DENGUE MENACE Hospitals overflow with patients
With the dengue menace rapidly growing in the capital for quite some time and across the country now, the number of patients with the disease hospitalised so far this year has already doubled the last year’s figure, hitting 21,235 as of Friday.
POWDERED MILK CONTAMINATION Govt sits idle on evidence
It was in January 2018 the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority announced that it had detected lead residues 10 to 16 times the permissible limit in powdered milk of six imported brands.
Hajj to begin on August 9
The Supreme Court of the Saudi Arabia confirmed Thursday that the moon of the Hijri month of Zil-Hajj had been sighted, reports Arab News.
Winners and losers from the second night of the CNN debate
The second Democratic presidential debate in as many days in Detroit is over.
US believes Osama bin Laden's son Hamza is dead
The US believes late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden is dead, a US official told CNN on Wednesday.
China is blaming the US for the Hong Kong protests. Can that really be true?
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday accused the United States of influencing the increasingly violent pro-democracy protests that have rocked Hong Kong for two months.
AGARTALA AIRPORT India wants Bangladesh land for expansion
India has proposed to expand its Agartala airport into the Bangladesh territory in Brahmanbaria for an upgrade to international standards, Bangladesh officials said.
Widow Minni appeals to withdraw statement
Detained Aysha Siddika Minni, widow of Rifat Sharif who was hacked to death in broad daylight in Barguna town on June 26, on Wednesday appealed to Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate to withdraw her statement she had made on July 19 in the case of killing her husband.
Only PM, president VVIP: HC
The High Court Division on Wednesday asked the government to explain in three weeks why the parents would not get compensations for the death of 11-year patient Titash Ghosh on July 25
Farmers count twofold losses
Farmers have incurred twofold losses within a short-span of time between boro, aus and aman crop seasons as the bumper boro production left them poorer due to low prices and the two other standing crops in 31 districts have now been damaged by the ongoing floods.
