Number of dengue patients hospitalised crosses 50,000
The number of hospitalised dengue patients this year rose to 49,999 as of 8:00am Friday since January 1 after dengue took an alarming turn recently prompting many caregivers to refer to the situation as no less than an epidemic.
India, Pakistan exchange fire in Kashmir
Pakistan said on Thursday three of its soldiers were killed in a cross-border exchange of fire in the contested Kashmir region, but India denied that five of its troops died too.
Israel bars visit by two US lawmakers
Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday barred US Democratic congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from making a planned trip to Israel, shortly after US president Donald Trump called on his ally not to let them in.
N Korea fires two projectiles, S Korea ‘impudent’
North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea’s military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea’s president as ‘impudent’ and vowed that inter-Korean talks are over.
Govt backtracks on rawhide export
The government has apparently backtracked on its decision to allow rawhide export as tannery owners on Wednesday promised that they would start procuring raw hide of sacrificial animals at the government-mandated prices from August 17 (Saturday).
PAYRA PORT DREDGING Payra port dredging: Negotiations for Tk 8,643cr Belgian loan at final stage
The government’s negotiations for borrowing Tk 8,643 crore from Belgian Export Credit Agency for dredging Payra Port’s main channel Rabnabad is at the final stage.
ROHINGYA RETURN Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to start fresh attempt
Myanmar and Bangladesh will start a fresh attempt next week to repatriate thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, officials said on Thursday, nearly a year after a major attempt failed.
TURAG RIVER DEMARCATION River Commission, BIWTA at loggerheads
National River Conservation Commission and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority are at loggerheads over the demarcation of the Turag River.
The contours of the Kashmir move
THE government has defended its twin decisions to revoke operative portions of Article 370 of the constitution and dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories as ‘internal policy’ that warrant no international comment. While the prime minister’s moves have a domestic basis, their
Gunman held after injuring six Philadelphia police
Police said they took into custody early on Thursday the suspect in a seven-hour shooting standoff in a north Philadelphia home that left six officers wounded after a barrage of bullets.
