Tarannum Sattar In a new still picture that has been making rounds in social media shows Richa Chadha, 27, who is playing the character of Sukhpreet Kaur, wife of slain Sarbjit Singh. The film Sarbjit is the biopic of Indian Sarbjit who was killed in Pakistan prison. Aishwarya Rai also stars in the movie and…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says election code was not violated during the nomination filing process across the country, reports The Daily Star and bdnews24.com. “Nomination filing was complete in an orderly fashion. No one violated the polls code,” he said at a programme in Agargaon yesterday. “They were…
A madrasah boy was sodomised allegedly by his teacher in Keraniganj on Friday. Abu Sahadat Mohammad Shahin, sub-inspector of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said Mahmudul Hasan, a teacher of East Charail Jamiul Quran Madrasah, sodomised the nine-year-old student of the madrasah on Wednesday. Victim’s mother filed a case in this connection on Thursday. -UNB
UNB: The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has called all aspiring scientists, technologists and innovators to submit their best sustainable development ideas as part of their newly launched Transformers Roadshow in the city. The deadline for all applications is midnight on August 28. Finalists will be announced on August 31 and will be invited to pitch…
AFP: Cyprus appealed to the EU to offer it more help with illegal migrants, warning it would be unable to cope if the influx of arrivals continues to its shores. The European Union’s easternmost state held an emergency ministerial meeting to address the issue after more than 140 migrants reached the island in the past…
DOT Desk A total of 30 businesses are commercially producing the blocks, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Eco-friendly bricks in the form of concrete blocks are gaining popularity in Bangladesh as a means to mitigate the environmental damage caused by conventional brick manufacturing. House Building Research Institute (HBRI), a component of the Ministry of Housing and…
NSU Finance Club has launched the second installment of their critically acclaimed national financial modeling competition, IDLC presents Blueprints 2.0 in associations with Dhaka Bank Ltd. The competition is the first and only one of its kind, bringing new flavor to the competition scene dominated by marketing competitions. Finance majors are limited to their books…
Raj Ahmed of DOT The main candidates for the Sylhet-1 seat are reportedly contesting the election for the first time, but are also using leverage from their family members to win. AKA Momen, the Awami League candidate for the seat, is the brother of Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, reports BDNews. Muhith is the…
UNB Canada’s most populous province is offering free university and college for low-income students. The pledge in the Ontario government’s 2016-17 budget is to introduce a student grant that would entirely pay for college or university tuition for students from families with incomes of $50,000 or less. The Canadian Federation of Students applauded the…
DOT Desk: Jatiya Kabita Parishad will hold its annual National Poetry Festival at Dhaka University’s Central Library on February 1 and 2.The two-day festival will feature poetry recitation, musical soiree, seminars and discussions, reports The Daily Observer. The first National Poetry Festival was held in 1987. We organised the event to protest against the then…