by Stephen Chen in South China Morning Post, Oct 31, 2017 High-altitude spy drones could help China dominate “near space” – a region of the Earth’s atmosphere that is at the heart of a modern-day space race. Near space, which begins at about 20km above sea level, has until now been regarded a “death zone” for drones – thin air at this altitude makes it hard to generate lift, while extremely low temperatures mean electronic…
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by Manik Miazee in Dhaka Tribune, Oct 30, 2017 at 11:18 PM Khaleda at present faces 36 cases and police have submitted charges in a total of 17 cases. With the 11th national general elections only a year away, whether Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) – which boycotted the last national elections – will participate in the elections is on everyone’s minds. That participation hinges heavily on whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will eventually be allowed…
Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested a suspected “Neo JMB” militant, who was charge-sheeted in a case filed over the 2015 attacks on two mosques inside Bangladesh Navy’s Issa Khan Base in Chittagong. Bablu Rahman, 23, was taken to the port city hours after his arrest in Arappur Bus Stand area of Jhenidah town. Later, the investigation officer of the case appealed to a Chittagong court to show the accused arrested in the case over the…