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…
Abrar Hussain: US President Donald Trump reportedly plans to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, according to a White House statement on Thursday, four days after a summit between the two leaders in which Trump received public backlash for failure to confront Putin regarding Moscow’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election….
Abrar Hussain: North Korea has announced that an August reunion of Korean families separated by war may not happen if South Korea doesn’t immediately return some of its citizens who arrived in the South in recent years. The 2016 arrival of a group of 12 female employees from a North Korean-run restaurant in China has…
M Humayun Kabir: The average pass rate of this year’s HSC and equivalent exams has fallen to 66.64 percent from previous year’s 68.91 percent. This year, the number of GPA-5 achievers also fell by 8,464, reports bdnews24.com. The total number of GPA 5 achievers is 29,262 in 2018 while it was 37,969 in 2017. The…
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, Founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra: The Prime Minister announced to abolish the whole system following the movement to reform the quota in the civil service recruitment. Now backpeddling on her announcement, the PM said she did not know that there was a High Court verdict or observation requiring it to be continued. The…
Engr. Mohammad Tarek, Assistant Professor, Dept of EETE, Dhaka International University: As the daylight slowly extinguishes, the night gently ascends. Sometimes the night is festive, sometimes poisonous. Humanity’s unseen world comes to light in the dark of the night. Such a night has been depicted in the unique creation titled ‘Ratri Jatri’ (Nighttime Passenger). This…
Wali-ur Rahman, Former Ambassador: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is serving jail term after being convicted in a graft case. However, the party terms the incarceration to be political and the government was behind it all. But the question arises whether BNP has yet managed to prove the claim through proper logic, be at court or…
Sofian Khan: Amid allegations of irregularities surrounding the gold kept by the customs in the vault of Bangladesh Bank, the State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan said the gold in the Bangladesh Bank vaults is “all right”. Following an urgent meeting at the secretariat yesterday, MA Mannan said, “Bangladesh Bank is responsible for…