Month: September 2014

PM decides to drop Latif Siddique from cabinet Expulsion from AL likely, party sources say Abdul Latif Siddique, telecommunications and information technology minister, addresses a discussion at Jackson Heights in New York on Sunday. Photo: TV grab The prime minister has decided to drop Abdul Latif Siddique from the cabinet over his comments in New York on her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, hajj and Tablighi Jamaat, sources said. Aggrieved by the posts, telecommunications and information technology minister's comments made during a discussion at Jackson Heights Sunday, the PM took the decision in London today, a senior official at the Prime Minister's Office told The Daily Star seeking anonymity. PM, who will return to Dhaka Friday concluding her official US tour after attending the 69th UN ...

The Bangladesh origin man came to recruit jihadists 6 months ago, say detectives News Desk: Detectives bring Samiun Rahman alias Ibn Hamdan before media at their headquarters after arresting him from Kamalapur in Dhaka. Saimun, a Bangladesh origin British citizen, who fought against Assad government in Syria six months after he came here to recruit jihadists for Syrian militant groups, detectives say. Photo: Palash Khan A Bangladesh origin British citizen, who fought against the Assad government in Syria, has been held at Kamalapur in Dhaka today, six months after he flew in to recruit jihadists for Syrian militant groups, detectives say. Samiun Rahman alias Ibn Hamdan was arrested following information gleaned from some people arrested recently over alleged links with militancy, sai...

  Anne, 86, and her husband Francis, 89, decided that life in a care home was not an option because of their fear they would end up bedridden without the strength to insist on euthanasia. Photo is taken from the Daily Mail Online. An elderly husband and wife have announced their plans to die in the world's first 'couple' euthanasia - despite neither of them being terminally ill, reports the Daily Mail Online. Instead the pair fear loneliness if the other one dies first from natural causes. Identified only by their first names, Francis, 89, and Anne, 86, they have the support of their three adult children who say they would be unable to care for either parent if they became widowed. The children have even gone so far as to find a practitioner willing to carry out the double killi...

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Apple 'Pulls Back' iOS 8 Update Due To Flaws Apple has been forced to withdraw an update for the iOS 8 operating system, after it appeared to cause more problems than it solved.The tech giant had released the new version of its software to fix glitches reported by iPhone and iPad users. But customers who installed the update have reportedly had difficulties making phone calls, and have been unable to use fingerprints to unlock their device. Many of these latest flaws only seem to affect the iPhone 6, with older models less vulnerable to the additional glitches from the software update. An Apple spokeswoman said: "We have received reports of an issue with the iOS 8.0.1 update. We are actively investigating these reports and will provide information as quickly as we can...

Shirshobindu Desk: The High Court today upheld a government decision not to regularise the job of ABM Altaf Hossain as an additional judge at the HC. The government in June regularised services of five additional HC judges leaving out the name of Altaf, who was appointed as an additional judge in June, 2012 along with the others. The government did not mention any reason for the decision. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Muhammad Ullah today came up with the order after rejecting two writ petitions filed in July by Supreme Court Lawyer Idrisur Rahman and Altaf challenging the legality of the government decision. The High Court's additional judges, whose services have been regularised recently, were sworn on June 12 this year. The five judges are Ashish Ranjan Das,...

  Law Minister Anisul Huq News Desk: The government is likely to enact a law in three months to determine the procedure of removal of Supreme Court judges on ground of incapacity and misbehavior, the law minister said today. Opinion will be sought from legal experts before formulating the law, Anisul Huq said while talking to reporters after attending a programme as chief guest at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka. The law minister said that he will not take any hasty decision in this regard since the law will be formulated on the basis of the experts’ opinions. The law minister’s remark came a day after President Abdul Hamid gave his assent to the 16th amendment bill amid widespread criticism. With the president signing the bill passed in parliament last Wed...

News Desk: President Abdul Hamid has given consent to the 16th constitution amendment bill that empowers the parliament to remove Supreme Court judges for misbehaviour and incapacity. The approval came five days after the parliament unanimously passed the amendment bill, according to the Parliament Secretariat. On September 17, the parliament passed the bill rejecting all calls for soliciting public opinion and bringing some changes to the bill. Today, the BNP-led 20-party alliance enforced the hartal protesting the 16th constitutional amendment. The passage was bizarre, though, in that the opposition and the ruling alliance MPs, who themselves had moved the motions for soliciting public view and incorporating some changes, also voted in favour of the bill. Twenty-two lawmakers belong...

New one wheeled postal service is on a roll Discover the new transportation devices being used by everyone from students to postal workers Taylor Herring A Whistl delivery man scoots along on an AirWheel unicycle Innovators across the world are intent on finding better solutions to the problem of personal transport: how can we get around more quickly and efficiently with minimal impact on the surrounding environment? From the odd-looking Segway (first introduced way back in 2001) to the Bough wooden bike, engineers want to help us find the best way of tootling around town. These inventions aren't meant for long journeys but to improve the 'last mile' of a journey between the train and the office or the hotel and the beach. One idea that's gathering momentum centres around the ...