Hajj-related problems to go soon: Menon
All the hajj-related problems, including flight schedule debacle, will be resolved within a day or two, civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon said on Wednesday. He came up with the assurance after an emergency meeting to discuss the overall situation and find ways to make the hajj-related activities smooth and trouble-free.
Section 57 being misused: Quader
Ruling Awai League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act was being misused. Obaidul Quader, also minister of road transport and bridges, made the comment while visiting the development work of the metro rail project at Agargaon in the capital.
Consult before recording case under Sec 57: IGP
Inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Wednesday asked all units of the police to consult law wing at the police headquarters before recording any case under the Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.
Scientists edit disease-causing gene mutation in human embryos
(CNN)Scientists are getting one step closer to snipping inherited genetic diseases out of human offspring using a gene-editing technique called CRISPR
Could Trump, Kim Jong Un solve this face-to-face?
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has long indicated that he'd be willing to meet face-to-face with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- a proposition that has garnered harsh criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and even been downplayed at times by the members of the administration.
Read the 'Communications Plan' Scaramucci wrote to WH staffers
Washington (CNN)Anthony Scaramucci -- before his tenure as White House communications director came to an abrupt end -- had plans to make sweeping changes to the Trump administration's communications team, a July 30 memo shows.
Trump signs bill approving new sanctions against Russia
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday morning legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia and restricts Trump's own ability to ease sanctions in place against Moscow.
Trump getting ready to go after China on trade
President Trump may be about to get tougher on trade with China. His administration is moving closer to launching an investigation into whether Chinese trade practices are unfair, a senior administration official said. That step could ratchet up tensions between the world's two largest economies.
Govt wants to divide judges, says CJ
The chief justice, SK Sinha, said on Tuesday said that the government wanted to create division among judges. Justice Sinha made the remarks during a hearing in the Appellate Division, two days after law minister Anisul Huq at a discussion in Jessore on Sunday reportedly said, ‘The judiciary doesn’t mean only one person.’
Conjoined twins separated at DMCH
The 10-month old conjoined twin girls from Gaibandha, Toufa and Tahura, were separated through a nine-hour surgery at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday. ‘We began the surgery at 8:00am and ended at 5:00pm. A team of 22 experts from paediatric surgery, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, orthopaedic surgery and anaesthesiology department conducted the surgery,’ said paediatric surgery department associate professor Shahnoor Islam, who led the surgery.
