Afsan Chowdhury, Researcher, Political Analyst : Very few things happen in this country conforming to laws. From my point of view, the much-debated Digital Security Bill 2018 is related to politics. Very few people of this country hurt religious sentiment. Very few people intend to do so. Now if I say Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had done…
DOT Desk The outstanding crop loans of the agriculture sector have come under Credit Information Bureau (CIB) reporting system of the central bank from now, reports The Financial Express. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all banks to report the outstanding crop loans ranging from Tk 1.0 and any amount to the CIB, according to…
Desk Report: The 26th of September 2017 marked the fourth consecutive year the United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Established in 2013 through the adoption of UN General Assembly resolution 68/32, the day calls for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as well…
BDnews24 The pilot of the US-Bangla Airlines plane that made a forced landing in Chattogram after its nose gear failed while flying to Cox’s Bazar has earned plaudits for saving the lives of 171 on board. The Boeing 737 aircraft was carrying 164 passengers and seven crewmembers from Dhaka on Wednesday. Its pilot Captain Mohammad…
DOT Desk: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University vice-chancellor Munaz Ahmed Noor has received the 21st educational leadership award -2018 of the American Leadership Board, reports The New Age. He received the award as an exceptional educator in personal category for his contribution to the field of education, said a press release. The press release…
Vandana/Daily O, India Gandhi’s style of speaking often feels like he is trying to explain things in the simplest possible terms to his audience, taking a leaf from how someone explained those things to him. Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s foreign tours are known to keep both social media users and journalists (many of whom are…
NDTV Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest, Yair, tweeted on Sunday that Facebook blocked his page for 24 hours over apparent anti-Muslim posts and called the leading social network a “dictatorship”. In a message posted Thursday on his Facebook page after deadly Palestinian attacks, Yair Netanyahu had called for “all Muslims (to) leave” Israel. “Do you…
Nadine Freischlad/Monga Bay *As Indonesia cracks down on the illegal wildlife trade, it is struggling to deal with the influx of animals confiscated from traffickers. *Birds are among the most trafficked creatures. Due to a lack of rehabilitation centers, where they would slowly be prepared for life in the wild, many birds are released prematurely….
Kabir Humayun: The High court yesterday extended the bail time of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia till August 13 in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. The former premier is currently serving a five-year jail term in the case. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mustafizur Rahman passed the order following Khaleda’s lawyer’s…