Staff Reporter :The High Court on Wednesday asked Dr Maksuda Farida Akhter Mili, a gynecologist of the Central Hospital, to surrender to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court in Dhaka within four weeks in a case filed filed on charge of negligence of duty that led to the death of a newborn and its mother. A High Court Bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain and Justice Biswajit Debnath passed the order after hearing a bail petition filed by Dr Mili in...
Staff Reporter :Police in a drive arrested three fake police personnel from Bhararia village of Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district early Sunday.The detained persons were identified as Liton Mia (46) of Joy Nagar village and Bablu Mia (28) of Pecha Khola village of Pabna district and Rasul Sikder (27) of Tebaria village of Gopalganj district.Dhamrai Thana Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Nazmul Huda said that the accused claimed a large amount of money from an inhabitant by introducing themselves as police personnel.Being...
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning.The air quality of Dhaka was classified as very unhealthy as it had an AQI score of 211 at 7:52am.Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar and Pakistan’s Lahore were the worst and third worst cities on the list with scores of 238 and 182 respectively.When the AQI value is between 201 and 300, the entire population is likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory diseases are...
UNB, Dhaka :A 10 percent price increase in tobacco products will reduce tobacco use by between 2 percent and 8 percent — 5 pc on average-in low- and middle-income countries, including Bangladesh, says a WHO report.The WHO Report on the global tobacco epidemic 2015 released on Tuesday points out that estimates of the effect of price increases in low- and middle-income countries are more variable, but often point to larger reductions in overall consumption than those reported in high-income countries.The...
Staff Reporter :The government has issued six-point directives as teachers’ new guidelines about use of social medias. The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education sent the guidelines to principals of all government colleges of the country on Thursday.The guidelines say that the social medias are widely used for imparting lessons, drafting and implementing education policies and it is vital to the country’s progress.The guidelines calls the teachers to refrain from such activities which can “tarnish the image of the government...
UNB, Dhaka :Hours after announcing that the Awami League-Grand Alliance’s decision will be the final, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday night backed off his stance, saying his party’s independent candidates outside the alliance will remain in the field.In a statement, he also claimed that his speech delivered at a press conference was presented wrongly by different media which made him very disappointed.“Jatiya Party candidates outside the Grand Alliance will contest the election independently from their respective seats with...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued two abducted persons from the city’s Mirpur Zoo Road early Thursday and arrested one kidnapper in connection with it. The rescued persons have been identified as Sonia Akhter (16) and Manik Mia (21). On the other hand the abductor has been identified as Dulal (22), RAB officials said. The RAB-4 Operation Officer (ASP) Badrul Alamconfirmed the matter and said that a team of the elite force conducted a drive around the National Zoo Road...
Staff Reporter :One died and three others of the family, including two children, were burnt when a gas cylinder exploded at a flat in city’s Badda area on Wednesday.The victim was identified as Sahid Hasan. Three burnt injured are Rekha Akter, wife of Sahid, and their children Safa and Safian.They were rushed to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.According to source, the gas cylinder exploded in the kitchen of a room on the third floor of...
Staff Reporter :About one lakh 27 thousand and 198 Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform Hajj this year, said State Minister of Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan.Replying to query from Abdul Latif in the National Parliament on Sunday, Faridul Haque Khan said the Saudi government may allow about 1, 27, 198 Bangladeshis to perform Hajj this year considering its population and the improved Covid-19 situation. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury presided over the session. The minister said that 1, 26,923 pilgrims from Bangladesh...
Staff Reporter :Customs officials seized a ‘health-care toy robot’, spying devices and networking equipment from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday morning.The other seized items are: 20 smart watches (with SIM card slots), 10 mini digital cameras and 25 pen cameras, 63 Ethernet Swiss, 25 antennas, 19 base stations and some networking devices, customs official said. Dr Moinul Khan, Director General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID), said, “About 325-kilogram parcel consisting of 24 cartons was seized in...
BSS, Dhaka :Zimbabwe national cricket team arrived in the city on Friday afternoon on a one and half months tour to Bangladesh to play a complete series ofthree Tests and five ODI matches against Bangladesh counterpart.The African nation will play the first Test against Bangladesh on October 25-29 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur after a three-day practice match at Fatullah on October 20-22.The visiting side will play the 2nd Test to be held on November 3-7 at...