BDnews24: Students of BRAC University have boycotted classes and exams, demanding unconditional release of their fellows arrested during the campaign for safer roads. Final examinations of all semesters in the university and classes were expected to begin at 10am on Wednesday. “Our brothers were remanded and demands of our younger brothers and sisters were not…
Daily Star Bangladesh have won the second T20I by 36 runs to level the T20 series against the West Indies after captain Shakib Al Hasan followed up his exploits with the bat to bag five wickets with the ball. Earlier Bangladesh posted their second-highest T20 score as Liton Das played a blindind 34-ball 60-run…
Hindustan Times Pakistan has turned down the demand from the Indian side for a land swap between the two countries to make Kartarpur a part of India. “Absolutely not”, Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said in Islamabad on Thursday, responding to a media query if Pakistan would consider handing over the Kartarpur land to…
Anadolu Agency: Daesh militants in Afghanistan are still posing a potential threat to carry out attacks in the U.K. and Western Europe as they are in communication with cells there, British government warned Monday. British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson told British media that the U.K. must act to prevent such an attack. “What we see…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin •It has been seen that cats are able to make about 100 different sounds, while the more intelligent dogs can make only 10. •In the era of Middle Ages, cats were associated with witchcraft. On the events of Saint John’s Day, people in Europe would collect them in backpacks and toss them…
Syed Ishtiaque Reza, Editor-in-Chief of GTV & sarabangla.net : The national budget of Tk 4 lakh and 64 thousand crore for FY 2018-19 can be reviewed for its political finesse. Of the amount, 63.7% is projected to come as tax revenue (NBR), 7.2% as non-tax revenue, 15.3% as domestic loans and 1.8% as foreign loans….
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh Bank (BB) has opened suppliers’ credit with repayment facility upto 360 day for local pharmaceuticals product manufacturers and exporters. A circular to this effect has been served on Thursday by the central bank’s Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FEPD) on All Authorized Dealers of Foreign Exchange in Bangladesh asking for necessary…
AFP: They scale barbed-wire topped fences and cross the sea in inflatable boats or jet skis — more than 36,000 migrants entered Spain this year seeking a better life in Europe. Almost all of them relied on smugglers to make the crossing. Ousman Umar, who made a five-year journey from Ghana to Spain, said it…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has initiated a move to adopt latest version of IP (internet protocol) addressing system that would allow the regulatory body along with other government agencies to monitor internet users more accurately, said BTRC officials, reports The New Age. Scarcity of IP addresses under the existing version of IP addressing…
Time: An art exhibit in Israel featuring a crucified Ronald McDonald has sparked protests by the country’s Arab Christian minority. Hundreds of Christians calling for the removal of the sculpture, entitled “McJesus,” demonstrated at the museum in the northern city of Haifa last week. Israeli police say rioters hurled a firebomb at the museum and…