Nasir Jamshed banned for 10 years for corruption

    Hossen Sohel: Former Pakistan ba-tsman Nasir Jamshed has been banned for 10 years by an anti-corruption for his part in the spot-fixing scandal that overtook the Pakistan Super League in 2017. Jamshed, who played 48 ODIs and two Tests, was suspended from all forms of cricket in February 2017 for violating the PCB’s anti-corruption code…

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      No respite from Dhaka-Mymensingh-Tangail highway tailbacks

      Desk Report: Vehicles were seen moving slowly on Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways on Friday following rush of home-bound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, creating suffering to people, reports the daily sun. According to highway police, the number of passenger vehicles and good-laden started to increase from early morning which created the traffic jam. A 15-km tailback…

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        PMO issues a set of directives to ensure road safety

        BSS: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has issued a set of directives asking the authorities concerned to take up different measures including keeping doors of the running buses always closed and stopping getting in and down of passengers without stoppage to ensure road safety in the capital. The directives came from a meeting of the…

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          Nine planes grounded by bomb threats in South America

          Reuters: Nine planes were forced to make emergency changes to their routes within Chilean, Argentine and Peruvian airspace on Thursday because of bomb threats issued to Chile’s civil aviation authority, its director general told journalists. At least two of the planes were operated by LATAM Airlines and three by Sky, a low-cost Chilean airline, the…

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            Shahidul’s provocative remarks and public security

            Maj Gen (retd) AK Mohammad Ali Shikder, Security Analyst Security of the state faced a threat following celebrity photographer Shahidul Alam’s provocative statement taking advantage of the road safety protests. When the state’s public security falls into a threat, the state security also finds itself in a threat. The activities that cause a state to…

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              Home-goers begin Eid journey on trains

              M Humayun Kabir: Home-bound passengers have thronged in thousands at the Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka yesterday, the first day of Eid journey, on trains. While visiting the station, a large number of home-goers were seen waiting in queues in front of platforms to get standing tickets. Talking to the Daily Star, Sitangshu Chakraborty, station…

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