Afrida Ahmed: A Dhaka court yesterday asked Police Bureau of Inverstiga-tion (PBI) to submit a report on investigation by August 20 in a case that was filed over the death of film actor Salman Shah, reports Daily Star. After PBI Inspector Sirajul Islam who is also an investigation officer of the case failed to submit any…
DOT Desk: Birdwatchers and avian enthusiasts thronged the annual daylong Bird Fair at Jahangirnagar University on Friday amid fanfare and festivity, reports The Daily Observer. JU Zoology Department in collaboration with Wild Life Rescue Center, Bangladesh Bird Club and Aronnok Foundation organised the fair with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds in…
Kabir Humayun: A parliamentary committee yesterday placed its report before the parliament on the much-talked about proposed Road Transport Act, 2018. Ekabbor Hossain, chief of the parliamentary body, placed the report before the Jatiya Sangsad without any major changes in the bill, reports The Daily Star. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Road, Transport and Bridges…
UNB: A retired airman of Bangladesh Air Force was beaten to death allegedly by the members of his brother-in-law’s family at Jugipasha village in Fultola upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Gazi Shafiqul Islam, 54, son of Abdul Barek, resident of Uttardighi village in the upazila. Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Fultola Police…
Reuters: Danish inventor Peter Madsen appeared in court on Wednesday to appeal against a life sentence handed to him for murdering and dismembering a Swedish journalist on board his home-made submarine. Madsen was found guilty in April of murdering and mutilating 30-year-old Kim Wall on the craft in Copenhagen harbor in 2017. His lawyers said…
Mobinur Rahman Humayun Ahmed Memorial Museum has been created at his house of Nuhash Polli in Gazipur. It will be opening soon, after some finishing works, announced his wife Meher Afroz Shaon during a film-discussion at the Dhaka Lit Fest, at Bangla Academy, on yesterday. All artists commemorated & shared their fond memories with Humayun…
Reuters: NASA on Friday named nine astronauts for the first manned space launches from U.S. soil since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s announcement signals a milestone in the U.S. space program, with its shift to the private sector for ferrying cargo and astronauts to the International Space…
Abrar Hussain: Justice Ranjan Gogoi has been appointed the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), according to a statement by the country’s Ministry of Law on Thursday. He is to assume office on October 3 after the retirement of Justice Dipak Misra. Justice Gogoi will have a little over one year before he demits office…
UNB: The Australian High Commission here joined a special programme called ‘Music Buzz,’ organised by the US Embassy recently with talented Australian diplomats Amy Sheridan, James Dillon, Jane Hardy and Swedish Embassy’s Magdalena Skarp performing at the American Centre, Dhaka. The diplomats movingly paid tribute to the anniversary of the ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ held in…
Tarannum S. Angelina Jolie was media mobbed while visiting a refugee camp in Greece. Other than an A listed actor, she is an UNHCR goodwill ambassador. She visited and stayed in the port for about 30 minutes and termed the living situation of the refugees as “deteriorating humanitarian situation”. She spoke to several UN peacekeepers….