Re: “University Has Reportedly Invited Ann Coulter ’84 Back to Campus” (news, March 10)To the Editor:I had the privilege of visiting Cornell this week to deliver a lecture in the Bowers CIS Distinguished Speaker Series on Free Expression. A few audience members disagreed with some of my arguments, but none were disruptive, and we had thought-provoking conversations afterward. It was a pleasure to meet many Cornell faculty and students who are deeply thinking about the role of freedom of expression on campus. That is why I was disappointed to read the Daily Sun’s editorial opposing the university administration’s decision to invite Ann Coulter to speak, more than a year after she had been shouted off the stage at Cornell. Attend Coulter’s speech.

Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen has called on doctors to do everything in their power to aid the survivors of a fire ignited by a gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur's Kaliakair. The minister noted that most of the 32 patients hospitalised at Dhaka's Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery are in a precarious state. "The physical suffering of burn patients is great. Sen also mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is closely monitoring the patients' treatment progress and has confirmed that the government will bear the treatment costs. On Wednesday, a fire erupted after a cylinder explosion in the Mouchak Tilerchala neighbourhood of Kaliakair around 5:45pm.

The government has cleared three distinct proposals for establishing 100 MW solar power plants in Khulna, Moulvibazar, and Rajbari, totaling 300 MW of power. A total of 18 procurement proposals, including seven from the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, were approved in a meeting of the cabinet committee on public purchases at the Secretariat on Thursday. After the meeting, Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan, the Cabinet Division secretary of the coordination and reform wing, announced approval for a consortium of local and foreign companies to generate 300 MW of solar power across three locations: Rupsha in Khulna, Rajnagar in Moulvibazar, and Goalanda in Rajbari. These projects will operate for 20 years under a 'no electricity, no pay' arrangement, with the electricity priced at $0.0988 per unit or Tk 10.92 in Bangladeshi currency.

DHAKA, March 14, 2024 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Habi Molla, the main accused in the sensational 13-year-old girl rape and pornography case in Agailjhara, Barishal from Hazaribagh police station area of the capital on Wednesday. Emamoddi Gaien from Agailjhara police station of Barishal district, Senior Assistant Director (Media) of RAB-2 ASP Shihab Karim told BSS today. Acting on a tip off, a team of RAB-2 conducted a drive in Hazaribagh area around at 2:00 pm on Wednesday and arrested him, he said. In February 5, 2024 the victim's father filed a rape case against the accused at the Agailjhara police station of Barisal district under the Prevention of Violence against Women and Children Act and under the Pornography Control Act. The arrested accused has been handed over to Agailjhara police station in Barisal district, RAB officials said.

Michaela Harral of Beatrice, Nebraska has been selected to attend the American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State June 2-8, 2024, on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Michaela will study local, county and state government process in this nonpartisan political learning experience. Every spring, the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Program provides approximately 25,000 young women with a hand-on educational opportunity designed to instruct tomorrow’s leaders in the privileges and duties of responsible citizenship. The Beatrice American Legion Auxiliary Unit #27 is her sponsor and are excited to provide this opportunity for Juniors every year. Founded in 1919, the American Legion Auxiliary is the world’s largest patriotic women’s service organization.

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The Bangladeshi cargo ship MV Abdullah, hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean, has reached the coast of Somalia. The cargo ship is operated by SR Shipping, a unit of Kabir Group, reports bdnews24.com. The sailors also contacted SR Shipping authorities and relatives back home while being held hostage by the pirates. Later, Mizanul Islam, a spokesman for Kabir Group, the parent of SR Shipping Line, said the vessel reached the Somali coast around 1:00 pm Bangladesh time. Mizanul also confirmed that a EUNAVFOR ship was trailing the MV Abdullah.

City Desk :Ayesha Habib Tonni, a resident of Bailey Road, came to Jaggery Restaurant and Pitha Ghar to buy Iftar. “The usual crowds at the restaurants and the Iftar vibe are absent,” Ayesha said. We had Iftar inside the eateries in the past, but this time we’ve opted for takeaway.”Deadly blaze dampens bustling Bailey Road Iftar scene Jaggery Restaurant had pulses, Brain Bhuna, Halim, Chaap, Mutton Leg Roast, Doi Bora and several types of Kebab. While the popular restaurants are closed, traders have not set up makeshift Iftar shops on the footpaths of Bailey Road. That’s why there’s no lustre of Iftar this time.”Such calm on Bailey Road during Iftar surprised Rasel Mahmud.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is set to visit Bangladesh for the first time in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reports bdnews24.com. Johan Forssell, the Swedish minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, and UNDP Assistant Secretary General Ulrika Modéer will accompany the princess during her trip from Mar 18-21. The visit will offer the princess a chance to get a glimpse of Bangladesh's development journey and to take stock of the challenges facing the implementation of the SDGs, the Swedish foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. "Sweden and Bangladesh's partnership goes back more than 50 years and consists of long-term development cooperation and extensive trade. Bangladesh has made an impressive development journey in recent years and is expected to transition from a low-income country to a middle-income country in 2026," said Forssell.

The death of a cleaner employed by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in a road accident has triggered heated protests by her colleagues as they occupied the streets of the capital's Gabtoli for over three hours. Consequently, the flow of traffic into Dhaka through Gabtoli was completely halted from 6am-9:30am on Thursday. The effects of the disruption on the key thoroughfare rippled across the city, resulting in snarl-ups stretching all the way to Asad Gate. The sanitation worker was run over and killed by a speeding pickup on the Gabtoli-Deepnagar road about 150 metres south of the Gabtoli Bus Terminal early on Thursday morning, according to Assistant Commissioner Mofizur Rahman Palash of the Dhaka Metropolice Police Darus Salam zone.

That means our student journalists have never and will never take marching orders from the administration or pressure groups. In recent years, the job of student journalists has become harder, but we’ve risen to the occasion. This giving day — Thursday, March 14 — The Sun is asking for your support to help keep our operation sustainable. Feel free to personally email me at [email protected] with any information you think the public has a right to know about. We protect our sources, and we will get to the bottom of the story so Cornellians can stay in the know.

I feel that match has been struck with the invitation of Ann Coulter ’84. I am shocked that the invitation came from within the administration and that you thought it was a great idea. Other than being a Cornell alum and a famous controversialist, Coulter contributes nothing civil or thoughtful to the public discourse. She works with hate speech. Uninvite Ann Coulter and make it clear that you do not consider hate speech to be what this campus needs right now.

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The College Football Playoff is moving toward a revenue-sharing agreement among participating conferences that is needed in order to finalize a new media rights contact with ESPN. first reported last week that the plan being considered would guarantee the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences more than half playoff's annual distributed revenue. Most of the rest would be shared by the remaining Bowl Subdivision conferences, with an annual guarantee to Notre Dame as well. There would also be bonus shares for conferences and schools based on participation and advancing in the playoff. The current CFP contract calls for the Power Five conferences, including the Pac-12, to receive about $79 million per year.

Nine drown in Gabon after exceptionally high tidesLIBREVILLE, March 14, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - At least nine people, including four teenagers, drowned in Gabon following exceptionally high sea tides, the government said Wednesday. The drownings were caused by an "increase in the tides linked to climate change", it added. High tide in Libreville usually varies between 1.60 and 1.80 metres, but since Sunday, the water levels have exceeded 2.50 metres (8 feet), the marine weather service said Tuesday. The Libreville coastline is a popular spot for visitors as temperatures rise with the approach of the spring equinox, which brings higher tides. Despite the warnings, the Leon MBA High School beach, where some of the bodies were found, remained open and unmonitored on Wednesday afternoon, an AFP journalist saw.