Sayeed Muhammad: The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the country’s controversial biometric identity scheme is constitutional, adding that it does not violate the right to privacy. However, the court restricted the scope of the Aadhaar scheme, saying that it could not be compulsory for bank accounts, mobile connections or school admissions, reports BBC….
Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka Court yesterday extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia till September 30 in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka passed the order, reports The Daily Star. Earlier in the day, Khaleda’s lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukder submitted a petition…
France 24: Queen Paola, mother of King Philippe of Belgium, suffered a stroke while on a visit to Venice, Belgian and Italian media reported on Wednesday. Paola, 81, will be repatriated to Belgium by plane on Wednesday, said Belgian state broadcaster RTBF. Contacted by AFP, the Royal Palace in Brussels declined to comment. “A communication…
Reuters: Tens of thousands of worshippers packed Jerusalem’s Western Wall plaza on Wednesday to receive a blessing from members of Judaism’s priestly caste. Holding prayers shawls above their heads and covering their faces, the priests, known as “Kohanim” in Hebrew, began chanting the blessing, which begins: “The Lord bless you and keep you”. The ceremony…
Arafat Hasan: World Eco-nomic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende has invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the next WEF annual meeting to be held in Davos, Switzerland in January 2019. Brende extended the invitation during a courtesy call on the premier while she was staying in a hotel in New York on Tuesday afternoon….
NDTV: Back in 2006, as Glenstone, a private art museum in the Maryland suburbs of the District of Columbia, was preparing to open its first exhibition hall, curator Emily Wei went to Mitchell Rales, her billionaire boyfriend and the guy footing the bill, with a proposal: She wanted him to actually explain his vision for the…
Desk Report: Agriculturists say the method is cheap, easy to apply, very effective and also environment-friendly. Farmers in the Chittagong region are inclined towards using a light trap method to kill harmful pests in their fields to increase crop production. Agriculturists say the method is cheap, easy to apply, very effective and also environment-friendly. To…
Kabir Humayun: Farmers Bank’s six officials were questioned over “a suspicious transaction involving Tk 4 crore in the account of former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha”. ACC’s Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told The Daily Star that the ACC uizzed the six officials, including the bank’s former managing director SKM Shamim, at its Shegunbagicha…
Banglanews24: Detective Branch (DB) of police of the district nabbed ten suspected eve-teasers in drives conducted in Madaripur town on Wednesday (September 26). Drives were launched at Donovan Girls’ High School and Government Sufia Girls’ College of the down. 10 eve-teasers with 2 motor bikes were brought to office of the Superintendent of Police (SP)…
BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said being a leading contributor to the UN peacekeeping forces Bangladesh wants blue helmet missions’ reforms and elevated dignity as they now appeared to be faced with growing and newer “unconventional threats”. “The peacekeepers are now deployed in certain places where there is no peace to keep and they…