The Bangladesh Today (21-01-2018)

NEWS
SuNDAY,
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JANuARY 21, 2018
Annual cultural and literature competition of Chatul High School under Boalmari upazila was held.
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Couple killed in
C’nawabganj road crash
CHAPAINAWABGANJ : A man and his wife were killed in a
road accident at Ranihati on Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid
highway in Shibganj upazila on Saturday noon, reports UNB.
The deceased were identified as Aslam Uddin alias
Enamul, 65, and his wife Miniara Begum, 55-residents of
Islampur area of the district town.
Officer-in-charge of Shibganj Police Station Habibul Islam
Habib said when the couple was going to Rashiknagr village
of the upazila in a motorbike a truck hit their motorbike
around 12:15, leaving the duo dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies and seized the
truck.
'Drug trader' held with
20,000 Yaba tablets in Ctg
CHITTAGONG : Members of Narcotics Control Department
arrested an alleged Yaba trader along with 20,000 Yaba
tablets from Moizyar Tek area under Karnaphuli thana early
Saturday.
The arrestee is Md Ismail, 34, son of Nazir Ahmmed of
Nasorpara area in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district.
Shamim Ahmmed, deputy-director of Narcotics Control
Department(Chittagong metropolitan region), said on secret
information, a team raided a bus of 'Unique Paribahan' and
arrested Ismail along with the Yaba tablets worth Tk 40 lakh,
reports UNB.
GD-101/18 (10 x 3)
How will ‘me too’
alter things?
Oscar campaigns from Kevin Spacey to Dustin Hoffman
have already bit the dust. Before Franco ("The Disaster
Artist") was awkwardly answering tough questions from
Stephen Colbert he was a borderline best actor contender,
slotting in behind Gary Oldman ("Darkest
Hour"), Timothee Chalamet ("Call Me By Your Name"),
Daniel Day-Lewis ("Phantom Thread"), Daniel Kaluuya
("Get Out") and Tom Hanks ("The Post"). Many Oscar
votes had already been cast by the time allegations hit,
but, then again, a lot of academy members wait until the
last minute to send in their ballots. This year, with such
a never-ending stream of revelations, voters would have
been advised to wait until the very last second before one
final Google search.
Particular attention, though, will be on the best director
category, where only four women have ever been
nominated. Among the many statistics that depict the
imbalanced maleness of Hollywood, it's among the most
telling. Gerwig, who was nominated by the Director's
Guild, is poised to be the fifth. But it's a competitive category,
with five seats for the presumed final six: del Toro,
Nolan, McDonagh, Spielberg, Peele and Gerwig.
A wildcard is Ridley Scott, who has won admiration for
his last-minute reshoots on "All the Money in the
World," in order to replace the disgraced Spacey with
Christopher Plummer. Plummer, too, could crash the
best supporting actor category.
Grameen Bank
official killed
in Pabna road
crash
PABNA : An official of
Grameen Bank was killed as
a bus hit his motorcycle on
Pabna-Dhaka highway in
Dakkhhin Raghabpur area
of Sadar upazila on Saturday
morning, reports UNB.
The deceased was
identified as Belal Hossain,
50, son of Dilbar Hossian of
Boalia village in Ullapara
upazila and manager of
Grameen Bank Hemayetpur
branch in Sadar upazila.
The speeding bus bus hit
the motorcycle around 8 am,
leaving the motorcyclist
critically injured, said Golam
Mostafa, sub-inspector of
Sadar Police station.
Injured Belal was rushed
to Pabna General Hospital
where doctors declared him
dead.
Four killed as
India, Pakistan
trade fire on
Kashmir border
Tensions escalated in Kashmir
Saturday as a soldier
and three civilians were
killed in cross-border firing
by the Indian and Pakistani
armies, officials from the
two countries said.
The latest wave of violence
this week has left at least 21
dead, including soldiers,
suspected militants and
civilians on both sides of the
heavily-militarised border
that divides the disputed
Himalayan region.
Indian Army spokesman
Colonel N.N. Joshi said one
of their soldiers was killed
Saturday by Pakistani fire in
Poonch sector along the de
facto border, the Line of
Control (LoC).
Two civilians, including a
15-year-old boy, were killed
in a separate cross border
assault along a stretch of
uncontested frontier
between Kashmir and the
Pakistani province of Punjab,
director general of police
Shesh Paul Vaid told AFP.
Southern
Californians
charged with
Chinese
export scheme
LOS ANGELES : Two
Southern California men
have been arrested on
federal charges that they
illegally exported computer
chips with military
applications to China,
reports UNB.
The U.S. attorney's office
says part-time Los Angeles
resident Yi-Chi Shih and
Kiet Ahn Mai of Pasadena
were arrested Friday. It's
unclear whether they have
attorneys.
Federal prosecutors say
the men conspired to have a
U.S. company make special
high-speed computer chips
that were illegally exported
to a Chinese company
connected to Shih.
Authorities say the chips
have a number of
commercial and military
uses, including radar and
electronic warfare
applications.
If they are convicted, the
two men could face years in
federal prison.
Bogra Deputy Commissioner visits stall after inaugurating the cake festival at Titu chattar of the
district.
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Youth found
dead in
B’baria
BRAHMANBARIA : Police
recovered the floating
body of a young man, who
went missing five days
ago, from a waterbody at
Chandalkhil village in the
district town on Saturday
morning, reports UNB.
The deceased was
identified as Rana Miah,
22, son of Abdul Kuddus.
Locals spotted the body
of Rana in the morning
and informed police.
Later, police recovered
the body and sent it to
Sadar Hospital morgue for
autopsy, said Nabir
Hossain, officer-in-charge
of Sadar Police Station.
Could oscars-so-white Return?
Last year, "Moonlight" triumphed and films like "Fences"
and "Hidden Figures" led a firm rebuke to two years straight
of all-white acting nominees. Tuesday's nominations aren't
likely to be a repeat of 2015 and 2016, but they also aren't
likely to overwhelm in their multicultural selections.
Kaluuya, Mary J. Blige ("Mudbound") and Octavia Spencer
("The Shape of Water") are all favored for nominations but
none are considered among their categories' front-runners.
Much will hinge on how the academy receives "Get Out." It's
the only film currently handicapped for a best-picture
nomination with a protagonist who's a person of color. As a
horror film from a first-time feature-film director, it's far
from a prototypical Oscar contender. Peele's movie came out
last year on Oscar weekend. But even if all the above wins
nods as expected on Tuesday, critics will wonder why "Girls
Trip" breakout Tiffany Haddish or "Downsizing" scenestealer
Hong Chau were overlooked.
Can the oscars top the globes?
Whoever is nominated, an unusual question will hang in the
air: Will the March 4 Oscars feel like merely a buttoneddown
sequel to the Globes?
The Golden Globes are usually a frothy kind of dress
rehearsal for the main event. But this year, thanks to the
black-attired protest by female attendees and stirring
speeches from the night's female winners, the Globes had an
almost Oscar-like veneer of importance. As the first major
awards show to confront the post-Weinstein landscape, they
may have stolen some of the Oscars' thunder.
Jimmy Kimmel, who will host the ABC telecast for the
second straight year, told reporters at the Television Critics
Association press tour that - in the current climate - the two
months between the Globes and the Academy Awards are a
lifetime. "I do thank (Globes host Seth Meyers) for being that
litmus test," said Kimmel. "As far as how I will handle it, the
problem is it's two months from now. So it's almost like
getting into a hot tub or something; you can't really know
what the temperature is until you get there."
Agents find 244 parrots
stuffed into bags, boxes
in Mexico
MEXICO CITY : Prosecutors in Mexico had received a tip
that a man was transporting wildlife, but hardly expected
to find 244 parrots stuffed into mesh bags and boxes,
reports UNB.
The attorney general's office said Friday the man was
carrying nine boxes in the luggage compartment of a bus
on a highway in the southern state of Chiapas.
It was unclear what he intended to do with the birds,
who were packed so tightly they could barely move.
The office identified the birds as white-fronted parrots,
but the national commission on protected nature areas
later identified them as red-lored parrots.
White fronted parrots are under special protection but
are not considered endangered; red-lored parrots are
considered endangered.
The suspect was arrested on charges of trafficking
wildlife. If convicted, he could face one to nine years in
prison.
The commission said all the birds were released into
the wild Friday in Palenque, Chiapas.
5.2-magnitude
quake hits
northeastern
state of India
A moderate earthquake
Saturday morning hit
India's northeastern state
of Assam, officials said.
According to Indian
Meteorological Department,
the earthquake
measuring 5.2 on the
Richter scale occurred at
6:44 a.m. local time.
Epicenter of the earthquake
was Kokrajhar, west
of Dispur, the capital city
of Assam.
"The epicenter of earthquake
was located at 26.3
degrees north latitude and
89.8 degrees east longitude,"
according to Indian
Meteorological Department.
"The depth of the
earthquake was 10 kms."
Officials said tremors of
the earthquake were felt
across the state.
However, there were no
immediate reports of any
damage or loss of lives in
the earthquake.
Ferry services on
Paturia-Daulatdia
route resume
after 2 hrs
MANIKGANJ : Ferry
services on Paturia-
Daulatdia route in the
Padma River resumed after
two hours of suspension
caused by dense fog on
Saturday morning, reports
UNB.
"The ferry services
remained suspended
from7:30 amdue to poor
visibility caused by thick
fog," said Nasir Mohammad
Chowdhury, assistant
general manager of
Bangladesh Inland Water
Transport Corporation
(BIWTC) at Aricha.
Later, the ferry services
resumed around 9:30am as
the fog disappeared, Nasir
added.
CHCP's observes work abstention in Narail district demanding nationalization of their service.
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