Abrar Hussain: Iran yesterday criticized the United States over the reinstatement of economic sanctions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the measures, which came into effect overnight, as “psychological warfare” which aimed to “sow division among Iranians”. The sanctions aim to cripple various sectors, with additional measures planned against Iran’s oil trade. The European Union, however,…
DOT Desk: National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has achieved a five-star safety rating by an international aviation safety rating agency, reports The Daily Star. Biman achieved five stars out of seven in terms of air safety from Australia-based company airlineratings.com. The national flag carrier got three stars for achieving International Operational Safety Audit (IOSA),…
Reuters A Mexican governor and her senator husband were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash near the city of Puebla in central Mexico, the government said, just days after she had taken office following a bitterly contested election. Martha Erika Alonso, a senior opposition figure and governor of the state of Puebla, died with…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Ministries, DCs & circuit houses etc has the power to buy lacs taka worth governmental goods. But for trivial repairing issues they have to rely on Public Works Department (PWD). Several ministries & DCs are demanding for individual engineering departments to sort out these administrative complexities. This was brought up at…
UNB A young man was beaten to death by an angry mob over theft charges at Dherera village of Chandina upazila early Friday. Rasul Ahmed Nizami, officer-in-charge of Chandina Police Station, said on information, police recovered the body of Shah Alam, 25, son of Shahid Ullah of the village.
Abrar Hussain: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her request for deportation of Noor Chowdhury, one of Bangabandhu’s convicted killers, during a meeting on Sunday at Quebec with her Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau. The Premier’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim stated she called for Trudeau’s personal initiative for immediate extradition of the self-confessed killer, one of the…
Mohammad Omor Faruk/ Feni Representative District Detective Police has arrested two traffickers including a shipment of 45000 pieces of yaba in Feni. On Saturday at around 12:30 in the noon, two members of the trafficking syndicate were arrested with a large number of yaba from Fatehpur area of feni on Dhaka-Chittagong highway. It has been…
Undoubtedly the month of Ramadan is the most blessed month of the year. This month was bestowed upon us Muslims so that we can train ourselves discipline for a month, which we are supposed to follow for the rest of the year. Saying that let us concentrate how we can use the principles of Ramadan…
Kabir Humayun: The government has set up a makeshift court in the Old Dhaka central jail in order to hold a camera trial to punish BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia “illegally”, said Advocate Zainul Abedin, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). He also said that the court has been set up in the old…
Hossen Sohel: South Korea yesterday said it would dispatch special envoys to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries’ leaders expected to take place later in the month, reports Reuters. The special envoy will also discuss “establishing peace,” “advancing inter-Korean ties,” and the…