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Marjan was a Shibir ‘shathi’
Nurul Islam Marjan, mastermind of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack, was a student of the Arabic Department of Chittagong University (CU) (2012-13) and an associate (shathi) of the Islami Chhatra Shibir's (ICS's) CU unit. Marjan used to stay at the Al-Hera cottage, adjacent to the university's…
HC scraps its earlier order on Ashiyan City housing project
Revising its earlier decision, the High Court (HC) yesterday declared as legal the Ashiyan City housing project spread over 43 acres of low-lying land in the city’s Dakkin Khan area. In a verdict, the High Court (HC) bench of Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq, Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and…
Combating drug menace
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (East Zone) recovered 7,40,000 contraband yaba pills worth about Tk 32 crore in a drive from Kumira ghat area of the Bay of Bengal of Chittagong early Monday. Chittagong Metropolitan Police, in separate raids the same day, arrested seven alleged women drug peddlers…
Militancy and the economy
Bangladesh is a role model for the developing economies. Though the country is second largest manufacturer and exporter of apparels and service sector is faring very well, still more than 50 percent of the country population is still engaged in farming and agricultural related activities. The economy…
End trial in 3 months: HC
The High Court yesterday ordered the Special Tribunal-1 of Khagrachhari to finish the trial proceedings of a case filed against three alleged Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leaders, held in the district, in next three months. The case was filed in 2009 against three JMB leaders---- Abdur…
ECNEC okays Akhaura-Agartala dual gauge rail link project
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday finally endorsed the Akhaura-Agartala Dual Gauge Rail Link Construction (Bangladesh portion) Project at a cost of Tk 477.81 crore, to set up a rail link between Bangladesh and India through Akhaura. The project is expected to…
Russia announces first Syria
strikes from Iran base
Russian warplanes yesterday flew a bombing run from an Iranian airstrip against jihadist groups in war-torn Syria, the defence ministry said—the first time Moscow has reported using an Iranian air base, reports AFP. The raids mark the first time that Russia has publicly stated that it has used…
Dissolving unreal boundaries between past, present and future
A solo art exhibition titled ‘Mythical Mind’ by artist AR Rumy has begun yesterday at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka in the capital’s Dhanmondi area. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Agrani Bank Limited chairman Dr Zaid Bakht, leadership consultant and researcher…
ECB security delegation due today
A three-member delegation from England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) led by its security advisor Reg Dickason is expected to arrive in Bangladesh today for a three-day pre-tour visit to check out all the tour arrangements. PCA chief executive David Leatherdale and ECB’s director of cricket operations…
Tagore’s Kuthibari getting an
eye-catching complex
Kushtia: A complex of a very magnificent design is going to be built at Shilaidaha Kuthibari, the country house of Rabindranath Tagore, which inextricably holds the memory of the Nobel Laureate Poet, reports UNB. One of the recreational sites in the itinerary of Tagore enthusiasts, situated in Kumarkhali…
BB not to sue NY Fed, SWIFT
The central bank has no plans to file any case against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the SWIFT international money transfer network over the cyber heist of $81 million from a Bangladesh Bank account. Instead, the bank intends to seek their help to recover the $81 million stolen through cyber…
Friday talking points — GOP anti-Trump rants
This column has always loved a good rant. Most of the time, we provide our own rant at the end of the column, on a subject too big to be contained in talking points. This week, we provide a number of rants from Republicans about their very own party’s presidential nominee. Yes, it’s only…
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