Ummul Wara Sweety Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) will be organized by the Bangladesh Navy this year, at the Bay of Bengal, 26 November. It will bring together, 32 IONC member countries of the Indian Ocean, and 5 others will take part in this grand event for showcasing their Military Exercise. Australian Navy transferred the…
AFP: Philippine authorities on Wednesday were hunting two men believed to have planted a bomb that killed two people, including a young girl, at a street festival in the nation’s south. The blast late on Tuesday in the town of Isulan, which wounded 35 others, is the second bombing in less than in a month…
Kabir Humayun: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed Khorshedul Hasan, a former managing director of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL), over the ‘disappearance of coal’ from the coalmine. ACC Deputy Director Shamsul Alam grilled the former MD yesterday morning in Dhaka, ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told The Daily Star. Following the disappearance…
Science Alert: What makes a species monogamous? New research has uncovered evidence of a universal genetic code that underlies monogamy in vertebrates. For hundreds of millions of years, animals have been ‘doing it’. But not all of these wild hook-ups represented the same thing – even to animals that look incredibly similar. Some species, like…
Arun Devnath, The Hindu In its battle against the abuse of its network, Facebook shut down nine pages that imitated leading news outlets and six fake personal accounts in Bangladesh. It came on December 20, just 10 days before the nationwide election. Hours later, Twitter announced its decision to take down 15 accounts for “engaging…
DOT Desk: An alleged drug dealer was killed in a gunfight with the members of police in Monagram village in Cumilla Sadar upazila, reports The Daily Observer. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 25, son of Jahangir Alam, a resident of Jormeher village of the upazila. Saiful was accused in five smuggling cases, said…
Desk Report: Bangladesh national team batting consultant Neil McKenzie on Monday said that he was very much impressed with the talents in the team and wanted to add more value to this country’s cricket. The 42-year old former South African batsman, who was appointed as the batting consultant of Bangladesh cricket team for the limited-over…
Arafat Hasan: Rab arrested Faria Mahjabin, 28, owner of Nerdy Bean Coffee Haus in Dhanmondi, under the controversial section 57 of the ICT Act for “spreading rumors and sharing provocative posts” on social media. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed that Mahjabin, who was arrested in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh on Thursday, circulated a prerecorded audio file to…
Abrar Hussain: Dhaka University authorities are scheduled to hold a discussion with all student organizations active on the campus today regarding the long-awaited election to the Dhaka University Central Student Union, reports the New Age. On September 12, Proctor AKM Golam Rabbani sent a letter to the presidents and general secretaries of all the student…
Sejuti Mourin The 1990s famous comedy series ‘Mr. Bean’, British actor Rowan Atkinson is going to be the father for the third time at the age of 62. British Tabloid The Mirror reported that Atkinson and his lover Luis Ford is going to give birth for the third time in a few weeks. Atkinson, is…