The Hindu: The construction of cross-country oil pipeline between India and Bangladesh will begin from this month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may flag off the construction of the pipeline to carry diesel from Siliguri in West Bengal to Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of North Bangladesh, reports The Hindu BusinessLine. It may be mentioned that India…
Our Correspondent: Hindu Religious Welfare Trust’s former vice-chairman Justice Gopal Saha has passed away. He breathed his last around 4:30am on Monday, leaving behind a son, three daughters and host of admirers to mourn his death. He was born on December 26, 1938 in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila. He secured post-graduate degrees in Economics, International Relations…
Desk Report: The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has begun a feasibility study on the second nuclear power plant at Gangamati in Patuakhali after dropping four proposed sites close to the Sunderbans, reports New Age. Officials told New Age that picturesque Gangamati, close to Kuakata beach, was taken for the feasibility study dropping four sites adjacent…
Desk Report: Chris Hemsworth will star in Dhaka, an action thriller set up at Netflix that will mark the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave, a stunt coordinator who also acts as the stunt double for Captain America actor Chris Evans, reports Daily Asian Age. Joe and Anthony Russo, who worked with Hemsworth and Hargrave when…
The Independent, BD: With pedestrians preferring to jay-walk to cross streets, footbridges built at various important intersections in Dhaka are barely serving their purpose. Moreover, several of these bridges are in a dilapidated condition, encroached on by hawkers and shady characters like eve-teasers and drug addicts. According to data of the two civic bodies, there…
Desk Report: Khitindra Chandra Boishya, a 64-year-old freedom fighter, has started swimming to cross 186 kms of the Bhogai River, aiming to set a new Guinness World Record, reports Daily Star. Khitindra started the swimming jumping into the river from the west side of a bridge in Nalitabari upazila headquarters at 7:00am yesterday. Khitindra will…
BBC: Friends and family have paid tribute to an Instagram blogger who died in Greece while working on a billionaire’s yacht. Sinead McNamara, 20, from Australia was found in a critical condition on the vessel on Thursday, and died while being airlifted to hospital.Greek authorities have launched an investigation into her final hours on the…
BBC: It makes accidents more likely, boosts stress levels, and even causes physical pain. But the real problem is that many people just can’t afford not to do it. According to latest International Labour Organization statistics, more than 400 million employed people worldwide work 49 or more hours per week, a sizeable proportion of the…
AP News: Former Beatle Paul McCartney has told a British newspaper he believes he once saw God during a psychedelic trip. The 76-year-old star told The Sunday Times he was “humbled” by the experience. He said that “it was huge. A massive wall that I couldn’t see the top of, and I was at the bottom….
AFP: Texting under the table should be a thing of the past when French children return to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools. The ban, a campaign pledge of President Emmanuel Macron’s, was brought in under a law passed in July which also banishes tablets and smart watches from French…