Tens of thousands rally against Belarus strongman
Shawdesh Desk: Huge crowds of Belarusian protesters on Sunday flooded the capital Minsk, urging strongman Alexander Lukashenko to quit power, defying the threat of arrest and a massive deployment of ReadMore
India overtakes Brazil with second-highest virus cases
Shawdesh Desk; India overtook Brazil on Monday to become the second-worst affected country in terms of coronavirus cases behind the United States, according to an AFP tally. India has recorded ReadMore
Djokovic disqualified from US Open after hitting judge with ball
Sports Desk: Novak Djokovic was dramatically disqualified from the US Open on Sunday after striking a female lines judge with a ball in frustration during his last-16 match, sending shockwaves ReadMore
Indemnity Ordinance, Fifth Amendment . . . and Collective Memory
Syed Badrul Ahsan: Forty five years ago this month, on 26 September 1975 to be precise, the usurper regime of Khondokar Moshtaq Ahmed promulgated the infamous Indemnity Ordinance that effectively ReadMore
NCB summons Rhea for questioning in drug case
Binodon desk: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday summoned late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty for questioning in connection with the drug case. The NCB officials ReadMore
England call up Sussex’s Salt as a reserve for Australia ODIs
Sports desk: England have called up Sussex batsman Phil Salt as a reserve for their one-day international series against Australia, team management announced on Sunday. The 24-year-old had been due ReadMore
Coronavirus: Tests ‘could be picking up dead virus’
The main test used to diagnose coronavirus is so sensitive it could be picking up fragments of dead virus from old infections, scientists say. Most people are infectious only for ReadMore
Public health at risk as PHO found with excessive trans-fats in city: study
Shawdesh desk; The partially-hydrogenated oils (PHO), popularly known as Dalda or Bonospoti Ghee, contain excessive trans-fatty acid (TFA) in the capital as its average level is the five times the ReadMore
