Sofian Khan: The Sup-reme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict on the two appeals against the High Court (HC) bail order for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The verdict was originally supposed to come yesterday till Attorney General Mahbubey Alam delayed by a day after coming up with some more…
Rasheda K Chowdhury, Distinguished Academic : After countless losses of life as well as injustices, the students could not remain silent any longer. This is an expression of pent-up anger after seeing so much injustice for so long. These protests are the explosions of this anger. The students are not doing politics; in fact, this…
DOT Desk: United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has recently opened its 187th branch – Kashinathpur Branch – at Kashinathpur in Pabna, reports The daily observer. UCB Managing Director Mohammed Shawkat Jamil inaugurated the branch as the chief guest. Other senior officials of the bank, local elite and businessmen were also present on the occasion.
Paul Aleixo, Senior lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University/ Channel NewsAsia There are a number of reasons why we should celebrate Tintin, a character that has contributed immensely, says one observer. For such a perennially young man, always in a hurry to right the world’s wrongs, it may be strange to hear that Tintin…
Raj Abrar: Four alleged drug peddlers have been arrested in Narayanganj on Monday night when they were caught smuggling 2.06 lakh yaba pills from a secret compartment of a covered van and in a spare tire of a truck. The arrestees are: covered van driver Md Manik Mia, 27, helper Md Arif, 22, truck driver…
Sumaiya Sarwat, Research Assistant, BILIA : The concepts of equality and equity are often misunderstood in our country by the common population. Especially in our day to day life, whenever there arises any question as to opportunity the concept of equality is used as a mode of causing injustice. If we draw some simple examples…
IBT: When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) issued a statement announcing that the Oscars is revamping, they would have never thought that it would lead to a severe backlash. The Academy has rolled out a few changes which include introducing a new category called Popular Film Category. Although this is a…
Sofian Khan Headed by the prime minister, the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation (NICAR) confirmed the proposal of upgrading the municipality of Mymensingh to a city corporation. A proposal to extend Mymensingh Municipality’s boundaries was established in 1869. Confirming the news Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said, “Mymensingh will be the 12th city corporation…
NDTV: According to Macrobiotic Nutritionist and Health Coach, Shilpa Arora, “Amla is loaded with vitamin C and skin healing nutrients that build your immune system by strengthening gut microbiome. Amla helps insulin resistance and balances high blood sugar levels. It eliminates toxins from the body and heals cellular metabolism, which makes it great for diabetics….