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February 2023

Wall Street drifts on last day of what’s been a tough month

Stocks are drifting lower Tuesday as Wall Street closes out what’s been a tough February.The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 121 points, or 0.4%, at 32,767, as of 9:36 a.m. Eastern time, while the …

Madrasa head arrested for raping 4th-grader in Sylhet

A madrasa head was arrested on charge of raping a class-four female student in Jaintapur upazila of the district on Tuesday.The arrestee is Mawlana Masood Azhar, head and founder of Raozatul Islam Chakta Madrasa and joint general secretary of the upazi…

6 get life imprisonment for murder in Khulna

A Khulna court on Tuesday sentenced six people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2009.Khulna Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Judge Mahmuda Khatun handed down the punishment.The convicts are— Sheikh Mashiur, Md. Aslam Hussain Liton, Md. S…

China says it’s been ‘open and transparent’ on COVID origins

China on Tuesday said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of COVID-19, after questions about how the pandemic began received new attention.Most recently, the U.S. Department of Energy assessed with “low confidence” that the…

Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions

The Supreme Court is taking up a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans.The high court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, is hearing arguments on Tuesday in two challeng…

PM Hasina served with 16 fish dishes at President’s village home

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was on Tuesday served with 16 dishes of sweet water haor fish at a lunch hosted by President Abdul Hamid at his residence at Mithamain village of Kishoreganj.The president’s family sources said the prime minister’s choice w…

Two-month ban on ‘jatka’ catching begins this midnight

A two-month ban on catching ‘jatka’ (hilsa fry less than 9 inches or 23 centimetres in length) from March 1 to April 30 will begin in five hilsa sanctuaries across the country on Tuesday midnight.To increase the production of hilsa, the government has …

Bangladesh reports 11 more Covid-19 cases

Bangladesh reported eleven more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning.With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,037,829, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, the official death toll fr…

Raise Low Blood Pressure: What to Eat, Drink, Avoid

Low blood pressure or hypotension refers to a reading of blood pressure under 90/60mmHg. It results in insufficient blood flow and therefore poor delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the heart, brain, kidneys, and other organs of your body. It does not …

Man to die for killing pregnant wife in Joypurhat

A Joypurhat court on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his pregnant wife in 2007.The condemned convict is identified as Jewel Hossain, son of Jalil Hossain of Khetlal upazila in the district.Judge of the Additional district…

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