Sabah Mannan On Wednesday, the High Court issued five separate rules asking the government to explain in two weeks why three owners of Apan Jewellers — Dilzar Ahmed, Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed will not be granted bail in money laundering cases filed by the customs intelligence.After hearing on separate petitions, the High Court bench…
NDTV A man in Netherlands is living every bargain hunter’s dream after buying a painting for 75 euros and selling it for over 30,000 euros. RTL News reports that Henk Laarmans bought a painting at a thrift store for 75 euros (approximately Rs. 6,000) and took it to an expert at Tussen Kunst and Kitsch….
Desk Report: For quite some time, popular actress of Dhallywood Purnima was absent from big screen. There has been much controversy about her comeback. She was supposed to come back with Jaaz Multimedia’s much anticipated film ‘Dohon’; however, she left the project due to ‘bad press’. After that it didn’t take much time for this…
Tech Explorist Sulfur is the 10th most abundant element in the universe. Today, it’s most common use is in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, which in turn goes into fertilizers, batteries, and cleaners. It’s also used to refine oil and in processing ores. Much qualitative structure-property correlations between diradical character and emerging molecular properties of…
Abu Ahmed, Professor of Economics, Dhaka University: The rawhide traders of the country are cashing in on the easy bank loans. The traders failing to pay back bank loans should not be given any loan further. The traders have taken it for granted that it is not necessary to repay loans taken from the state-owned…
Syed Ishtiaque Reza, Editor-in-Chief of GTV & sarabangla.net : The ongoing drive against drug smugglers, trader and users seemingly turned into a bloodbath. The crackdown on narcotics in parts of the country left 28 alleged drug peddlers dead in just six days. Expressing her government’s firm stance against drugs, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it…
Hindustan Times: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an interim relief of Rs 500 crore for Kerala after holding a high-level meeting with state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other officials on Saturday. After the meeting, the Prime Minister conducted an aerial survey of the flooded area. Earlier he had to call off the survey as…
Desk Report One of Bangladesh’s most wanted, Mintu Sheikh has been arrested by Indian police. He was arrested on the charges of using illegal arms from Dewa Sharif, Barabanki – a district of the state Uttar Pradesh in India. He was later taken to Kolkata. Kolkata police has been trying to get in touch with…
Spatial Competition: Why do grocery stores, repair shops, and restaurants always seem to exist in groups instead of being spread evenly throughout a community? While there are several factors that might go into deciding where to place your business, clusters of similar companies can be explained by a very simple story called Hotelling’s Model of…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : Security can be examined at different levels and dimensions like individual, societal, national, international and global. When the entire gamut of different dimension of security is considered, we may call it comprehensive security. One may think one dimension is different from other; it…