• Little-known SSR code, DPNA 1, can be used to alert airlines when a traveler has an intellectual or developmental disability and needs assistance • Many airlines offer support to meet passengers’ individual needs once alerted via the SSR code • Use of the code on flights booked through Travelport has increased 89% since the launch of its Travel Unified ... Read More »
Dhaka – Saif Sporting Club reached final of the Walton Under-18 Football Tournament eliminating Dhaka Abahani Limited by 5-0 goals in the 2nd semifinal at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday. In the day’s goal-fest match, Shakib Bepari made the hat-trick scoring 38th, 67th and 85th minutes respectively and Sujon Mahat and Taj Uddin scored one goal each in the ... Read More »
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is waiting for investigations to end before taking any action against two of its directors accused of irregularities, Nazmul Hasan Papon said Friday. Read More »
Dhaka – Jamalpur’s Deputy Commissioner Ahmed Kabir has been suspended as a leaked video showing him in a compromising situation with a female colleague went viral on social media. Read More »
NEW YORK, (BSS/AFP) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani challenged countries who accused Iran of carrying out this month’s attack on a Saudia Arabian oil facility to provide evidence. “Those who make the allegations must provide the needed proof. What is your evidence?” he told reporters in New York, a day after addressing the UN General Assembly. The United States, France, ... Read More »
WASHINGTON (BSS/AFP) – Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige will develop a new “Star Wars” as part of the franchise’s next wave of projects, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday. Read More »
Sylhet, Sept 27 (UNB) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said no one of those who got the share of casino money will be spared. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 27 (UNB) – Stressing the importance of farm mechanisation to boost outputs and save farmers from losses, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has said farmers will be provided with agricultural machinery. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 27 (UNB) – The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Friday confirmed that 81 people had died of dengue since the beginning of this year. Read More »
Shariatpur, Sept 27 (UNB) –One hundred meters of river banks protection embankment in Naria upazila of the district collapsed on Thursday due to severe erosion by the Padma River. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 27 (UNB) – Claiming that the government has lost control over the ruling party leaders and activists, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday alleged that influential Awami League leaders and ministers are helping the corrupt from behind the scene. Read More »
Thousand Oaks, Calif., – Media OutReach – 27 September 2019 – In recognition of World Heart Day on Sunday, September 29, Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGEN) today released findings from a global survey that evaluated worldwide heart attack survivors’ perceptions and awareness of the connection between cholesterol and cardiovascular (CV) events. Read More »
By Anna Shen UN, Sep 26 2019 (IPS) – On Monday, United States President Donald Trump continued to float the idea that he should be awarded a Nobel Prize, but that it would never happen because the system was rigged. Read More »
Feni, Sept 26 (UNB)- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday recovered Tk 4 lakh in a sack and arrested a man from bordering village Baur Pathor in Parshuram upazila here. Read More »
Feni, Sept 27 (UNB) – Despite having no hand since his birth, Monaem, a class-three student of a school here, excelled in painting by resorting to art using his feet. Read More »
London, Sep 27 (AP/UNB) — Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson have announced the engagement of their elder daughter, Princess Beatrice. Read More »
Mymensingh, Sept 26 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is putting some ‘small fry’ behind bars in its current drive against casinos and corrupts to remove its smell of corruption and hide the failures to run the country. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 26 (UNB) – Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) on Thursday proposed imposing a ban on religion-based student politics on the DU campus. Read More »
Mymensingh, Sept 27 – A suspected drug trader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Nalkakra in Tarakanda upazila early Friday. Read More »
Kurigram, Sept 27 – A couple was found dead at a house at Baniakari in Nageshwari Upazilaof Kurigram on Friday. The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 45 and Rumi Begum, 40 of the village. Read More »
United Nations, SEP 27 (AP/UNB) — Lots of leaders saying lots of things about lots of topics — topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world. That’s what the speechmaking at the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year. And each year, certain enormous topics and certain louder voices dominate. Read More »
Dhaka, Sep 27 (UNB) – What one thing could prevent depravity and fornication in Russia? Well according to one legal advisor in Islamic law – or mufti – in Moscow, Ildar Alyautdinov, the answer is polygyny, reports BBC. Read More »
New York, Sept 27 – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the prestigious ‘Champion of the Skills Development for Youths’ Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to skill development of the youth. Read More »
By Rafayil Abbasov Reforming state-owned enterprises can be an extraordinarily complex activity but it is underpinned by a single clear goal. Read More »
Dhaka: Twenty-five young political leaders affiliated with Bangladesh Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jatiya Party (JaPa) graduated on Thursday from the `Young Leaders Fellowship Program.’ Democracy International (DI) awarded the young leaders with graduation certificates during the ceremony held at the Golden Tulip The Grandmark Dhaka. Read More »
by Caroline Marie Lancaster on 26th September 2019 The typical radical-right voter is often assumed to be older and male, with conservative views on women’s and LGBT rights—an assumption which should now be reassessed. Today’s European radical right is rife with contradiction. Once the electoral home of working-class men, disillusioned with the decline of industry and the rapid entry of ... Read More »
Dhaka Ahsania Mission has completed the training of the third (3rd) batch by completing the last two curriculum of International Centre for Credentialing and Education of Addiction Professionals (ICCE) -Training. Read More »
ইসলামী ঐক্যজোটের চেয়ারম্যান ও বাংলাদেশ নেজামে ইসলাম পার্টির সভাপতি মাওলানা আবদুল লতিফ নেজামী বলেছেন দূর্নীতির শিকর হচ্ছে রাজনৈতিক দূর্বৃত্তায়ন । দূর্নীতি বিরোধী অভিযানে আটক রাজনৈতিক অঙ্গনের কয়েকজনের দূর্নীতি উন্মোচন হওয়ায় রাজনৈতিক দূর্বৃত্তায়নের ভয়াবহ চিত্র ফুটে উঠেছে। Read More »
When I think back to some of the earliest days of my childhood, I remember moments like this—my brother Craig and I, smiling outside on the South Side of Chicago. It was there, in a diverse and changing neighborhood, that I began a journey that took me to settings I never could have imagined at that age. It’s the place ... Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 26 – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three salespersons during the raid at the capital’s Fu Wang Club on early on Thursday and sealed off the club after what it said seizing a huge amount of illegal liquor. Read More »
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