Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka court yesterday denied bail to 11 students of different private universities accused of vandalism and attacking policemen during demonstrations for safe roads. Metropolitan Magistrate Laskar Shohel Rana passed the order after hearing the bail petitions. ts are – Shakhawat Hossain Nijhum, Shihab Shahriar, Saber Ahmed Ullas, Ajijul Karim Antar, Rashedul Islam,…
Dr. Zeenat Huda, Professor of Sociology, Dhaka University : News reports said the student who was detained by detectives made seditious comments on her Facebook account. Nobody is beyond the law, irrespective of their gender. The law will take its own course if anyone commits any crime against the state or the government. I did…
Al Jazeera: The National Security Agency (NSA), a US intelligence agency tasked with collecting data for foreign and counter intelligence operations, broke into the encrypted network of the Al Jazeera Media Network and several others in 2006, according to a report by US media. A document provided to The Intercept by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden…
The Financial Express: The country’s commercial banks have made their presence significantly in the mostly unbanked rural areas in recent times.The urban-focused banks are going rural to help the government foster financial inclusion by bringing the people under coverage, sources said. “The banking authorities are fast making their presence. This has been possible mainly due…
Abrar Hussain: Thail-and will ban imports of 432 types of scrap electronics within six months, according to an environment ministry official. This makes Thailand the latest country to respond to China’s crackdown on imports of high-tech trash this year. Many Southeast Asian nations fear that they are the new dumping ground for the world’s trash…
Kabir Humayun: A Libyan criminal court has sentenced 45 militiamen to death by firing squad for killing demonstrators in Tripoli in 2011. The justice ministry says they are accused of opening fire on dozens as rebel forces closed in on the capital during the uprising against former leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, reports BBC. Aside…
UNB: Robbers looted valuables from a house at Genda Rajbari here early Thursday. Police said a gang of robbers entered the house of Nur Mohammad, a Saudi expatriate, breaking open the window grill on the 2nd floor of a five-story building and looted valuables including Tk 1.5 lakh cash and 30 tolas of gold ornaments.
Russia Today: The entire planet is swimming in debt, yet no one seems to criticize the system itself as being fundamentally flawed. “A man in debt is so far a slave,” American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once reportedly said. In light of this statement, I contend that I don’t need to have a college degree…
UNB: Livestock farmers across the country are now busy fattening cattle as just one week is left for Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festival of Muslims when over one crore cattle are sacrificed across the country by Muslims. Although the use of steroids and harmful drugs for fattening cattle was prohibited by the Fisheries and Livestock…
The Financial Express: Bangladesh will import around 6.5 million tonnes of wheat in the next marketing year, the USDA’s local branch in the country estimated, according to a report published on www.agricensus.com Wednesday. A 10 per cent increase from the branch’s estimate last year, the USDA expects around 260,000tonnes of wheat to be sourced from…