Abrar Hussain: Amidst vote-rigging and vandalism allegations, the Khulna city polls concluded yesterday, as voting was postponed at 3 polling stations according to Returning Officer Yunus Ali. The polls began at 8am and continued till 4pm without break. Khulna residents reportedly voted at 289 centers to elect the KCC mayor. “The voting was going on…
Sofian Khan: At least 10 including a policeman got injured as angry miners and villagers clashed with the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) officials yesterday morning. According to Habibul Haque Prodhan, officer-in-charge of Parbatipur Police Station, 6 got admitted to Phulbari Upazila Health Complex. Before this, miners and villagers who were affected by land subsidence…
A video showing some miscreants ‘pouring stool’ onto a madrasa teacher, only to insult him, has gone viral on the social media. Any physically fit person can become ill seeing such a video, with possibilities of this happening being very high. The fathers of such a heinous and latest method of crime must be brought…
Sofian Khan: US have indirectly expressed criticism toward China yesterday for their effort to shield Myanmar from strong UNSC action over a military crackdown against mainly Rohingya Muslims that the U.S. and other countries have denounced as ethnic cleansing.U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley did not mention China by name, but China proposed substantial amendments to a British-drafted…
Sofian Khan: The Sup-reme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict on the two appeals against the High Court (HC) bail order for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The verdict was originally supposed to come yesterday till Attorney General Mahbubey Alam delayed by a day after coming up with some more…
There are many cities in the world that are about two thousand years old. Say, for instance, London, Rome, Paris or Ethan are among the cities. They have not only been carrying tradition for the last 150-200 years, but thousands of years. Are the traffics of these cities less than that we have, or more?…
The anti-quota protests are still on as the government is yet to publish the gazette notification and everyone expects that, in no time, this issue would be resolved amicably. But one may question: does the matter at hand would address the bigger problem of the ever-increasing unemployment rate among our youth? Given the number of…
In initial small steps toward reconciliation, South Korea expressed their willingness to remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border, while North Korea said it would shift its clocks to align with its southern neighbour. The moves came after the historic summit late April 2018 at which South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North’s…
Sofian Khan: BNP’s mayor nominee Nazrul Islam Monju’s office has been vandalised while the Khulna City Corporation election, allegedly by the members of the ruling party.According to special secretary of BNP Khulna unit Hafez Abul Bashar, a group of 40-50 Awami League men vandalised Monju’s office yesterday around 10:30 am. “The Al men attacked the tent…
Sofian Khan: A discreet human rights activist from Lahore in Pakistan, Diep Saeeda, received a short message on her Facebook from an unknown ID with whom she had a number of friends in mutual: “Hy dear.” She instantly did not think anything about it and never even responded. Apparently, the ID did not belong to…