DOT Desk: National Human Rights Commission today said they did not find any link between the gang-rape in Noakhali’s Subarnachar and the general elections, reports The Daily Star. The incident took place as a sequel to previous enmity as cited in the statement of the case filed by the victim’s husband, their report states. NHRC Chairman Kazi…
Sofian Khan Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday urged the officials to accomplish all unfinished projects of the current fiscal year properly.”The present government is increasing the budget every year to boost up the social sector and we don’t accept any corruption and nepotism regarding the budget,” he said, speaking at a view exchange meeting…
Arab News: North Korea’s state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of “double-dealing” and “hatching a criminal plot” against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since US President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore…
Tech Explorist The sun is the main source of energy for almost every living thing on Earth. It gives a plant the light energy it needs to photosynthesize, which converts that light energy into a storable form (glucose) and keeps plants alive. Sometimes, plants use more energy than they can use and as a result,…
Reuters: A court in central Vietnam has jailed an activist for 12 years, on an accusation of trying to overthrow the state, his lawyer said on Thursday, days after two rights campaigners were barred from attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Hanoi. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change,…
Harold Evans/Reuters We have a year and seven fretful months before the Democratic Party’s national convention decides its nominee for president in July 2020. In the last race, the Republicans fielded 17 major candidates. The smart money was on Florida Governor Jeb Bush. He dropped out in February 2016, too choked up to mention Donald…
UNB A woman and a young man were killed due to electrocution at Bothatia Nagpara village in Lohagara upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Rita Rani Devi, 29, wife of Bhashu Debnath of the village, and Ashutosh Debnath, 26, son of Sushil Debnath and brother of Bhashu. Mohammad Shahjahan, officer-in-charge of Lohagara…
Klaus Jurgens, 19 The only thing certain for the Brexit vote is that it will take a huge effort from all political actors to start rebuilding trust into the political system and to stop a whole new generation from turning their backs to democracy as we know it Betting is a much-cherished leisure pursuit in…
Sofian Khan Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 28 development projects in Jessore. There she is also about to join the President Parade-2017 marking the commissioning of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) officers. The projects inaugurated by her are: the First Phase of Waterlogging Removing Project of the Kapotakkha River,…