Tahsin Rahman Oshin The internet holds the promise of enlivening the public sphere of communication all over the world in a single immense network. No doubt, technology has allowed us to communicate with people in far proximity with the help of texts and messages that we never could before. Instead of air molecules, our channel…
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Ehsan Maitra Jack the Ripper, became the name of terror across the London during autumn of 1888. When he left one of his victim (woman) with mutilated gash from chest to abdomen. This most infamous serial killer of history was never apprehended nor identified. But most definitely he was real. As all of his 5…
UNB A court here on Monday placed foreigner Piotr Szczepan Mazurek alias Thomas and three City Bank officials on a five-day fresh remand in connection with the recent ATM card forgery in Bangladesh. Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud passed the order when Sohrab Mia, sub-inspector of Detective Branch of police, produced them before the court…
UNB A bill, titled ‘Bangladesh Coast Guard Bill, 2016’, was passed in parliament having a provision for maximum punishment of death sentence for involvement in mutiny in the force. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan moved the Bill in the House which was passed by voice vote. The proposed law aims to make the Coast Guard a…
UNB Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday told Parliament that over 30,000 smuggling cases are now pending with courts across the country. “A total of 30,787 smuggling cases are now pending, involving Tk 838,89,66,770,” he said replying to a starred question from treasury bench MP M Abdul Latif (Chittagong-11). The minister said various steps have…
BSS Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairman of National Advisory Committee on Autism, has urged the world community to identify country specific priorities for addressing Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and to act accordingly. She said this while chairing an expert group meeting on finalization of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Strategy on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) held…
UNB Dashing opening batsman of Bangladesh National Cricket team Tamim Iqbal is likely to play in the ongoing Asia Cup against Pakistan on Wednesday. The hard-hitting Batsman from Chittagong will replace celebrated off-cutter Mustafizur Raman who suffered injury in the last match against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Tamim, who was on parental leave from February…
BSS Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested eight kidnappers and rescued four victims from their clutches from different areas of the country. The arrestees are Md Rokon, 21, Ayesha Akhter Asha, 25, Amir Hossain, 22, Hasan Khandoker, 30, Habib, 32, Milton, 22, Samad 32, and Md Mamun Mirza, 28. RAB in separate raid since February 26…
UNB The High Court on Monday asked a Rangpur lower court judge to explain how he accepted a rape case filed against a 52-year-old man as a ‘child miscellaneous case’. While hearing the bail petition of the accused, an HC bench comprising Justice M Eanyetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain asked M Rokanuzzaman, judge of…