AP: The California Legislature voted Friday to allow power companies to raise electric bills to cover the cost of lawsuits from last year’s deadly wildfires amid fears that Pacific Gas & Electric Co., would otherwise face financial ruin. The measure is part of a wide-ranging plan to reduce the threat of wildfires, which have killed…
The Guardian, UK: A 16-year-old boy hacked into Apple’s mainframe, downloaded internal files and accessed customer accounts because he was a fan of the company and hoped to work there one day, a Melbourne court has heard. According to The Age newspaper, the boy’s lawyer told the children’s court in Melbourne on Thursday that his…
UNB: Six suspected members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir were arrested with improvised bombs and Jihadi books in South Keraniganj on Monday night. “We suspect that they gathered there to carry out subversive activities,” said Shah Zaman, the officer-in-charge of South Keraniganj Police Station. He said they raided Hasnabad Housing building…
Desk Report: Japan’s space agency will attempt to land a robotic unmanned landing craft on the surface of an asteroid 300 million-kilometers (186.4 million-miles) away from Earth next month. The Hayabusa-2 spacecraft is currently orbiting around the diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu, which it reached in June after a three-and-a-half year journey.On September 21, the spacecraft will deploy…
Desk Report: Green Delta Insurance has launched its Digital Insurance, first of its kind in the country, reports Financial Express. The Non-life insurance company inaugurated the online service following a press conference at the Dhaka Club in the capital. Chairman of Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA) Shafiqur Rahman Patwary inaugurated the online service as…
Muhammad Abdul Mazid, Former chairman, National Board of Revenue (NBR) : Deposit is the source of power for any bank. The deposited money is the driving force for the overall business activities of a bank. The interest rate of the money deposited in the banks should be motivational. Otherwise, the depositors will shift their bank…
Arafat Hasan: While talking to reporters at his office at the Supreme Court, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said that former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has damaged the image of the country’s judiciary with the “adverse comments” he made about the judges of the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in his book. The comments made by…
Minar Al Hasan, JnU Correspondent ‘Advanced Training on Research Methodology’ organized by Social Work department with the support of SSRC, planning department, planning ministry, and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh held at 11:00 am yesterday (January 24, 2019-Thursday).Treasurer of JnU Prof Salim Bhuiyan was present as chief guest. Presided over the program…
Reuters: Britain’s opposition Labour Party prefers a new election to a second referendum on Brexit, its leader said on Sunday, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May whose plans for a deal with the EU have hit an impasse. Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn has so far resisted calls to back a “People’s Vote”, or new referendum…