A madrasah boy was sodomised allegedly by his teacher in Keraniganj on Friday. Abu Sahadat Mohammad Shahin, sub-inspector of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said Mahmudul Hasan, a teacher of East Charail Jamiul Quran Madrasah, sodomised the nine-year-old student of the madrasah on Wednesday. Victim’s mother filed a case in this connection on Thursday. -UNB
rAbrar Hussain: Unplan-ned urbanization is the primary obstacle in providing uninterrupted power supply in the country, according to State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid, adding that the government has already brought 92% of the total population under electricity coverage. Hamid made the statment while addressing a roundtable discussion titled ‘Power Roadmap: Target 2021’…
Tahmeed Taha: President Donald Trump was urged by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Mr Guterres said if the 2015 agreement was not preserved, there was a real risk of war. Mr Trump has been a strong critic of the accord,…
UNB A suspected robber was arrested after a gunfight with police in Niribili area under Ashulia police station, on the outskirts of the capital early Saturday. Rezaul Haq, officer-in-charge of the police station, said a gang of robbers stormed the rod-cement shop of Shamim Hossain, a former commissioner of Savar municipality, and tried to…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Columnist/Dhaka courier In conversation with a journalist a few years before his death, Selim Al-Deen took positive pride in the way the farmers in his tales reached heights as sublime or as heroic as the characters in the old Greek plays. And that about sums up Selim Al-Deen’s attitude to the world…
Sejuti Mourin Tollywood actress Paoli Dam has fixed up her mind to tie the knot with Arjun who is five years younger to her. Paoli and Arjun marriage will be held on December 4, 20-17. Marriage venue is Taj Bengal, West Bengal and as Arjun is from Assam, a reception will be held at Guwahati on…
Desk Report American scientists reported a new antibiotic treatment with heavy metal gallium that showed signs of efficacy in a preliminary trial among patients with hard-to-treat lung infection. The study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine described the new approach that tricks bacteria into taking up a molecule that looks like food,…
Anadolu Agency: The 2018 Asian Games will see North and South Korea united as joint team for several sport competitions. The Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games are to take place between Aug. 18 and Sept. 2. “In accordance with Asian Games slogan, ‘Energy of Asia’, we want to bring spirit to Asian peace, especially on…
Asian Age: The Barind Multipu-rpose Development Authority (BMDA) has brought over 8.93 lakh hectares of croplands including 3.15 lakh hectares irri-boro fields under irrigation in almost 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions, reports BSS. The huge croplands get the irrigation facilities through operating 15,517 power-driven deep tube wells (DTWs) and 417 low lift pumps…
EshanMaitra It is in our nature to love nature (Unless you are a greedy capitalist). But the world is changing and so our lifestyles. It is not always easy preserve everything the way they are. Sometimes in coarse of time our actions change the ways and tweaks the nature. These Man-made alterations often put no…