Abrar Hussain: Details of the most harrowing period of Vincent van Gogh’s life, including his mental collapses when he tried to poison himself with his own paint, have been revealed in a new book. Author and journalist Martin Bailey, an expert of Van Gogh’s life, traced the admissions register and other records from Saint-Paul de…
Abrar Hussain: At least 13 people were killed and 22 others injured after a bus had a head-on collision with a human hauler, locally known leguna, on Natore-Pabna highway in Baraigram upazila of Natore yesterday afternoon. As of writing this report 7:30pm, the identities of the deceased, all boarded on the leguna, are still unknown,…
Hindustan Times: British couples looking to conceive through artificial insemination face uncertainty if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal because sperm would no longer be imported from EU countries under existing legislation. Government advice published yesterday said Britain imported around 3,000 sperm samples from a commercial sperm bank in Denmark last year, as…
Hossen Sohel: A year after the flood of refugees, the camps have become functional towns, with shops, roadside restaurants and pharmacies. There are playgrounds for children and makeshift schools run by development agencies. More medical clinics are being built and many shanties have solar panels. Most people have at least some protection against monsoon landslides….
Prof Abdul Bayes, Personally, I think there is no need to retain quota system. I am not in favour of the quota system. Merit should come first in case of education. Nothing else should be considered in this respect. However, quota can be reserved for the disabled and the ethnic minority communities. Debate can be…
Abrar Hussain: Rohin-gya militants, whose deadly attacks last year reportedly led to the ruthless Myanmar army crackdown that drove 700,000 refugees into Bangladesh, said it acted to “defend” the Muslim group from persecution. AFP reports that it is still unclear whether the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has any broad support after its role in…
Prof Serajul Islam Chowdhury, Educationist Quota’ for public service recruitments was a momentary matter. No debate was supposed to be raised over the issue. It should have been resolved by now. There is a debate over the quota reserved for the freedom fighters. But there is no complexity here. I am not in favour of…
Raj Abrar: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed to have arrested a madrasa teacher from Dhaka’s Airport Railway Station in connection with a kidnapping case, reports The Daily Star. A team of Rab-3 rescued the student from his captivity in the area yesterday, ASM Shakhawat Hossain Rabiul Islam, Senior Assistant Director of Rab-3, told The Daily…
Hossen Sohel: Though Bangladesh has showed extraordinary generosity by opening its doors to Rohingyas, their fate remains very uncertain even after one year of their shelter at makeshift camps in Bangladesh, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders. It said the donors and governments with influence over the government of Myanmar have failed…
Hossen Sohel: The refugee crisis in Bangladesh sparked by the mass exodus of people from Myanmar a year ago risks creating a “lost generation” of Rohingya children who lack the life skills they will need in future, Unicef has warned, reports The Daily Star. According to a United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) report released in…