Govt to restrict travels by tourists without visas
Rackets are trafficking ‘our workers’ with false promises that they would get visas on arrival in host countries, said officials.
DENGUE MENACE None knows when new larvicide will arrive
The government agencies concerned are still unaware about when the new effective insecticide to control aedes mosquitoes responsible for the spread of dengue will arrive in the country.
Bangladesh heads towards failed state: discussion
Terming Bangladesh’s report to the United Nations on convention against torture as ‘unrealistic’, rights activists on Saturday said that the country was on the verge of becoming a failed state due to the prevalence of torture, secret detention and extrajudicial killing.
RANGPUR 3 BY-POLL Ershad’s son, brother, nephew on aspirant list
Six aspirants, including Jatiya Party founder HM Ershad’s son, youngest brother and nephew, are on the list to be the JP candidate in the by-poll for Rangpur 3 constituency.
Three Rohingyas among 4 killed in Teknaf ‘gunfights’
Three suspected robbers and one drug peddler were killed in reported gunfights with police at Noorullah hill and Dogharchara point on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar early Saturday.
Boris Johnson could be the last prime minister of the United Kingdom
Boris Johnson, the UK's new prime minister, wants you to know that he loves his country.
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male ‘guardian’ approval
Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male ‘guardian’, the government said Thursday, ending a restriction that drew international censure and prompted extreme attempts to flee the kingdom.
HK protesters to held rallies on weekend defying Chinese warnings
Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong plan to hold a mass rally later Saturday as they face down increasingly stern warnings from China over weeks-long unrest that has plunged the city into crisis.
‘Robbers’, ‘drug peddler’ killed in Teknaf ‘gunfights’
Three suspected ‘robbers’ and a ‘drug peddler’ were killed in ‘gunfights’ at Nurullaghona hill and Dorgapara of Marine Drive road in Teknafupazila early Saturday.
Floods lay bare emergency disaster response lapses
On an average, half a dozen people, mostly children, drowned or died of snake bites every day in the first 18 days of flood across the country before it reached its peak engulfing a third of the country after July 10.
