A madrasah boy was sodomised allegedly by his teacher in Keraniganj on Friday. Abu Sahadat Mohammad Shahin, sub-inspector of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said Mahmudul Hasan, a teacher of East Charail Jamiul Quran Madrasah, sodomised the nine-year-old student of the madrasah on Wednesday. Victim’s mother filed a case in this connection on Thursday. -UNB
Noor Majid of DOT : In modern combat Tank and armored divisions are considered as the spearhead of any military ground intervention. A classical way of war of movements mastered and successfully executed by German General Heinz Guderian during Second World War. This kind of warfare demands flexible and fast maneuver of troops to attack…
Raj Abrar BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia urged the government to put more effort on diplomacy rather than just condemning the Myanmar government and showing sympathy on the Rohingyas. Khaleda said this after distributing relief to Rohingyas at Moynargona camp in Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar yesterday afternoon. She said, Bangladesh is already a small…
UNB: A two-day international seminar on ‘Global peace and Harmony’ will be held at Islamic University in Kushtia on January 28. The seminar will be continued till January 29, sources at IU Vice-chancellor’s office said on Thursday. IU and Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture will jointly organise the seminar at Birshrestha Hamidur Rahman Auditorium…
Afsan Chowdhury, Advisory Editor/ Dhaka Courier The stupendous electoral victory has put AL under pressure. It had said before the elections that it had been performing well and after the elections has claimed that the people had rewarded them for it. However, now that its political challenges are all but over, the AL is left…
Hossen Sohel: An estimated 383,000 people have died as a result of South Sudan’s civil war, according to a new report that documents the extraordinary scale of devastation after five years of fighting in the world’s youngest country, reports New York Times. The report, published by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and…
The Atlantic Science Desk/ The Atlantic The most extreme, most sobering, and zaniest facts that The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters learned this year 1. Most “Himalayan” pink salt is from the Punjab area of Pakistan, not the actual Himalayas. 2. Hippos poop so much that sometimes all the fish die. 3. In addition…
M Humayun Kabir: The US Embassy in Dhaka yesterday condemned the attacks on the protesting students who took to the streets demanding safe roads and justice for the deaths of their two peers in a road accident at the capital’s Airport Road. The US Embassy made a statement in this regard published in its official…
DOT Desk After his first feature film Udhaao and web series Kali, young director Amit Ashraf announced his new film, Project Ommi, a cyberpunk sci-fi thriller set in the not-too-distant future in the ship graveyards of Bangladesh. This film is the first of its kind in the country, reports The Daily Star. It takes its…
BSS The election to chose leaders of Supreme Court Bar Association for the year 2016-17 will be held on March 23 and 24. “The decision was made at a meeting of executive committee of Supreme Court Bar yesterday. Advocate Harunur Rashid will act as the convener of the sub-committee for the election,” said Nimesh Chandra…