On May 12, Alexander’s apartment shook and his window shattered as his city of Belgorod, in the Russian region bordering Ukraine, came under attack.
“The neighbouring building was badly damaged, and two or three buildings along the roof had collapsed,” said the 31-year-old IT worker to talk about the damage to the apartment, but she did not pick up. The roof of her building had caved in during the assault.
“A lot of lads ran over from neighbouring buildings to sift through the rubble,” he said. “She died. The roof had collapsed, too, and the volunteers thought surely everyone had died, but they managed to save a few people even after that.”
In total, 15 people were killed and 16 were rescued from the rubble.
Belgorod, the capital of the eponymous region, occ...
The government of Bangladesh is set to ban Jamaat-e-Islami through an executive order by tomorrow, announced Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Monday.
“The Prime Minister has ordered me to take steps in this regard by tomorrow. When you ban any party, you have to do it through an executive order. I would hold a meeting with the Home Minister in this regard a little later and would take a decision on legal ways to do this,” Minister Huq stated while addressing the press at the ministry.
Minister Huq expressed confidence that the country’s law and order situation will improve once Jamaat and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, are banned.
When questioned about potential complications arising from banning Jamaat and Shibir amidst the ongoing...
State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has warned that using VPNs increases cyber risk.
He made these remarks during a press conference following an exchange meeting on cybersecurity at the ICT Tower in Agargaon, Dhaka, on Tuesday, reports media.
Palak expressed concern about potential major cyberattacks on various public and private institutions, including the banking sector and the garment industry.
He said: “Over 50,000 attacks have been attempted in the last 10 days to damage eight websites. Additionally, the websites of 70 educational institutions in the country were also attacked. We will form a coordinated committee to address this issue. Those who attend the meeting will take action accordingly.”
The state m...
Police on Tuesday blocked a silent sit-in demonstration by parents in front of the main entrance to Dhaka Medical College Hospital to protest against the killing of students and innocent people during the recent quota reform protests.
The protesters, under the banner of Bangladesh Nari Mukti Kendra, were removed when they attempted to hold their demonstration at around 10:45am, reports media.
Seema Dutta, president of the organization, said they had wanted to stand on the road, but the police had not allowed them.
“We demand justice for the killing of our children. Proper treatment must be ensured for the injured. False cases must be withdrawn, and those detained must be released immediately."
However, the police claimed that they had blocked the protest because the a...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the government will implement the decision of the 14-party alliance on banning Jamaat and its student wing Chhatra Shibir while addresses at a joint meeting of presidents and general secretaries of AL Dhaka south and north units and other associate bodies of the party at AL central office at city's Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday.
"The government will implement the decision of 14-party alliance led by Awami League on banning Jamaat-Shibir after evaluating the legal aspects so that they don't get any opportunity to do politics through loophole...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed a healthy revenue collection by 15.40 percent growth in the last fiscal year (FY24) bagging Taka 3,82,562 crore.
Although the revenue collection witnessed growth in the last fiscal, but it still fell behind the revised fiscal revenue collection target of Taka 4.10 lakh crore, according to the latest data of the revenue board. NBR's revenue collection in FY23 was Taka 3,31,502 crore.
Talking to BSS, a senior NBR official preferring anonymity said that the overall revenue collection in the last fiscal year was satisfactory de...
