Man gets jail for assaulting girl in Natore

    UNB A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced a sales representative of a pharmaceutical company to one year’s imprisonment for assaulting a girl in Banghjal area of the town. The convict is Golam Kabir, a sales representative of Incepta Pharmaceuticals in Natore. Quoting locals, police said locals caught Kabir as he assaulted the class IX…

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      Bangabandhu-1 satellite to be launched in April

      Abrar Hussain The Bangabandhu-1 satellite is confirmed to be launched in April this year. The launch was supposed to take place on the last week of March, however, the launching agency did not confirm a date so it was pushed back to April. Project director engineer Md Mesbahuzzaman said the satellite will be launched from Florida,…

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        3 Lacs US Dollars for the Welfare of Garments Workers

        Reported by: Nashrat Arshiyana Chowdhury Written by: Eshan Maitra   Trying to get 3 Lacs US Dollars funding for the welfare of the garments workers from the United States Congress, announces US Congressman and US-Bangladesh Congressional Committee Co-Chairperson Grace Meng. At a seminar event discussing the leading issues about Trump’s extremist mentality towards the immigrants….

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          EC not allowing army to work independently: BNP

          Hossen Sohel of DOT BNP yesterday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is not allowing army personnel in discharging their duties to improve the law and order situation, reports The Daily Star. “The Election Commission is not allowing the army personnel to work independently,” BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed said while addressing a press…

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            Void left by Bangabandhu has to be filled by us

            Haider Akbar Khan Rono, Presidium Member, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB): We all have to fill the void left by Bangabandhu as a great personality like him may not come. The assassination of Bangabandhu on August 15, 1975 is a painful incident. It was not merely a political killing and it was not only a…

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              Ahed Tamimi and Israel’s shelf life

              Fawaz Turki, Journalist, lecturer and author based in Washington/Gulf News The zionist regime’s future is no more assured than was the future of segregation in America Is there a doubt in anyone’s mind about the core belief in the social sciences that one individual, or a small group of like-minded individuals motivated by teleological forces…

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