Sheersho Zaman April 5th 1994 marked the passing of perhaps one of the most popular rock icons to grace this planet, Curt Cobain. He left this life after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cobain’s passing came at a time that could be considered the peak of Nirvana’s popularity and his demise left the world in…
On the surface laughter appears to be an unconscious, instantaneous reaction to something that pleases us rather than displeases us, but laughter is actually much more complicated than that, and it has surprisingly little to do with the human sense of humor. The Action Defined: Laughter is one of those rare and beautiful things shared…
BSS At least two shops were gutted in a fire at south Kattoli area under Pahartali thana in the city at 1.45 am on Sunday night. Fire service sources said the fire originated from cooking oven from one of the shop at south Kattoli area under Pahartali thana 1.45 am and it quickly engulfed the…
BSS Four consumer shops were fined Taka 14,000 on charges of selling unhygienic and substandard foods to the customers in the city on Monday. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) conducted the raid in Sapura area and found Shaymal Store, Shiplu Store, Ashoke Misty Ghar and Shaheen Store for preparing, possessing…
BSS A man was killed due to bee bites at Madrasa Para village in Haripur upazila of the district on Sunday. The victim is Akhtar Hossain Chowdhury, 50, son of late Abul Kalam Chowdhury of the village. Family sources said Akhtar Hossain Chowdhury was badly bitten by a large group of bees from nearby mango…
BSS Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from near the border area of Dewanganj upazila of the district on Monday morning. Local people found the body, aged about 30, in a paddy field at Rahimpur village under Parramrampur union of Dewanganj upazila, 50 yards inside Bangladeshi territory, from Indian border. Receiving information from…
BSS An unidentified woman was killed on the spot after a passenger bus crushed her at Hajirhat point on the Panchagarh-Dhaka highway on the outskirts of the city on Monday, police sources said. The accident occurred when a Panchagarh bound passenger bus from Dhaka hit the woman, aged about 60, while she was crossing the…
AP, Sanaa Tens of thousands of Yemenis are rallying in a southern city, demanding the secession of the south from the rest of the country. The protesters in the port city of Aden are demanding the return of the one-time independent state of South Yemen. Monday’s demonstration comes as Yemen’s warring sides are to meet…
AP, Baghdad Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad Monday to talk to Iraqi leaders about beefing up Iraqi forces working to retake the northern city of Mosul, a critical goal in the effort to defeat the Islamic State group. A senior U.S. official said that as the U.S. moves to help the Iraqis, it…
Progga Nusrat When we think of women leaving their jobs, the first thing that pops into our minds is “babies”. Why else would a woman leave a job, right? Well, it turns out that we are all wrong. Recently a survey was carried out on around 300 people worldwide, which included women aged 22-35 years,…