Seven die as train derails in India’s Bihar
At least seven people have died and 24 others have been injured after a Delhi-bound train derailed in Bihar’s Vaishali, reports NDTV.
Nawaz Sharif taken to hospital
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a seven-year jail term over graft charges, was taken to hospital on Saturday, officials said.
Janata bad loans up by Tk 2,868cr in 3 months
The scam-hit Janata Bank has Tk 2,868.77 crore more added to its piles of defaulted loans in the past three months mainly due to the failure of two of its clients to repay loans.
Nine doctors take care of 90,000 jail inmates
Lack of physicians and medical facilities inside overcrowded jails across the country is severely hampering healthcare services with only nine doctors, against approved 141 posts, for about 90,000 inmates.
10,387 SSC, equivalent examinees absent, 24 expelled
On the first day of this year’s Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations on Saturday, 10,387 students were absent and 24 were expelled.
EC rejects Shafin’s nomination, accepts Atiqul’s, four others’
The Election Commission on Saturday rejected the nomination paper of Jatiya Party mayoral aspirant Shafin Ahmed and accepted that of five others, including Atiqul Islam of Awami League, for the by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation.
The yellow vests of Khartoum
FOR a month now, teachers, doctors, the unemployed, angry mothers and frustrated students have been taking to the streets of war-torn Sudan almost daily to protest against the policies of their government. These rallies have attracted tens of thousands since they started on December 19 —
Virginia governor apologizes for 'racist and offensive' costume in photo showing people in blackface, KKK garb
Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam confirmed Friday he was in a racist yearbook photo showing one person dressed in blackface and another in the KKK's signature white hood and robes, and apologized for "the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now."
BB files case against RCBC
Bangladesh Bank has filed a case in New York against a Philippine bank to recover stolen fund worth $81 million by unidentified hackers from its account at Federal Reserve Bank nearly three years ago.
JOF formally regrets PM’s invitation to tea party
The Jatiya Oikya Front sent a letter to prime minister Sheikh Hasina informing her that the opposition alliance regretted her invitation to a tea party at Ganabhaban on Saturday. The letter was signed by Oikya Front steering committee member and Gono Forum executive president Subrata Chowdhury.
