Durjoy Chakraborty Shouri & Ashik Kabir It has almost been two and a half months since the Holey Artisan attack. The memories of that atrocious night are still vivid in many of our observances specially those who have lost their loved ones. Without any doubt, our country has never perceived a terrorist attack with such…
BBC: The rise of the machines is taking aim at truckers. This is Volvo’s concept for a driverless, electric truck, or ‘semi’ if you prefer. Stop sniggering at the back, you’ll offend her. She’s called Vera. Volvo says the idea is for ‘Vera’ to be monitored by a cloud-based service, speeding up the worldwide business…
Abrar Hussain: The High Court is scheduled to hear the bail petition of eminent photographer Dr Shahidul Alam today, in a case filed under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the ‘Not Today’ order yesterday after the state had sought time for…
Sayeed Muhammad: Wife of former commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Lt Col Hasinur Rahman has pleaded to the prime minister for directing law enforcers to find her husband, who has remained unaccounted for since on August 8. “Please bring my husband back. He [Hasniur] is innocent and not involved with anything. I beg…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The ruling Awami League (AL) will hold a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on January 19 on the occasion of securing absolute majority in the 11th parliamentary election, reports The Daily Star. The rally will be held around 2:30pm on the day where AL President Sheikh Hasina will attend…
Sayeed Muhammad: An Indian court has allowed the burial of veteran politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi at an iconic site despite the government’s objections over the matter. His family wanted his burial at Marina Beach in Chennai (formerly Madras), along with other former chief ministers, reports BBC, adding, the government in the southern state of Tamil Nadu…
Matthew caruana galizia, Andrew caruana galizia & Paul caruana galizia/ Project Syndicate While investigative journalists have joined forces to expose globalized crime and corruption, justice and law enforcement remain largely national. Law-enforcement authorities should follow journalism’s lead and urgently develop the sort of international networks that organized crime has perfected. The worldwide network that facilitates…
CNN: Seven years ago at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic battled past Rafael Nadal in a historic, marathon final. On Sunday it was the same end result but more like a 20-meter sprint thanks to Djokovic’s brilliance. The Serb crushed a shell-shocked Nadal in front of a stunned Rod Laver Arena 6-3 6-2 6-3 to…
Eurek Alert: Astro-nomers at the University of Warwick have found first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals and our skies are filled with them. White dwarf stars are probably the oldest stellar objects in the universe. They are unimaginably valuable to stargazers as their anticipated lifecycle enables them to be utilized as…
Two twin sisters, Sabrina Mamtaz Tania and Sadia Mamtaz Toma, from Adamdighi have achieved the feat of getting GPA5 in their JSC exams. They are the daughters of Dhamkumari Government Primary School teacher Hasna Banu and Daily Orthoneeti Adamdighi correspondent AFM Mamtazur Rahman. The twins passed their exams under Santahar Harve Girls’ High School and…