BSS: Though the main target of the brutal coup de tat of August 15, 1975 was the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his eldest son, Sheikh Kamal, was the first to be martyred. According to the deposition of Havildar Quddus, one of the security guards of Bangabandhu’s residence, Major Bazlul Huda and…
AP News: An attorney plans to sue actor Brad Pitt’s foundation over the degradation of homes built in an area of New Orleans that was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. The forthcoming lawsuit against Pitt’s Make It Right foundation will be filed on behalf of some Lower Ninth Ward residents, who attorney Ron…
Bangla News24: A three-day smartphone and tab expo will begin on Thursday (January 10) with the view to bring opportunities to the users in buying latest versions of smartphones and tabs. The event “techshohor.com Smartphone and Tab Expo”, to be organized by Expo Maker will be held at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) in city….
Abrar Hussain: Due to a lack of water, sanitation, nutrition and basic healthcare, an estimated 6.3 million children died before their 15th birthdays in 2017, or one every five seconds, according to report by United Nations agencies yesterday. The vast majority of these deaths – 5.4 million – occur in the first five years of…
Banglanews24 Voters will exercise their franchise in a straw polls today (Dec 27), only in the six constituencies where Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) to be used in the 11th parliamentary elections. The voting will continue from 10am to 4pm. Election Commission (EC) sources confirmed the decision Wednesday (Dec 26). The mock voting has been organized…
Sayeed Muhammad Celebrated filmmaker Amjad Hossain breathed his last at a Bangkok hospital yesterday, at the age of 76. He was declared dead around 3pm Bangladesh time, reporters The Daily Star referring to SA Haque Alik, general secretary of Directors’ Guild of Bangladesh. Amjad was flown off to Bangkok on November 28 and admitted to…
Rubya Tripty: Prime Min- ister Sheikh Hasina at an inaugural session of three-day Envoy’s conference with the Bangladesh envoys who are currently working in 58 countries said that Bangladesh wants to solve the Rohingya crisis maintaining the good relation with Myanmar unharmed. She defined the unequivocal support of international communities that Bangladesh got on the…
Prof Dr Anupam Sen, social scientist, Vice Chancellor of Premier University: The assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is an irreparable loss for the nation. The scars left the killing of Bangabandhu will never heal. We will be able to reach our expected development goals within a very short time if we can follow in…
New Age: The government revenue from incoming international calls will remain stagnant for three more years as the telecom regulatory body moves to keep its share unchanged at 40 per cent under pressure from politically-backed international gateway operators. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission at a recently held meeting decided to get approval of its initiative from…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Former personal lawyer for US President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to a total of three years in prison on Wednesday for his role in making illegal hush-money payments to women to help Trump’s 2016 election campaign and lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Tower project in Russia. US…