Nobonita Chowdhury As you’ve all heard by now, we had a hostage situation at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the evening of Friday, July 1st. The attack led to 28 death casualties among which 20 were hostages. In the midst of this entire ruckus, we as bystanders haven’t been doing much to help the situation…
Desk Report Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Kader said on Sunday that the death of Japanese citizens who were working for the Metrorail Project will not affect the project. “Their demise will not affect the project. The Japanese government knows the attack on the Gulshan cafe is part of a global terror scheme.” Obaidul…
Desk Report At least 125 people were killed and 200 injured in two bombings that hit Baghdad around midnight Saturday, nearly all of them in a blast targeting a busy shopping area as they celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said Sunday. A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up in Karrada in central Baghdad,…
Nashrat Arshiyana Choudhury The death of the 17 foreigners at the Spanish restaurant in Gulshan has concerned the world. The recent attack in Dhaka has forced countries to caution their citizens about travelling to Bangladesh. A few countries are said to be even going as far as to reject any visa to Bangladesh to protect…
Samiul Bashar Samin Having grown up reading the Asterix books, I wondered about supplements that turned normal soldiers into heroes. Valour, bravery and virtue were all prized characteristics in the ancient texts that captivated me. In fact, in Greek and Latin, the words for courage derive from the word for man. Being a man in…
Desk Report The 12-hour-long hostage crisis at the restaurant popular with foreigners in Gulshan ended around 8:30am on Saturday after an hour long assault by armed forces’ commandos. Several eyewitnesses who were around when the assassination took place spoke out to several news sources. Sumon Reza, an employee of the restaurant: Sumon who witnessed the…
Desk Report 20 foreign hostages were hacked to death by Islamic terrorists during a siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1st, 2016. The siege, which began at around 7:00 pm, has been described as the worst hostage crisis the country has seen in the past 40 years. Here are the latest updates on…
Desk Report The overnight hostage crisis at a café in Dhaka ended after around 13 hours on Saturday morning after an operation by Joint forces of Police, RAB, Border Guards and Armed Force commandos. 13 hostages were rescued including 3 foreign nationals. The crisis begins around 8:45pm on Friday at the Holey Artisan Bakery and…
Desk Report The government is ready to take any rigorous actions to eliminate any militant threats. The prime minister was speaking at a programme in the morning hours this Saturday after the 12-hour-long hostage crisis at the restaurant popular with foreigners ended around 8:30 am in the city’s diplomatic zone. • “Because of the…
Mezik Potetu Incest was taboo a few years back, but thanks to popular TV series Game of Thrones, it does not seem like a big deal anymore. While the concept of having illicit relationship with family members is still considered disturbing, some celebrities seem to have embraced it! •Angelina Jolie and James Haven- At the…