Dr Anupam Sen, Vice-Chancellor, Premier University: We had considered an evil act and force the August 15 incident. A vested quarter carried out the brutal killing mission. But the 2004 murder attempt on Sheikh Hasina implied that the state was behind the August 21 incident. Some people used the state power, to destroy the opposition….
Reported by: Syed Ripon Written by: Eshan Maitra Smart Card distribution posing to be an immense task to be finished by its due time. Election Commission has to deliver to 8.73 crores voters in next 5.5 months, by 31 December. EC is afraid, that is impossible. EC took upon a great task of replacing average…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has instructed lawmen to curb violence arising in the country ahead of the upcoming general elections, reports The Daily Star. Referring the recent spate of incidents and fatalities taking place, the CEC instructed lawmen to avert similar incidents from taking place in the future. …
UNB, Dhaka A court here on Monday placed a Polish national and three officials of a Bangladeshi private bank, arrested in connection with ATM card forgeries, on a six-day remand each. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam passed the order when Sohrab Hossain, a DB sub-inspector and also the investigation officer of the case, produced them…
UNB Police recovered the hanging bodies of a couple at Amgram village in Durgapur upazila on Saturday morning, a day after they reportedly eloped following their extramarital affair. Officer-in-charge of Durgapur Police Station Parimal Kumar Chakrawarty said locals spotted the bodies of Khokon Islam, 23, son of Abdul Mazid of Amgram village and Tina Khatun,…
Desk Report: There is no scope to reform the existing 30 percent quota in civil service for freedom fighters, said Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque. Therefore, freedom fighters, their families and those who believe in the spirit of the Liberation War no need to be worried over the issue, the minister said, reports…
There are many cities in the world that are about two thousand years old. Say, for instance, London, Rome, Paris or Ethan are among the cities. They have not only been carrying tradition for the last 150-200 years, but thousands of years. Are the traffics of these cities less than that we have, or more?…
UNB: Comparing to their non-slum urban and village counterparts, community living in urban slums in Bangladesh get far less access to maternal and child health service. Only 29 percent population of the urban slum community gets access to maternal and child health service as against such access percentage of 56 and 65 for communities living…
UNB: Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda expected the Hisha production to exceed five lakh metric tons (MT) in the last financial year (2017-18). The contribution of Hilsa in country’s total fish production is 12 percent and its contribution to GDP is more than one percent, said the minister while talking to reporters at…