Hossen Sohel: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday seized six buses of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan, on charge of plying on the streets despite having route permit cancelled by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). RAB Legal & Media Wing Assistant Director ASP Mizanur Rahman confirmed the matter, reports Banglanews24.com RAB-1 and 4 members seized the buses from different…
AFP: Hollywood’s A-listers gather Monday to honor the best in television at the Emmy Awards, with record-breaking fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” back in the competition and once again looking to slay its rivals. But winter could come early for HBO’s blood-spattered smash hit if it fails to snare the coveted best drama series prize,…
Kabir Humayun: The body of an Ansar member was recovered from Tongi upazila of Gazipur early yesterday, police said. The deceased was identified as Junayed Ahmed, 35, said Ashraful Islam, sub-inspector of Tongi Police Station, reports The Daily Star. Junayed was working at a warehouse of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) when the incident…
Arafat Hasan of DOT At least 21 people have been killed and 71 more injured in twin bombings that occurred during a church service in the southern Philippines yesterday, security officials said, merely days after a referendum on autonomy for the mainly Muslim region returned an overwhelming “yes” vote. The first explosion went off inside…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Saudi Arabia have recently have severed the diplomatic relation with Qatar. As well as, allied countries to Saudi Arabia. By accusing Qatar of having terrorist affiliation. This have spread several rumors about food crisis and other inner country conflicts in Qatar. That created wide-spread panic among the 3.80 lacs Bangladeshi expatriates…
Gautam Bhatia, Advocate in the Supreme Court/Hindustan Times it is questionable whether a punishment based solely on retribution has any place in a society that prides itself on being civilised Last month, in his final judgment before retiring, Supreme Court Justice Kurien Joseph observed that the time had perhaps come to reconsider the place of…
Reuters: China on Sunday accused Taiwan’s spy agencies of stepping up efforts to steal intelligence with the aim of “infiltration” and “sabotage”, and warned the island against further damaging already strained cross-strait ties. The relevant agencies in Taiwan must end such activities immediately, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing An Fengshan, a spokesman of…
DOT Desk: Thirty-one private universities of the country have failed to move to their own campuses even after extension deadlines set by the University Grants Commission (UGC) several times, reports The Daily Sun. The authorities of the private institutions are reluctant to go by the UGC directive as they continue to run their activities at…