Battery-operated rickshaw drivers have been staging protest, blocking Mohakhali, Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Gabtoli and Demra areas in the capital. The protest has caused massive traffic congestion on these roads. Police are trying to managed them to clear the streets From 9AM to 10AM, the drivers started gathering on these roads with their vehicles for the second consecutive day. Previously, the battery-operated ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus has paid glowing homage to the Armed Forces martyrs, who made their supreme sacrifices during the War of Liberation in 1971, on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day. At first around 8AM on Thursday, the President, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, paid the tribute by ...

A case has been filed at Sreemangal Police Station in Moulvibazar against 57 individuals, including 10 journalists and 50-60 unnamed persons, on charges of exploding cocktails in June 2020. The complaint was lodged Monday night by BNP Publicity Secretary of Moulvibazar and ex-general secretary of Sreemangal Upazila Press Club M Idris Ali. Confirming the case, Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam of Sreemangal ...

In the past, coffee was associated with increased health risks. But research from the last decade finds that drinking coffee may actually benefit your health. Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world. Humans have been drinking coffee, a natural source of caffeine, for centuries, but there have been mixed messages around its effect on human health for ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has added the LC16m8 mpox vaccine to its Emergency Use Listing (EUL), marking it as the second mpox vaccine to receive this designation following the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on August 14, 2024. According to a statement, which came on Tuesday (Geneva local time), this decision aims ...

The US embassy in Kyiv has received information of a potential, significant air attack and will be closed, the Department of State Consular Affairs said in a statement, reports AFP. “Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” a statement published on the website of the US ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hassan have been removed from their respective positions. Baharul Alam has been appointed as the IGP. Besides, Sheikh Sazzad Ali was appointed to the post of DMP Commissioner. The Ministry of Home Affairs informed it through a circular on Wednesday afternoon.

Five more dengue patients died and 1,034 were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its daily update mentioned that with the new update, the total number of cases rose to 83,154 while 427 deaths from dengue were reported during the period. Among the new ...

Ten-man Ecuador upset Colombia with a 1-0 victory in Barranquilla on Tuesday as they continued their impressive South American World Cup qualifying campaign. The gritty victory from Sebastian Beccacece’s young side moved Ecuador, temporarily at least, into third place in the 10-team qualifying group. Veteran striker Enner Valencia stunned the home crowd with a seventh-minute opener and it was an ...

The US aviation giant Boeing sent out its first redundancy notifications on Monday as part of a previously announced plan to cut its global workforce by 10 percent. Boeing intends to cut almost 2,200 jobs in the US state of Washington, which is home to many of its oldest factories, according to a statement released Monday. Companies in the United ...