In sheer desperation, a family in Lalmoirhat sought the services of an ‘Ojha’ or healer to bring back a woman to life who had died of snakebite.
Author: Lutfun Nahar
Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot
A single voting machine jammed for just minutes Tuesday morning at a precinct in Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania — but misleading posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed multiple machines there were down for hours.
Mirza Abbas, wife tested positive for coronavirus
BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife and Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal president Afroza Abbas have been infected with coronavirus.
BD Minister writes to his French counterpart on recent dev
Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to show respect for everyone’s religious and cultural sensitivity conveying the France government that no religion supports killings.
Ensure hassle-free justice to people: PM tells bench, bar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged judges and lawyers to ensure people’s right to quick and hassle-free justice.
BD Forex reserves to reach $50 billion by Dec 2021: Minister
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves will reach $50 billion by December 2021.
Sundarbans reopens to tourists after 7 months
The Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage Site, reopened its door to tourists on Sunday after a seven-month closure because of the ongoing pandemic.
‘Bangladesh still not ready for software-based admission tests’
Public universities should not go for holding admission tests through the “Proctored Remote Examination System” software.
Global Covid-19 deaths exceed 1.2 million, cases 46.8 mln
More than 1.2 million people have died from Covid-19 in the world and 46.8 million people have been infected with the virus, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1659 new cases, 17 deaths
The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Bangladesh rose to 5,983 on Tuesday with the death of 17 more people in 24 hours.
US Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
Even before Election Day, the 2020 race was the most litigated in memory. President Donald Trump is promising more to come.
Fugitive killers of 4 nat’l leaders to be brought back
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said the fugitives killers of four national leaders will be brought back home and executed.
6 more people held over lynching of youth in Lalmonirhat
Detectives in a drive arrested six more people in connection with the lynching of a young man over ‘disrespecting Quran’ in Burimari of Lalmonirhat, from different parts of the upazila early Tuesday.
Case filed over death of Natore boy in ‘wrong treatment’
A case was filed in connection with the death of a ten-year-old boy ‘due to wrong treatment’ at a hospital in Sadar upazila on Monday.
Ex-Ctg mayor Nasir Uddin hospitalised with Covid symptoms
Ex-mayor of Chittagong City Corporation and general secretary of city Awami League AJM Nasir Uddin has been hospitalzed with symptoms of Covid-19. He was admitted to Park View Hospital in the city in the morning.
Campaign draws to a close with US facing a crossroads
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have one last chance to make their case to voters in critical battleground states on Monday, the final full day of a campaign that has laid bare their dramatically different visions for…
Freedom of speech must not be undermined with propaganda: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked all concerned to highlight the facts of any incident alongside protesting the spread of rumours and false propaganda in the name of freedom of speech.
Societies pay price when journalists targeted: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for a free press that can play its essential role in peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights as the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police stop Muslim protestors from gheraoing French Embassy
Police foiled an attempt by Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh-led Somomona Islami Dal, a platform of the Islamist parties, to besiege France Embassy protesting the recent remarks made by President Emmanuel Macron against Islam.
Bangladesh records 1,736 new corona cases, 25 deaths
Bangladesh on Monday recorded 1,736 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 41,09,88. Besides, 25 more patients died from Covid-19 during the period, taking the fatalities to 5,966.
Abductors leave journalist Sarowar in Sitakunda, Chittagong
Journalist Golam Sarowar, who went missing on October 29, was found in a severely debilitated condition beside the road in Bara Kumira area of Sitakunda on Sunday night.
5 more held over lynching of young man in Lalmonirhat
Police arrested five more people from Patgram upazila on Sunday night in connection with the lynching of a young man over ‘disrespecting Quran’ in Burimari of Lalmonirhat on Thursday.
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 60
Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 60 people and injuring more than 900.
Man, 65, arrested for ‘raping’ domestic help in Chittagong
Police arrested a 65-year-old man on Saturday night for allegedly raping his domestic help in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.
Foreign Affairs State Minister rejects charges against Rab
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Sunday brushed aside allegations against elite police unit Rab, terming them propaganda against Bangladesh.
PM Hasina for restarting covid test for inbound passengers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said in the wake of massive COVID-19 outbreak again across the globe, the time has come to reintroduce coronavirus tests for every inbound passenger in all ports.
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 1568 new cases, 18 deaths
Bangladesh on Sunday registered 1,568 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 409,252. Besides, 18 more patients died from Covid-19 during the period, taking the fatalities to 5,941.
Insulting religious leader for free expression not allowable
Condemning the sarcastic cartoons insulting Prophet Mohammad (Phub) in France, BNP on Sunday expressed solidarity with the protests by people of all races and religions and the Muslim Ummah against such a dreadful crime.
Kashmir shuts down to protest India’s new land laws
Shops and businesses were shut in several parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as separatists challenging Indian rule called for a general strike to denounce new laws that allow any Indians to buy land in the disputed region.
Lalmonirhat mob killing: DIG, DC visit spot
Rangpur divisional commissioner and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Rangpur Range visited the spot where a rabid and belligerent mob beat a man to death and burned his body in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila accusing him of ‘disrespecting the…