Police detain 40 in anti-narcotics drive
Staff Reporter :The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested at least 40 people in the city in its regular anti-narcotics drive on the charges of selling...
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Bijaya Dashomi today
BSS, Dhaka :Bijaya Dashomi of the five-day Sarodia Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will be celebrated in the country today.With...
Treaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force
AFP :An international treaty banning nuclear weapons has been ratified by a 50th country, the UN said, allowing the “historic” text to enter into force...
Raihan’s family ends hunger strike on SCC mayor’s assurance
Sylhet Bureau :The family members of Raihan Ahmed ended their hunger strike on Sunday afternoon after Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury told them...
Kamala Harris brings energy to Biden’s restrained campaign
AFP :As she speaks to cheering crowds, drops in to neighbourhood coffee shops or pays “surprise” visits to college students, 56-year-old Kamala Harris has brought...
DU teacher Zia sued under DSA
Court Correspondent :Professor Md Ziaur Rahman, of Dhaka University was sued under the Digital Security Act on charges of “making derogatory comments on Islam” during...
Study finds link between rise of depression with increasing air pollution
The Guardian :Small increases in people’s exposure to air pollution are linked to significant rises in depression and anxiety, according to the first such study...
NASA probe leaking asteroid samples due to jammed door
Al Jazeera News :A US probe that collected a sample from an asteroid earlier this week retrieved so much material that a rock is wedged...
Arab trade groups boycott French products over insults
Anadolu Agency :Several Arab trade groups have announced their boycott of French products in response to incitements against the Islamic religion and insulting statements against...
Turkish President Erdogan says French counterpart Macron needs ‘mental checks’
AFP :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday slammed his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, over his policies toward Muslims, saying that he needed “mental checks.”Macron...
No possibility of chaos in Puja Mandap: DMP Commissioner
Staff Reporter :DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said there has been no conflict or chaos in any mandap in the capital so far.Adequate security measures...
At least six children killed in attack on Cameroonian school
Reuters, Kumba :Gunmen killed at least six children and badly wounded about eight others when they stormed a school in Cameroon’s Anglophone South West Region...