Morning Brief

Inadequate awareness, stigma around leprosy haunt tea garden workers

When Tufani Nayek was a little girl, she noticed a brown line forming on one of her hands. After some time had passed, she noticed the line started to look like a round-shaped mark.

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File photo of workers busy plucking leaves in a tea garden in Sylhet Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Train movement resumes after rail tracks in Brahmanbaria bent due to heat

Train movement from Chittagong and Sylhet (up line) to Dhaka resumed on Saturday night around nine hours after the rail tracks got bent due to severe heat in Brahmanbaria.

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File photo of a moving train Dhaka Tribune

Khaleda Zia hospitalized again

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital on Saturday night for some medical tests and required treatment.

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FILE PHOTO: BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has been living in her Gulshan residence since the government suspended her imprisonment order in March 2020. She is now hospitalized Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

North Korea insults Biden, warns of serious danger

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, has warned that the new US-South Korea agreement would only lead to "more serious danger," reported the state media on Saturday.

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An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was seen during a military parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on February 8, 2023 AFP

Dipu Moni: No chance of SSC question papers leaking

Emphasising that all preparations regarding Sunday's SSC exam have been made, Education Minister Dipu Moni has said that there is no chance of questions leaking.

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File Photo: Education Minister Dipu Moni addresses a discussion at Dhaka University on Saturday, January 14, 2023 Focus Bangla

PM Hasina: Bangladesh took IMF loan to get some breathing space

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh has taken out a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to get some "breathing space" and that the global lender has assured of continuing to provide such support in future.

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