Susan Del Percio,New York–based Republican strategist/OZY.com It’s almost as if the ballots read: “We’re just not that into you, Donald Trump.” As we look at Tuesday’s special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District, and the primaries in Kansas and Michigan, two things become clear: Women are voting, and women are winning. Republicans have held the…
UNB, Comilla A court here on Monday ordered that the body of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu be exhumed for fresh autopsy. The court order follows ‘discrepancies’ in the investigating agencies’ primary findings and what has been gleaned from her original autopsy. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Begum Joynab Begum passed the order following…
Hossen Sohel: Former Pakistan ba-tsman Nasir Jamshed has been banned for 10 years by an anti-corruption for his part in the spot-fixing scandal that overtook the Pakistan Super League in 2017. Jamshed, who played 48 ODIs and two Tests, was suspended from all forms of cricket in February 2017 for violating the PCB’s anti-corruption code…
Arafat Hasan: The world’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute, named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is set to be inaugurated late next month here, said Chief Coordinator of the Institute Dr Samanta Lal Sen yesterday. The institute will help treat more burn patients and make more plastic surgeons to meet the country’s requirements, he…
M Humayun Kabir: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said the international conspirators who were behind the massacre of August 15, 1975 are still active. He was speaking as the chief guest at a discussion session on National Mourning Day organised by the district Awami League’s south chapter. He also said foreigners have questioned the…
Prof Dr. Syed Anwar Husain, Historian : mIn an interview, Dr. Syed Anwar Husain said the party is busier dealing with cases than doing politics. The grassroots BNP leaders and activists first commented on the party making a mistake by boycotting the January 5 general election in 2014. So, it is not possible for them…
UNB A septuagenarian man was killed in an attack allegedly by a young man over a trifling matter at Baruikhali village in Morelganj upazila on Friday night. Tarek Biswas, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station, said Jabed Ali Mallik, 70, of the village, had an altercation with Razib Khalifa, 18, brother-in-law of Jabed’s son over a…
Desk report: The High Court yesterday denied bail to Hallmark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a corruption case filed against her for allegedly misappropriating Tk 85.87 crore from Janata Bank. The court, however, directed the jail authorities 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) to immediately take necessary steps for proper treatment of Jasmine…
AFP Their governments might not be ready for talks, but that did not stop Pakistan’s Mohammad Basheer opening his heart, and his wallet, to ensure India’s most recognised cricket fan Sudhir Kumar could be at the Asia Cup. The 37-year-old Kumar, from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, has travelled all over the world supporting India but was resigned…
BBC: Facebook says it has removed 32 accounts and pages believed to have been set up to influence the mid-term US elections in November. It said it was in the “very early” stages of the investigation and did not yet know who was behind the pages. It said the creators had gone to greater lengths to…