Dhaka, Oct 5 : A group of people with disabilities formed a human chain in front of the National Museum in city’s Shahbagh area on Friday demanding that the 10 percent quota privilege be retained for them in government jobs. Around 20-25 people with placards formed the human chain from 9:30 am till 10:30 am. Earlier, the children of freedom ...

A court in India’s capital Delhi has acquitted the host of a popular TV crime series who had been jailed for murdering his wife in 2000. The Delhi High Court judge said there was no evidence that Suhaib Ilyasi, who fronted India’s Most Wanted, had stabbed his wife Anju Ilyasi to death.   Mr Ilyasi was jailed for life in ...

Dhaka, Oct 5 : BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said their party will come up with ‘suitable action programmes’ under the banner of Jatiya Oikya to ensure the current government’s ‘fall’. “People have got united over our five demands. Proper action programmes will be given through the national unity process to ensure the fall of the current government,” ...

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Photo: Courtesy Oslo, Oct 5 : The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.” The winners were named Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Congolese doctor Mukwege has been a critic of ...

Bangladesh loss 3rd game by seven wickets Dhaka, Oct 5 : Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team set the four-match T20I series victory against host Bangladesh 2-0 as they got a seven-wicket win in the third game at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. With the day’s results, Pakistan registered the second successive win in the series, having ...

The government is constructing 139 multi-storied buildings in Cox’s Bazar to rehabilitate over 4,400 poor families being victims of climate-induced disasters, like cyclone, river erosion and landslides under Ashrayan Project-2, officials said. “The government is erecting the shelters for climate victims on 253.35 acres of land near the Cox’s Bazar airport,” Ashrayan-2 Project Director Abul Kalam Shamsuddin told BSS.   ...

Indian actress Priyanka Chopra will invest in dating app Bumble as the service prepares to expand into her native country later this year. She will also act as an adviser to the app – which requires women to make the first move – for its Indian launch.   Bumble’s expansion comes as firms push to make women feel safe using ...

Authorities in South Africa are investigating a collision between two trains that left more than 300 people injured, 32 of them seriously. The crash occurred late Thursday on the outskirts of Johannesburg when one train hit another that was stationary. Rail officials were working on Friday to clear the area.   Commuter rail crashes have been worryingly common in South ...

President Vladimir Putin was expected Friday to sign a deal in India worth more than $5 billion for the S-400 air defence system, despite US warnings of sanctions against countries buying Russian military hardware. Putin, who arrived in New Delhi late Thursday, was also set to discuss with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi further agreements worth some $3 billion for ...

Apple and Amazon are among US companies and agencies who have had data stolen by Chinese spies, claims Bloomberg. The data had been siphoned off via tiny chips inserted on server circuit boards made by a company called Super Micro Computer, reported the news agency.   The servers had been compromised during manufacturing and the chips activated once they were ...