MEMO: The Egyptian Interior Ministry yesterday announced that 13 people affiliated with the bannedMuslim Brotherhood were arrested for inciting “demonstrations and chaos”. The ministry said in a statement that six members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested inthe governorate of Sohag, while seven others were arrested while riding a bus in Beheiragovernorate. According to the…
Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time : As a media-critic turned journalist, I find it quite difficult to objectively assess the role of the media in the ongoing drive against drugs and the extrajudicial killings associated with it. Following some classic quotes on freedom of expression, our expectations to the media always remain sky-high….
DOT Desk Stocks tumbled this week as growing political tensions led the investors to sell off their stocks ahead of the national election, reports The Financial Express. Thursday was the last trading day of the week which saw the DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), hit one-month low of 5,251 points….
The Guardian, UK: Bobi Wine, the Ugandan pop star turned opposition politician whose beating by soldiers last month prompted mass protests, has said he will return home on Thursday to prove that the “power of the people is greater than the people in power”. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, will fly from…
Desk Report: Mobile Financial Service (MFS) operator bKash has exhibited a steady growth in number of customers and transactions during last five years, reports Financial Express. The BRAC Bank subsidiary also registered steady growth in net profit during the period with the growth of its consumer base and transactions. bKash, established on March 1 in…
Independent, UK: West Hollywood councillors have voted “unanimously” to remove Donald Trump’s star from the city’s Walk of Fame. The marker, which was unveiled in 2007, has been vandalised several times since the US president took office and was almost completely destroyed in July in a pickaxe attack. At a meeting on Monday evening, West…
Sofian Khan: At least 10 including a policeman got injured as angry miners and villagers clashed with the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) officials yesterday morning. According to Habibul Haque Prodhan, officer-in-charge of Parbatipur Police Station, 6 got admitted to Phulbari Upazila Health Complex. Before this, miners and villagers who were affected by land subsidence…
UNB: A faction of pro-Awami League teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) demanded the resignation of Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam claiming that she had taken many ‘illegal decisions’ that are contrary to the interest of the university. Associate Professor Farid Ahmed, also general secretary of ‘Bangabandhur Adarsha O Muktijuddher Chetonay Biswashi Progatishil Shikkhak Samaj’,…
AP, Islamabad A Pakistani police officer says at least 17 Hindus have died after consuming illegally-made alcohol during religious celebrations in southern Pakistan. Niaz Shah said Tuesday that 37 people from the Hindu community in Tando Muhammad Khan district were rushed to hospital on Monday. He says they consumed the hooch during preparations for Holi…