Banglanews24: A district court on Sunday (August 5) granted three-day remand for three members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh each.The JMB members were produced before the court of Kurigram Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mizanur Rahman, at noon.
The Week: Railways is planning to seal stations just like airports and passengers would have to arrive 15-20 minutes before scheduled departure of trains to complete the process of security checks. The security plan – with high end technology – has already been put in motion at Allahabad, in anticipation of the Kumbh Mela which…
Reuters: A Japanese medical school deliberately cut women’s entrance test scores for several years, a panel of lawyers hired by the school to investigate the issue said on Tuesday, calling it a “very serious” instance of discrimination. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made a priority of creating a society “where women can shine”, but women…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Six Mexican police were shot dead on Monday in the western state of Jalisco, authorities said, in one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces in recent months on the first weekday of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s new administration, reports Reuters. Jalisco state prosecutors said on Twitter that six state…
Monica Hesse (The Washington Post)/Chicago Tribune The first summer of Meghan Markle’s royalty is coming to an end and, as a diligent student of her tabloid coverage, here is what I have learned: She is going to Balmoral for the queen’s summer holiday, and that will be a test. She had her first solo outing…
M Humayun Kabir: The High Court yesterday directed the lower court concerned to dispose internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam’s bail petition by today. A High Court bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Shahidul seeking bail in the case. The bail petition was filed with the court of…
Desk Report: Dhaka returned to normal as a large number of passenger buses started running the city streets after a three-day break due to a violent student protest for road safety, reports Daily Sun. Buses began to ply city streets on Monday though they were few in number. But on Tuesday bus services were as…
Tanvir Ahmed We love travelling, whenever we save some money and holiday – we just fly! One thing we must do, while visiting a city is to visit the museum. Some people might find this really boring during a holiday. For us this is to understand the history, culture and learn something. In the process,…
Prof. Dr. Delower Hossain The Rohingya crisis has been fallen under motionlessness. The diplomatic development in their rehabilitation is not being fruitful anymore. Instead, Myanmar, shamming the international community, took a 5-member family from ‘no-man Lands’ to Rakhine state, claiming to have started repatriation. They ran campaign through international media, which is a completely false…