Abrar Hussain: A South Korean court has sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to an additional eight years in prison yesterday after she was found guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election. Park was already sentenced to 24 years in jail by a lower court in April…
DOT Desk Japan will continue to fully support Bangladesh’s development on all fronts so that it can attain the status of a middle-income country by 2021, reports The Daily Sun. Senior Deputy Minister of Japanese Foreign Ministry Kazuyuki Yamazaki said this at the 2nd Bangladesh-Japan Foreign Office Consultation held in Tokyo on Monday. Japan will…
Reuters: Nicaragua’s government committed human rights violations and turned a blind eye while armed mobs rounded up protesters, some of whom were later raped with rifles and tortured in detention, the U.N. human rights office said in a report on Wednesday. It documented human rights violations between April 18 and Aug. 18, including the disproportionate…
Sofian Khan The Election Commission has set a deadline of seven days to remove the campaign posters and banners used by nominees of the upcoming Dhaka city polls. On Yesterday, The Divisional Commissioner for Dhaka has asked to take necessary measures in a letter. The Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral poll will be held in…
Drink water: After waking up 30 minutes before breakfast 1 hour after breakfast 30 minutes before lunch 1 hour after lunch During tree break 30 minutes before dinner Just before going to bed Reduce Coffee, Tea, Soda or artificial sweeteners (Best if avoided) You can take the challenge without any charges to your diet…
Desk Report: Heavy metals like nickel and zinc are usually the last thing that plants want to grow next to in high concentrations. But a specialised group, known as hyperaccumulators, have evolved to take up the normally toxic metals into their stems, leaves and even seeds. Researchers have been studying Pycnandra acuminata in particular –…
Forhad Hossain Bandai Namco Games has announced the starting of the Tales of Zestiria the Xanime on their official website. The premiere will be held on July 3 in Tokyo MX, with airings on July 5 on Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, and BS11. The story goes like: Sorey grew up among some spiritual…
DOT Desk: Police detained two assistant sub-inspectors of police allegedly for trying to snatch smuggled gold from Navaron intersection in Sharsha upazila of Benapole, reports the Financial Express. Sharsha Police arrested ASI Ishak of Kolaroa Police Station and Mamun Reza of Patkelghata Police Station and two alleged gold smugglers – Mamun Reza’s brother Ashik Reza…
Kabir Humayun: A group of parents and guardians yesterday demanded the release of their children, who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers, in Mohakhali and Tejgaon areas of Dhaka on September 5. They urged the law enforcers to produce them before a court if the students are guilty. At a press briefing held at…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : A 22-year-old readymade garment (RMG) factory worker has been killed during a clash between workers and police in Ulail area of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, yesterday. The ill-fated, Sumon, was a worker at the Al Lima Garments factory at Ulail. He died from bullet injuries on the left…