Sayeed Muhammad: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will face further graft charges related to the scandal-plagued state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the anti-corruption agency said yesterday. Najib has faced intense scrutiny since unexpectedly losing a general election in May to Mahathir Mohamad, who resumed probe over the allegation of billions of dollars stolen…
Humayun Ayub Muhibbur Rahman Khan (Muhib Khan) is a popular poet, artist, journalist, columnist, TV discussant and presenter. He is adored by everyone irrespective of party and opinion for his liberal Islamic thoughts and progressive political analysis. Many well known Bangladeshi singers have presented songs written and composed by him. He is a regular artist…
Dr. Sadat Hossain, Former Cabinet Secretary : Activities by mobile courts were vibrant in last Ramadan. They carried out drives in different businesses, including eateries, food manufacturers, dispensaries and even chemical godowns. What caught the attention of many was the drives in the mango market when mango harvest was yet to start. After testing some samples,…
DOT Desk: Motorcycle registrations across the country witnessed a significant rise in 2018 compared to that of 2017. A total of 395,603 motorcycles were registered in 2018 while the number was 326,550 in 2017, according to statistics provided by the Bangladesh Road Tran-sport Authority, reports The Financial Express. The data also showed that the number…
UNB: The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will formally transfer 25 per cent of its shares to its Chinese strategic partner on Tuesday next on receipt of the stipulated amount of fund. On the same day, the DSE and the Chinese consortium comprising Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange will hold a joint press briefing…
Variety: The possibility of video gaming as an Olympic sport was one of the topics explored in the Esports Forum held Friday in Switzerland. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) brought together 150 representatives from the esports and gaming industries to meet at the Olympic Museum in…
Pranitha Menon, Freelance writer based in Dubai/Gulf News There’s immense beauty in strength and resilience and that’s something not to be missed It had been a warm morning. I stood under the shade of a lone tree that had miraculously escaped the axe at a busy intersection at one of the many popular commercial hubs…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The government has decided to connect Bangladesh with another submarine cable, its third, in order to cope with its burgeoning tech-savvy population’s hunger for data consumption, according to Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar, reports the UNB. Jabbar, now a two-time technocrat minister, said this in his Chief Guest’s…
The Guardian: A bed net designed to kill insecticide-resistant mosquitoes could prevent millions of cases of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have found. A two-year clinical trial in Burkina Faso showed that dousing bed nets with a combination of chemicals resulted in a 12% reduction in clinical malaria cases, compared with conventional bed nets. The…
Desk Report: Shortage of teachers has been hampering the education of children in an orphanage for girls in the district for long, but the authorities concerned have not taken any steps to appoint teachers there, reports Daily Star. The children in Al Na-Hiyan Shishu Paribar, an orphanage for girls run by Shaikh Jayed Bin Sultan…