M Humayun Kabir: ‘Shantite Bijoy Campaign’, a national campaign seeking peace ahead of the next national elections, was launched in Dhaka yesterday with a slogan ‘Bangladesh will win if peace wins.’ The campaign was launched at the Celebrity Hall of the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) with the joining of 400 Awami League and BNP…
Ahmed Munir, Bhola: School uniforms and laptops were distributed among eighth graders at Borhanuddin in Bhola. Lawmaker of Bhola-2 constituency Ali Azam Mukul distributed the items to the underprivileged students. The initiative was funded by LGSP-3 Project. During the event, he called for the people to vote for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the upcoming…
Abrar Hussain: A parliamentary body submitted its report on the controversial Digital Security Bill yesterday amid protests and concerns expressed by journalists and media organizations. Interestingly, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Post, Telecom and ICT recommended several changes in its report that include inclusion to the Right to Information Act (RTI) under Section 3. The…
AFP: Russian social media site VKontakte (VK) has followed Facebook by banning Myanmar’s army chief and a nationalist monk known for stirring up Islamophobia in a country condemned globally for the treatment of its Rohingya Muslims. Facebook blacklisted Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other top military brass three weeks ago after a damning report…
Desk Report: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to go tough for those business establishments will fail to keep their transaction information in the NBR controlled software, reports The daily Sun. The NBR, as part of its move to streamline VAT collection system, has taken this decision for those business houses which having…
Reuters: Oil prices rose on Monday as investors focused on the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran despite assurances by Washington that Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States could together raise output fast enough to offset falling supplies. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in an interview with Reuters on Friday that he did…
Desk report: ‘Miss World’, a world-renowned beauty pageant competition, has introduced many beautiful and talented women from different countries to the world, reports The Independent. With the title ‘Miss World Bangladesh 2018’, the beauty pageant competition began its audition round yesterday on the premises of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in the capital. The winner…
Kabir Humayun: The Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that asked the government to provide division facilities to imprisoned internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam. The order came to effect as Appellate Division’s chamber judge Justice M Imman Ali yesterday dropped a government petition from its hearing list that sought stay on the facilities. However, the…
Abrar Hussain: Heavy flooding caused by Hurricane Florence has reportedly cut off the coastal city of Wilmington from the rest of North Carolina in the United States. Officials say all roads leading into and out of the city are now blocked and have warned evacuated residents to stay away. Recently, around 400 people have been…
Tech Explorist: In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) proposed a definition of a planet that left out Pluto, causing it to lose status and relegate it as a dwarf planet. Since Neptune’s gravity impacts its neighboring planet Pluto, and Pluto imparts its circle to solidified gases and protests in the Kuiper belt, that implied…