Covid-19 test caused brain fluid leak in US patient with rare condition: Study
AFP :A Covid-19 nasal swab test punctured a US woman’s brain lining, causing fluid to leak from her nose and putting her at risk of...
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Lorry driver arrested for trying to smuggle migrants including Bangladeshis
ITV News :A Romanian lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle people out of the UK.The 37-year-old was arrested at the...
Imran Khan accuses rival Sharif of ‘playing India’s game’
Al Jazeera News :Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused political rival and former three-times premier Nawaz Sharif of “playing India’s game” by criticising the...
Two years on, Khashoggi murder unresolved, body still missing
Al Jazeera News :Friday marks two years since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul.The 59-year-old...
Hilsa ban: Govt allots 10566T rice for fishermen
UNB, Dhaka :The government has allocated 10,566.84 tonnes of VGF rice for fishermen during the upcoming hilsa fishing ban from Oct 14 to Nov 4.The...
CPJ calls on Prime Minister to release journalist Kajol
News Desk :The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent non-government organization that champions press freedom around the world, wrote to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to...
‘O’ level exams begin Monday
UNB, Dhaka :‘O’ level examinations are scheduled to begin from Monday, three days after the ‘A’ level examinations kicked off.British Council is hosting the examinations...
Plug loopholes to tackle illicit trade in Covid times, economists tell govt
UNB, Dhaka :Expressing concern over the rising of illicit trade in Bangladesh in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, economists have exhorted the government to...
PM pledges to raise women’s participation in workforce to 50pc
BSS, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to increase women’s participation in the workforce to 50-50 by 2041 and called for protecting their job...
Tangled mess of overhead cables blemishes Dhaka skyline a decade after court order
News Desk :Not even in a decade have the agencies been able to pull down the ugly tangled aerial web of wires crisscrossing the Dhaka...
Minister quits Israeli govt over Covid-19 curbs on protests
Reuters :An Israeli minister resigned on Friday in protest against a new law that curbed demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the measure left...