Nayon Sarkar A revenue officer of the customs department accidentally got shot while checking a sidearm of a protocol officer of a European Union representative at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka yesterday. A bullet suddenly hit at the right foot of Robiul Islam when he was performing a security inspection of Sunquest one of the…
UNB/ AFP Two teenage girls have been charged in France with allegedly plotting to assault a Paris concert hall some four months after the nation’s deadliest terror attacks, legal sources said on Saturday. The girls, 15 and 17 years old, exchanged messages on Facebook in which they claimed they wanted to launch an attack similar…
Arab News North Korea has significantly expanded and upgraded long-range missile sites, according to satellite images published by CNN, highlighting the lack of progress in negotiations with the US in the months since Kim Jong-un met Donald Trump. The images showed upgrades at the North’s Yeongjeo-dong and revealed another site that was previously not publicly…
M Humayun Kabir: A special tribunal in Dhaka yesterday accepted the charge sheet against eight militants in a case filed over the attack on Gulshan café in 2016. Some 20 hostages, mostly foreign nationals, were killed in the attack and two police officials were also killed during the 12-hour standoff. Judge Mujibur Rahman of the…
Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan, Faculty Member of Criminology, Dhaka University : Bangladesh has seen a new wave of terrorism in the last few years. The Holey Artisan Attack is an example of this new wave. Terrorists are now using different web platforms to disseminate their messages, recruit new members and collect donations. Our law enforcement agencies…
According to Power Cell, on 13 March 2018 total power production in Bangladesh was 16,046MW andper capita power consumption was 433kWh. Ninety percent of the people are enjoying electricity. Renewable energy share is 446MW including 230MW from hydro. Dependency on natural gas also reduced to a great extent. Undoubtedly, success of energy sector is notable….
Sejuti Mourin Johnny Hallyday, the French answer to Elvis Presley, who kept audiences enthralled for nearly 60 years with his Gallic interpretations of American rock ’n’ roll and his turbulent offstage life, has died. He was 74.His wife, Laeticia, confirmed the death to Agence France-Presse on Wednesday. While the French Elvis was hardly known by…
Myisha Nawar 1.Let’s start with the basics. SLEEP! You probably already know this, but since pretty much none of us are getting enough sleep, I thought it was worth mentioning. 2.Cool Spoons: YES this works. Trust me. Keep two metal spoons in the freezer so that you can easily apply them to your eyelids if…
DOT Desk:Bangladeshi news channel Jamuna Tv has been taken off the air, officials said Sunday as the country votes for a new government amid allegations of a media crackdown. The private Jamuna TV said the action was taken late Saturday. “Cable operators took Jamuna TV off air without giving us any explanation,” Fahim Ahmed, the station’s…
Sayeed Muhammad: The building that housed Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale restaurant in Gulshan, the scene of the infamous 2016 terrorist attack, has been deserted for nearly two years now. The house at Road 79 in Gulshan-2 is usually locked from outside and its owner does not stay there regularly, although it has been renovated…