Sofian Khan A Dhaka court has sentenced Mezbaul Alam, a Asia Pacific University student to life imprisonment for the murder of Daffodil University student Setu Sarkar in 2013. The 25-year-old inmate was sentenced to life imprisonment along with a Tk 50,000 fine in one charge. A failure to pay the fine will be punished by…
Suzana Rahman A section of the examinees, who took part in the recruitment tests of the eight state-run banks on Friday, is staging demonstration demanding cancellation of the written tests in Dhaka on Sunday, January 14, 2018. Amid protest of the candidates, Bankers’ Selection Committee cancelled the recruitment tests for eight state-run banks yesterday, as…
Reuters: Supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny protested across Russia against planned increases to the nationwide pension age on Sunday (Sept 9), a challenge to the authorities who are holding a raft of regional elections on the same day. The changes, going through parliament, have shaved around 15 percentage points off President Vladimir Putin’s…
The Star The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) will be reducing the number of public announcements it will make at its terminals, in its efforts to join the global “silent airport” movement. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), KLIA’s management body said boarding call announcements and public paging for passengers will stop completely, effective Dec 1. It…
Hossen Sohel: The European Parliament votes yesterday on a highly complex online copyright law that has split natural political bedfellows and pitted music and news companies against Google and Facebook, reports AFP. EU lawmakers are divided on the issue even within their usual ideological camps, and a jamboree of lobbying around the Strasbourg session has…
BSS: Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has penalised 18 shops Taka 56,500 in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions in December last year for selling and manufacturing adulterated food items. The courts also realised Taka 56,500 from the shop owners during the drives conducted in four districts under the divisions. BSTI Director (Rajshahi) Taher Jamil said…
Marilyn Thipthorpe What is happening to our so-called civilized world? We, who have braved the tides of evolution to become what we are today; what are we but what we tried to escape. If these words seem too twisted for common comprehension, then we are on the right track! Life and all that it entails…
Dr. A B Mirza Azizul Islam In order to create quality and efficient manpower in every field, initiative should be taken by public and private organizations so that we can create good manpower. That’s why we have to work together. We have to think about what kind of manpower we need in our country. Whether…