Reuters: A car exploded in central Cairo on Monday after colliding with a microbus, injuring 13 people, the Egyptian health ministry said. Reuters reporters heard a loud blast in the area and saw a car on the side of the road completely destroyed, with bits of twisted and punctured metal scattered nearby. There appeared to…
AAMS Arefin Siddique speaks to DOT : During a recent visit at several Chittagong schools, the Anti-Corruption Commission chief has found most of the teachers absent. Though the scenario does not represent the entire country, it is not another separate happening. I think this kind of incident will be found in parts of Bangladesh. When…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Panic spread after crude bombs were exploded at six different places in Jashore town early yesterday, allegedly targeting the residence of a local lawmaker and establishments belonging to Awami League leaders, reported The Daily Star. Although no casualties were reported immediately, the series of blasts triggered panic among the Awami League…
M Humayun Kabir: Some 18,000 deaths from environmental pollution occurred in 2015 in Dhaka, according to a World Bank report. Showing the urgency to immediately fix the city’s environment, the report also said nearly 578,000 life years were lost in the capital in that year alone, reports The Daily Star. The report on Country Environmental…
Desk report: A total of 340 illegal saw mills are going to stop operation immediately in Pabna at a high court order responding to a petition on July 24,reports Daily Observer. Out of 367 Saw mills, 340 sawmills are running without any government permission in Pabna district. While our correspondent asked some owners about the…
Abrar Hussain: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken responsibility for the treatment of noted lyricist, composer and music director Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, said ICT State Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak on Wednesday night. The premier is informed about the sickness of the legendary lyricist, said Palak.She came to know about the matter from a Facebook post by…
BDNews24: The newly-elected MP for the ‘historic’ Sylhet-1 constituency, AK Abdul Momen, visited the residence of his defeated rival for the seat, BNP candidate Khandaker Abdul Muktadir as a goodwill gesture and has vowed to give due importance to Muktadir’s plans for the constituency. Momen went to Muktadir’s residence in Kazi Bazar on Monday around…
Ismail Hussain Emu After 1.5 years later, Police Counter Terrorism Unit is finally submitting the Charge-Sheet of case. The Charge Sheet mentioning that, Tamim, Dr. Rokonuddin & Tanvir Qaderi were funding. Marjan was the IT coordinator. Chapai Mizan & Regan supplied the firearms.Masterminds were Bangladeshi descent’s Canadian citizen Tamim Chowdhury, then Qaderi & Marjan. The…
Soumyadipta Banerjee/ Daily O, India For one, Dr B R Ambedkar would want it that way. Secondly, caste-based reservation has not accomplished social justice but in fact, the opposite. I remember the first time I came face to face with the reservation system. It was during my college admissions. I was aiming to study English…