NTV Online: The Supreme Court on Sunday vacated its earlier order that stayed a High court order asking the Dhaka University authorities to take necessary steps within the next six months to hold Ducsu election. A four-member bench of the Appellate division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing of…
DOT Desk: A minor boy was killed after being smashed by a minibus at Hogla in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj, reports The Financial Express. The victim was seven-year-old Ibrahim, son of Anarul, as per a UNB report. Sub-inspector Aminul Islam of Gomostapur Police Station said the minibus ran over Ibrahim while he was crossing the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT A rainy spell early yesterday brought better air to residents of New Delhi, giving them a brief respite from thick grey smog that has shrouded the Indian capital for the last two months, despite air quality remaining to be “very poor”. A measure of tiny, hazardous breathable particles known as PM…
DOT Desk: Police yesterday found the bullet-ridden bodies of two alleged Rohingya drug dealers in Cox’s Bazar, known for its connection with the Myanmar meth trade, reports The Daily Star. Prodip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, said the bodies were found lying next to a highway beside the Bay of Bengal and some…
UNB: Police arrested a kabiraj (herbal medicine practitioner) on charge of raping a minor girl from Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla district on Saturday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Nur Islam Gazi, 34, son of Chand Mia of Bohalgachia village in sadar upazila of Patuakhali district. The arrestee used to live in a rented house…
Betwa Sharma/Huffington Post Supriya Varma, one of the archeologists who has challenged the ASI’s 2003 findings, explains why the ASI is wrong. In August 2003, following a six-month-long excavation, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) informed the Allahabad High Court that it had found evidence of there being a temple under the Babri Masjid, the…
The Guardian, UK: A 13-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer after protesters emulating the gilets jaunes demonstrations in France blockaded Westminster Bridge and stopped traffic around parliament. She was one of four suspects arrested for taking part in the demonstration, which had apparently not been arranged in advance with…
DOT Desk: Warm clothes sale is gaining momentum across Bogura district as bone chilling cold is prevailing during the last couple of weeks, reports The Financial Express. Meanwhile, mercury has gone down across the region, causing serious problems for the low and middle income group. People from all walks of life have started purchasing warm…
DOT Desk: People are suffering despite having all facilities at Sreepur Rail Station of the district, reports The Daily Observer. It is an important rail station where seven trains on Joydebpur-Mymensingh route halt daily. About 10,000 passengers use the station regularly. Though the station remains abuzz with passengers day and night, still they are not…
MEMO: Pope Francis urged European leaders on Sunday to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two humanitarian rescue ships on the Mediterranean and to give them a safe port of call. With his comments at his address to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square at the end marking…