Sayeed Muhammad: In a surprise comment, US President Donald Trump yesterday said Russia should be reinstated to a leading group of industrialized nations before his visit to the G7 summit this weekend. The remark is an extraordinary break from key US allies, and significantly striking given Russia’s meddling in the 2016 polls. A special counsel probe…
Abrar Hussain: After submitting a ‘note of decent’, Election Commission (EC) Commissioner Mahbub Talukder boycotted the RPO amendment draft meeting yesterday, according to Banglanews24. He apparently left the discussion after 30-mins and placed his objection on proposal of using Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Representation of the People Order (RPO). The pending meeting was…
Reuters: One Turkish court has rejected an American Christian pastor’s appeal to be released from house arrest and for his travel ban to be lifted, but an upper court is yet to rule on the appeal, his lawyer told Reuters on Wednesday. Evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson is standing trial in Turkey over terrorism charges. His…
Indepednet, UK Nasa’s pioneering Voyager 2 spacecraft has left the Solar System. The craft – which left Earth in 1970 and has been flying through space ever since – becomes only the second ever man-made object to make it out of our galactic neighbourhood. It follows Voyager 1 in venturing out into interstellar space, according…
DOT Desk: Small and medium scale leather good manufacturers are betting on a change in fortunes on the back of their participation in the ongoing Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), reports The Daily Star. “I am looking for foreign buyers as my products are world-class,” said Rubina Akter Munni, owner of “Design by Rubina”, which…
DOT Desk: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said his party will take part in the upcoming upazila elections under the party banner, reports The Daily Star “We will not take part in the elections as a part of any alliance. Awami League will contest the upazila elections under the party banner with boat…
BSS David Warner has hit out at “derogatory and vulgar” taunts from New Zealand fans during their recent tour while making clear Australia will not be toning down their on-field aggression. Australia sealed a 2-0 series victory over New Zealand to reach the top Test ranking on Wednesday in Christchurch in a match marred by…
UNB On three accounts, Kofi Annan, perhaps one of the most distinguished and illustrious UN Secretary-General, was quite different from rest of the lot. One, he was the first UN Secretary-General ever to come from a lifelong career in the UN bureaucracy. Two, he was also the first UN Secretary-General from sub-Saharan Africa, a courtly…
Desk Report: Total deposits in the country’s Islamic banking industry crossed Tk 2.20 trillion in the past fiscal year (FY18), reports the financial express. The amount reached Tk 2.24 trillion at the end of June, 2018, according to the latest statistics unveiled by Bangladesh Bank. With this, deposits in the full-fledged Islamic banks, Islamic banking…
DOT Desk Police recovered the bodies of a couple and their two minor children from their residence at Debpur village of Chandpur Sadar upazila yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Mainuddin, 35, his wife Fatema Begum, 24, their five-year-old daughter Mithila and one-year-old son Siam, of the village, reports New Age BD. Locals spotted…