M Humayun Kabir: Three suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights with members of law enforcement agencies in Chittagong and Comilla early yesterday. Assistant Superintendent of Chittagong Police Mimtanur Rahman of Rab-7 said two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Moti Jharna in the port city’s…
M Humayun Kabir: Some 592,000 victims of “modern slavery” live in Bangladesh, a condition of servitude broadly defined in a new global study as forced and state-imposed labour, sexual servitude and forced marriage, according to a survey report. The Global Slavery Index, published on Thursday by Australia’s Walk Free Foundation, said Bangladesh ranks 92nd on…
M Humayun Kabir: Three girls who failed in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, committed suicide in three districts -Manikganj, Khulna and Panchagarh on Thursday and Friday, reports UNB. Mitu Akter, daughter of Mosaddek Hossain of Kusta Village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj, committed suicide by taking poison yesterday morning as she did not…
Sayeed Muhammad: More than 4.2 lakh students have failed in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams under the 10 education boards this year, making it the highest number of failures in the last seven years. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday they would seriously look into the matter of the worsening results….
M Humayun Kabir: Hackers have stolen personal data of some 1.5 million people, or about a quarter of the population of Singapore, officials say. A government statement yesterday said the cyber criminals broke into the government health database in a “deliberate, targeted and well-planned” attack, reports BBC. Data taken include names and addresses but not…
Sayeed Muhammad: India, the world’s biggest two-wheeler maker, has emerged the key player of the bike market in Bangladesh. The value of two-wheeler exports from India to Bangladesh rose by 50% in FY18 to $277 million, followed by Sri Lanka, with values of the shipment to Bangladesh more than doubled since FY16, when it was…
Hossen Sohel: In a latest reaction, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Bilawal Bhutto slammed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, saying the latter has zero chance of becoming the country’s next prime minister. Addressing a rally on Thursday, Bilawal said he is serving the masses and did not believe in “U-turns and showbaazi (dramas),” Dunyanews…
Sejuti Mourin: United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as well as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are scheduled to travel to New Delhi in September for high-level talks, the Indian foreign ministry announced yesterday. New Delhi, which has sought to counter Beijing’s expanding economic and military weight in the region, has reportedly felt a lack…
Abrar Hussain: Mala-ysia has announced that it will release a highly anticipated report regarding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on July 30, according to a statement by the transport minister yesterday. The country had called off a privately-funded underwater search in May. The aircraft became one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries when…
Abrar Hussain: A South Korean court has sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to an additional eight years in prison yesterday after she was found guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election. Park was already sentenced to 24 years in jail by a lower court in April…