DHAKA : Chants of “Joy Bangla”, a slogan of the 1971 Liberation War closely associated with Awami League, echoed in central Dhaka, as thousands gathered to pay their final respects to party veteran Tofail Ahmed on Monday, despite a ban on the Sheikh Hasina-led outfit. Tofail, an eight-time MP, former minister and one of the […]
Some quotes survive because they sound wise. Others survive because they create a small moment of discomfort. They stay in people’s minds because they touch something that still feels real long after the world around them changes. This line linked to Plato belongs in that second category. It does not sound gentle or reassuring. It […]
Super-rich NRI Paul Parmar sentenced to five years in prison over fraud in New Jersey. Parmjit Parmar, a 55-year-old Indian-origin man from New Jersey, has been sentenced to five years in jail, followed by three years’ supervised release and a payment of $125 million over his involvement in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud investors, in […]
Douglas Dixon (left) had been living in the US since 2005 and had a Green Card. He was deported for failing tax payment. 61-year-old Douglas Dixon, who has been living in Florida since 2005 and had a Green Card giving him permanent residency in the US, was deported to Canada after he failed ti pay […]
An Indian-origin doctor in Georgia agreed to pay $15 million to settle medical fraud allegations against him. Indian-origin urologist Jitesh Patel will have to pay $14 million to settle allegations against him that he defrauded healthcare programs by performing unnecessary procedures on his patients. An employee of Patel’s Advance Urology in Georgia filed a whistleblower […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will soon sign an order to ensure that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees who have gone without pay during the ongoing partial government shutdown receive their salaries, as the funding impasse stretched to 48 days.Announcing the move in a social media post, Trump blamed Democrats for […]
A Texas oil heir has been ordered to pay a historic $1.1 billion to the young child he brutally beat, leaving him with severe injuries that require 24-hour care.34-year-old Charles Brooks Jr. will pay $291 million in compensatory damages and $810 million in punitive damages following a civil jury ruling in favour of Madison Ball, […]
Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of enabling sexual abuse and sex trafficking linked to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The settlement was disclosed in court filings on Friday and still requires approval from a federal judge.The lawsuit was filed in […]
Ice Poseidon, a controversial streamer on Kick, has created a big online discussion after speaking against “clippers” during a live stream. Clippers are people who take short, interesting parts from streams and post them on other platforms to get views. Ice said he does not like how some clippers depend on streamers’ content to earn […]
A US court has sentenced Indian-origin Sital Singh to four years in prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims across the country. on Thursday also ordered Singh, 43, to pay $6.6 million in restitution. Prosecutors said the scheme, operated in coordination with overseas scammers, defrauded victims of nearly $9.3 […]
