A Bangladeshi man who for decades walked daily from dawn to dusk in the capital Dhaka, trailed by believers of his supposed healing powers, died on Thursday, police said. More than 5,000 followers of Julfikar Haider converged on a field in suburban Dhaka where his body was brought to pay their last respects, local police chief Azizul Haq told AFP. "He was known as Hata Baba (the walking seer). He would rarely speak to anyone but his followers believed he could miraculously cure disease or overcome troubles if t...

The World Kidney Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere in the world on Thursday. This year’s theme for the day is "Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Aging". Various organisations are marking the day with different programmes. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in separate messages have hoped that the day would help in creating awareness among the people about kidney disease, reports BSS. The president in his message said the number of slow...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on having proper knowledge about the defence and the national security by the civil administration. In the present world, she said, the area of the defence meaning the national security has been widened manifold. "Along with the concept of the existing state security, the security of the person, economy, national prosperity and environment has been included in the national security," Sheikh Hasina said. "So, having proper knowledge about the def...