Sudhirendar Sharma While repeating itself, history does leave foot-marks of discerning patterns often ignored by the forces that coerce, invade, or conquer other societies.
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RU VC, pro-VC sued for class vi employee recruitment
Dhaka – A case was filed with a Rajshahi court on Thursday accusing the vice chancellor, pro-vice chancellor, registrar and recruitment committee of 4th grade employees of Rajshahi University of being involved in recruitment irregularities over three staff posts.
Syrian troops capture additional areas of rebel-held Aleppo
Seattle (AP/UNB) — A man with a terminal lung disease has completed the Seattle Marathon while towing his oxygen tank.
Muslim purge in Myanmar is so awful it’s seen from space
By Patrick Winn If Myanmar’s notorious army is to be believed — that’s a very big if — its soldiers are facing a highly deranged adversary. Along Myanmar’s marshy coastline, villages keep going up in flames. All of them belong…
Ohio State shooting sends 7 to hospital
Ohio — A shooting at Ohio State University sent seven people to the hospital Monday morning, the Columbus Fire Department said shortly after the school sent a series of tweets telling students to shelter in place and to “Run Hide…
Section 144: meetings, rallies prohibited in Phulbaria
Mymensingh – The upazila administration on Monday imposed section 144 in the municipal area following the death of two people, including a teacher of Phulbaria Degree College, allegedly after police came down hard on a demonstrations for nationalisation of the…
Islami Bank opens 312th branch at Lohagara
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited opened its 312th Branch at Lohagara of Narail on 27 November, Sunday. Helal Ahmed Chowdhury, Chairman, Audit Committee of the Bank inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director and…
‘Muslims should be middle-roaders, vocal against extremism’
Shah Abdul Hannan, former secretary to the govt of Bangladesh says Islamists should be middle roaders and create public opinion against terrorism, extremism and sectarianism.
SC nods suspension of graft case against BNP’s Annie
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that had suspended the proceedings of a graft case against BNP leader Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Annie for amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.
Kamal Naser Chowdhury made principal secy to PM
Dhaka – Public Administration Senior Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury has been appointed as the principal secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office.
8 candidates found valid for Narayanganj mayoral election
Dhaka – The nomination papers of eight mayoral candidates out of nine were declared valid on Sunday for the upcoming second Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) on the eastern fringe of Bangladesh capital Dhaka election.
Trump for deducting illegal votes as Hillary joins recount
US President-elect Donald Trump has asserted he won the popular vote on 8 November “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally”. The Republican, who won the all-important electoral college count, offered no evidence to back his claim.…
SC grants bail to Mahmudur Rahman Manna
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Monday upheld High Court orders that granted bails to Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in two cases.
Expert for Bangladesh’s water connectivity with India, China
Dhaka – Bangladesh should motivate the upper reparian countries like India and China to sign a water connectivity agreement, aiming to ensure the fair share of water of its trans-boundary rivers, says a water expert. “If we give a navigation…
Bangladesh PM reaches Budapest after emergency landing midway
Dhaka – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane carrying PM Sheikh Hasina to Hungary has reached Budapest hours after making an emergency landing in Turkmenistan. The aircraft touched down at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport at 6:05pm local time (11:05pm BdST)…
Addict mother ‘sells newborn’ for Tk 5,000 to buy drug
Dhaka – A drug-addicted mother has allegedly sold her 33-day-old daughter for Tk 5,000 at Alamnagar Churipatti slum in Bangladesh’s noathern city of Rangpur to collect drugs.
Thousands demand scrap of Bangladesh coal-fired plant
Dhaka – Thousands of protesters gathered in the Bangladesh capital Saturday, demanding the government scrap a massive coal-fired power plant they say will destroy the world’s largest mangrove forest.
BAU, China Corpn sign deal on hybrid rice tech cooperation
Dhaka – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh signed an agreement with Chinese corporation Chongqing Zhong Yi Seed Co. Ltd under the umbrella of Hybrid Rice Technology Cooperation Project between Bangladesh and China at the agriculture faculty dean office on Sunday.…
1st year team emerges champion in RU law cricket contest
Rajshahi – The Ist year team emerged champion in the Shahin-Babul Memorial Cricket tournament, an annual sports competition of law department of the Rajshahi University (RU) beating 2 nd year by 29 runs on Sunday.
BD Buddhist Federation condemns Rohingya persecution
Dhaka – Condemning the ongoing persecution on the Rohingya people in Myanmar, leaders of Bangladesh Buddhist Federation yesterday came down heavily on the ongoing repression on them.
Fakhrul terms Awami League old, tested autocratic party
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday termed the ruling Awami League as an old and tested autocratic party. “Awami League is there wherever there is killing, terrorism and manipulation of tender. So, there is no scope…
Suspected ‘JMB man’ killed in Bagerhat ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected member of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives at Rakhalgachhi in Sadar upazila of Bagerhat early Sunday. Identity of the deceased could not be confirmed yet.
PM flies off to Budapest to attend Water Summit
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for Budapest on Sunday morning on a four-day visit at the invitation of Hungarian President Dr Janos Ader to attend the Budapest Water Summit 2016. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Iraq’s parliament adopts law legalizing Shiite militias
Baghdad (AP/UNB) — Rekindling sectarian rivalries at a sensitive time, Iraq’s parliament on Saturday voted to fully legalize state-sanctioned Shiite militias long accused of abuses against minority Sunnis, adopting a legislation that promoted them to a government force empowered to…
2 workers killed in Rangpur road accident
Dhaka – Two workers were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks at Boirigonj in Mithapakur upazila of Rangpur early Saturday.
7 dead, 1 missing as waves hit New Zealand fishing boat
Wellington (AP/UNB)— Seven people were killed and another person was missing after a chartered fishing boat disappeared from view in large waves at the entrance to a harbor near Auckland, New Zealand authorities said. The boat Francie was carrying 11…
Younger Cubans grieve Castro, 9-day mourning begins Monday
Havana — Cuba will observe nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro, including a three-day journey by his ashes along the route taken by the rebel army he led on a victorious march across the island in 1959. The plans…
3 California mosques receive letters threatening Muslims
Los Angeles (AP/UNB) – A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and threatened Muslim genocide. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said the…
Hacked Sylhet college gril Khadija may leave hospital Sunday
Dhaka – Victim of stabbing for refuging to have rerlationship with BCL leader Badrul Alam, Sylhet college girl Khadiza Begum Nargis is expected to be released from Square Hospital in the capital city Sunday.
Why journalistic ‘balance’ is failing the public
Bruce Mutsvairo, The Conversation Renowned reporter Christiane Amanpour recently told a conference of the Committee to Protect Journalists that they should aim for truth over neutrality. Watching the recent US presidential campaign unfold, she said she was “shocked by the…