Hossen Sohel: The bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been extended for a day in Zia Charitable Trust Graft case as the court is scheduled to hear arguments from defence today, reports The Daily Star. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 passed the order after Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaullah Miah submitted a petition…
ScienceDaily: Scientists have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago. The strange creature called Dickinsonia, which grew up to 1.4 metres in length and was oval shaped with rib-like segments running along its body, was part…
Desk Report: Chattogram University Assistant Prof Maidul Islam has been sent to jail on completion of his bail term in an ICT Act case over his Facebook post on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports The Daily Star. Local District and Sessions Judge Md Ismail Hosen denied further bail to him today after hearing, our staff…
Tariq Khosa, Former IG Police and author of The Faltering State/Dawn, Pakistan IN September, 231 years ago, an infant nation was floundering. The American Articles of Confederation had established a “league of friendship” among the states, but the former colonies appeared in disarray. Therefore, a constitutional reboot was undertaken by the founding fathers of America….
ScienceDaily: By studying the genome of a kind of octopus not known for its friendliness toward its peers, then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular mood-altering drug called MDMA or ‘ecstasy,’ scientists say they have found preliminary evidence of an evolutionary link between the social behaviors of the sea creature and humans, species separated…
Utpal Dutta, Editorial Assistant, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section : Every society in the past has seen to shape, practice of extrajudicial punishment including murder called ‘lynching’. Lynching is an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging that has had its long-held evidence almost in all society or state around the…
Reuters: Pope Francis said on Sunday that society should be vigilant for “any whiff” of resurgent anti-Semitism, calling for new generations to be taught the horrors of the Holocaust. He made his appeal in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second city, on the 75th anniversary of the wartime liquidation of the ghetto in the capital Vilnius. Two years…
AAMS Arefin Siddique, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka : Digital law is needed because digital crime is prevailing through the misuse of technology, hence the need for control. However, it must be made sure that this does not create obstacles for journalists. Our constitution clearly states the freedom of the media. It has to…
Arab News: A tornado sparked chaos near the Canadian capital Ottawa on Friday, injuring dozens as homes were damaged, cars flipped over, and over 130,000 people left without power, local media said. Meteorologists reported gusts whipped up to around 120 miles per hour (190 kilometers per hour), with the city of Gatineau, about five miles…
Sayeed Muhammad: In yet another achievement as a private power company , Singapore-based electricity giant Summit Power Limited has bagged the “Fast-Track Power Plant of the Year” award in recognition of its contribution to the country’s power sector. At the annual event of Asian Power Awards, also known as the “Oscar of the Power Industry”,…