UNB The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate former chairman of Basic Bank Limited Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu in connection with swindling around Tk 2,200 crore from state-run bank. “Our investigation officers are conducting probe into the allegation. If necessary, the Commission will ask him (Bacchu) to face grilling,” ACC director Nur Ahmad said at…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Internet service providers, or ISPs, have announced that 58 websites, including news portals, are to be shut down, but the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has denied it, reports bdnews24.com. International internet gateways and ISPs say they received the instruction on Sunday evening and began taking the sites down. Most of…
Hossen Sohel: A government crackdown in Zimbabwe after Monday’s elections has prompted international calls for restraint. The UN and former colonial power the UK both expressed concern about the violence, in which three people were killed after troops opened fire. Parliamentary results gave victory to the ruling Zanu-PF party in the first vote since the…
The Guardian, UK: Many families in India still mourn the birth of a girl. But when Leena was born, people celebrated. Sagar Gram, her village in central India, is unique that way. Girls outnumber boys. When a woman marries, it is the groom’s family that pays the dowry. Women are Sagar Gram’s breadwinners. When they…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai was honored by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education, reports AP. Harvard’s Kennedy School says Yousafzai was awarded the 2018 Gleitsman Award at a ceremony yesterday. Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was recognized…
Dr. Ridwanul Hoque writes for DOT : Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Myanmar should disband its commission of inquiry into abuses in Rakhine state because it is clearly unwilling to seriously investigate alleged grave crimes against ethnic Rohingya. At a news conference on December 12, 2018, Rosario Manalo, chair of the Independent Commission of…
Science Alert He may (or may not) have brought about the world’s first genetically modified human babies using CRISPR-Cas9, but He Jiankui’s shoes are probably not the most comfortable in the world right now. According to reports from Chinese media, the geneticist’s whereabouts are currently unknown. It’s been reported that he is under house arrest…
By Sheikh Mohammad Fahim The first step towards recovering from issues is realizing that there is one in the first place. Life has taught us in an extraordinary fashion that avoiding some problems is perhaps the best thing you can possibly do when confronted with one. However, unlike the day to day problems that present…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday made party presidium member Moshiur Rahman Ranga its secretary general removing Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the post, reports UNB. Ershad took the decision as per section 20/1/A of the Jatiya Party constitution giving it immediate effect, his deputy press secretary Delwar Jalali told UNB. Ranga,…