Hossen Sohel of DOT The Bangabandhu-2 satellite will be launched during the current term of the government. The satellite will act as a backup for the Bangabandhu-1 satellite, reports Dhaka Tribune. The decision was recently finalized, said Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar. “Until now, we only held talks regarding the launch of…
BBC: Eighteen years after Jaswinder Sidhu was murdered in India, her mother and uncle have been extradited from Canada to stand trial in the country. Malkit Kaur Sidhu and Surjit Singh Badesha, both of whom are Canadian, were taken into custody on Friday, a day after their arrival, police said. The two are accused of…
AP: Pope Francis is bringing World Youth Day to Panama’s juvenile delinquents who can’t participate in the Catholic Church’s big festival of faith. Francis on Friday will celebrate a special penitential Mass inside the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center, which is Panama’s main youth lockup. In a twist, he will also hear the inmates’…
Reuters: Police armed with slingshots are taking aim at troops of monkeys that harass visitors at India’s Taj Mahal. The marauding monkeys forage for food around the entrance to the 17th century monument in the northern city of Agra, where visitors’ bags are scanned and food thrown away. Brij Bhushan, head of the Taj Mahal…
Dr. Tofail Ahmed speaks to DOT : The by-polls for the DNCC mayoral post were supposed to be held on February 26 last year. A High Court bench stayed, for six months, the election after hearing two separate writ petitions on January 14 last year. However, the High Court bench has now cleared the way…
BSS: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today described BNP’s announcement of boycotting upcoming local government elections as suicidal for the party. “After the defeat in the national election, BNP has fallen into a big crisis. The party has taken a suicidal decision by announcing of not taking…
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh Bank (BB) cannot shun responsibility for the persistent worse state of banking sector that is being criticised over huge bad loans and poor governance, a former Governor has said. Talking to Daily Our Time, Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said the missing thing is ‘Monitoring and Supervision’ of the central bank that…
DOT Desk: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the government has a target to have at least one thousand cyber security experts in the country by 2021. “The digital infrastructure has been developed in the last decade, now it is time to ensure the digital security, he said….
AFP: Seoul on Friday (Jan 25) sent aircraft over the Yellow Sea to carry out cloud-seeding experiments in an effort to tackle air pollution many South Koreans blame on China. Air quality in South Korea is generally better than in its giant neighbour, the world’s biggest polluter, which is periodically affected by choking bouts of…
UNB: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) who is a charge-sheeted accused in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case from Nachole upazila of the district on Friday. The arrestee is Md Shariful Islam alias Khalid alias Rahat alias Nahid alias Abu Sulaiman, 27….