Hinudstan Times: Pak-istan’s apex anti-graft body has approached Interpol seeking issuance of Red Corner Notices against jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif’s sons Hasan and Hussain, a media report said on Saturday. Sharif’s sons were declared as absconders by an accountability court after they failed to appear in either of the three cases launched against them…
M Humayun Kabir: Panic gripped the teachers and guardians as five students of two schools in the district town reportedly remained missing since Sunday morning. The missing students are Shihad Uddin, a class IX student of Poura Preparatory High School, HK Galib Uddin, Shahriar Kamal Akib, Safin Nur, students of class VIII and Syed Nakib,…
UNB The viva-voce of the candidates from the Freedom Fighters’ quota for the first year honours courses under 2018-19 academic session of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia will be held on December 17. Details information about the viva-voce is available on the university website at www.iu.ac.bd. The test will be held at the 4th floor…
Eurek Alert A new study from Duke University and Fudan University in China is the first to estimate how much Chinese residential electricity consumption would increase due to climate change. It’s a lot. By the end of the 21st century, each degree Celsius increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) would raise average Chinese residential…
Desk Report: The authorities yesterday suspended 11 Chittagong University students, belonging to Bangladesh Chhatra League, on various charges. Proctor Ali Asgar Chowdhury disclosed the decision at a press conference. Mahmudul Hasan Rupak of English department was suspended for one year for beating a journalist on September 10. Sabbir Hossain and Rajibul Alam of history department…
DOT Desk ‘Bridge to Bangladesh’ is set to organize a conference of Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers, which is the first of its kind in the history of Bangladesh, in Dhaka in upcoming February, reports The Financial Express BD. The announcement came from a press conference, convened by Engineer Azadul Haque, chairman of Bridge to…
Abrar Hussain: Novelist Sir VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize in literature, has died at the age of 85, his family said. Sir Vidia, born in rural Trinidad in 1932, wrote more than 30 books including ‘A Bend in the River’ and his masterpiece, ‘A House for Mr Biswas’. His wife, Lady Naipaul, called…
Lorenzo Insigne’s (8′) first tricky goal helped to take the lead for the visitor team Napoli. But it was a great come back for Real Madrid at their home ground. They fought back and beat Napoli 3-1. Last night the defending performance was clean and strong. The Brazilian midfielder Casemiro provided his best effort into…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Opening Germany’s doors to more than a million refugees may come to define Chancellor Angela Merkel’s legacy, a landmark moment in her career. The development, however, had sparked a backlash which could hasten her political exit, reports AFP. It was “the decision of her life,” weekly Die Zeit judged recently,…
DOT Desk: Prices of rice and red lentil rose by Tk 8 and Tk 10 a kilogram in the city markets as the prices of the daily essentials kept rising after the December 30 general election, reports The New Age. Retailers blamed rice millers and wholesalers for the continued price hike. Consumers alleged that despite…