 other leaders in a case filed against them. The new date is October 30.Following a time petition filed on behalf of defence, Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh rescheduled the hearing on Monday.All 29 BNP leaders and activists, including Mirza Fakhrul Islam, BNP Vice- President Abdullah Al Noman, Standing Committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed...
Staff Reporter :Many general patients with fever, cold, breathing other problems are not going to the hospital due to coronavirus outbreak. The reason for the corona panic and lack of medical care, the general tests are also stopped, the crowd is only in the corona hospitals.Always extra patients were admitted to the hospital in the scheduled bed, but now the picture oppisite. In general, those hospitals had used to swear for admission, now there are many empty beds. The picture...
Reuters, Hanoi :Vietnam hunted for survivors on Thursday after landslides triggered by Typhoon Molave, one of its strongest storms in decades, lashed a central region already reeling from weeks of heavy rains that have killed at least 160 people.Hundreds of soldiers with heavy equipment were deployed to landslides in remote areas of Quang Nam province, where 19 people were killed and 12 were missing.At the site of one landslide that buried a village of 53 people, rescue workers pulled 33...
UNB :A 32-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her brother-in-law over land dispute in the city’s Shyampur area on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Nazma Begum, wife of Abul Kashem, resident of Shayampur.Md Sentu, brother-in-law of Nazma, hit Nazma with a sharp weapon while she was busy in her household work in the kitchen, leaving her injured, said family members.Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said doctors declared Nazma dead when she was brought...
Staff Reporter :Police have arrested four suspected members of the banned extremist group Harkatul Jihad Bangladesh (HuJI) from Gazipur.They were...
Staff Reporter :The drug traders will be eradicated even if it is necessary to bring them out from under the soil regardless of their strength, said RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-12 organized an anti-drug cycle rally in Bogura Government Azizul Haque College on the occasion of Mujib Borsho on Tuesday morning. RAB is working to eradicate the drug traders, but this problem wasn’t created in a day. So it is impossible to eradicate it in a...
The Weather Channel :Breathing polluted air has been scientifically proven to have an immense negative impact on the human body, including severe respiratory diseases, cardiovascular complications, stroke, and cognitive disorders. Now, an alarming new study has outlined the extent of another dreaded impact of the menace of air pollution in South Asia.The new comprehensive study has suggested that consistent exposure to poor air quality is likely to increase the risk of pregnancy loss by several magnitudes. The research indicates that...
Al Jazeera News :Around 30 protesters from Lebanon’s “You Stink!” movement have stormed the Ministry of Environment in Beirut and started a sit-in, refusing to move until the minister resigns. The activists said on Tuesday that they will “occupy the ministry until [Minister Mohammad] Machnouk steps down”.They lined themselves along the hallways of the ministry, sitting on the floor, chanting for the minister to step down, and singing the national anthem.Meanwhile, Security forces have since cordoned off the area, blocking...
Staff Reporter :Of the total suspected Covid-19 samples tested in the 24-hour period till the daily Covid-19 press brief on Saturday, 20.94% turned out to be positive, a slight drop from the previous day.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 13,638 samples were tested between Friday and Saturday mornings in different laboratories across the country.Of them, 2,856 samples tested positive for coronavirus infection, which is 20.94% of the total samples tested. It was 21.71% on Friday.Meanwhile, the overall...
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh Awami League is going to accord a grand gala reception to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her arrival in Dhaka today from London after eight-day official visit to the United States to attend the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly [UNGA].The PM is getting the reception for receiving the world’s highest environmental accolade – “Champions of the Earth” – and the International Telecommunication Union’s “ICT Sustainable Development Award”.A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Prime...