The Atlantic Science Desk/ The Atlantic The most extreme, most sobering, and zaniest facts that The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters learned this year 1. Most “Himalayan” pink salt is from the Punjab area of Pakistan, not the actual Himalayas. 2. Hippos poop so much that sometimes all the fish die. 3. In addition…
Arab News Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in Argentina and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security, energy and investments, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Friday. The two leaders, who are attending the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, also discussed Saudi Arabia’s readiness to…
Kabir Humayun of DOT Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members yesterday rescued 10 Rohingya refugees and detained an alleged human trafficker from a trawler headed for Malaysia in the Bay of Bengal. The Rohingyas are: Mohammad Bhuiyan, Rashidullah, Nur Alam, Md Ziaur, Md Mukajat Esha, Jannat Ara, Setara Khatun, Julekha, Rozina, and Sonika Begum. All are…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The Tigers were off to a solid start on the first day of the Dhaka Test against the West Indies thanks to half centuries from Shadman Islam and Shakib Al Hasan. Bangladesh had decided to bat first after winning the toss yesterday. Debuting batsman Shadman Islam scored 76 to start the…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Two workers died in a fire that broke out at a market in Palong Uttar Bazar of Shariatpur around 5am yesterday. At least 14 other shops were destroyed in total, according to Mohammad Moniruzzaman, chief of the local police station. The dead have been identified as Polash Bairagi, 25, and Bishwajit…
BSS A meeting of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust was held at Bangabandhu Bhaban in Dhanmondi yesterday. Chairperson of the trust and Bangabandhu’s elder daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting. “The meeting reviewed the social welfare activities of the trust and decided to carry forward its…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Ukrainian officials yesterday barred Russian males between the ages of 16 and 60 from traveling to the country in the latest escalation of tensions between the neighbors, reports AP. The long-simmering conflict bubbled over Sunday when Russian border guards rammed into and opened fired on three Ukrainian vessels near the Crimean…
Reuters The founder of a Vietnamese rights group was sentenced on Friday to two years and nine months in prison for spraying paint on Vietnamese flags and posting a photo of them on Facebook. Huynh Thuc Vy, 33, was convicted of “desecration of the national flag”, at a one-day trial at the People’s Court of…
Reuters An appeals chamber of Bosnia’s war crimes court acquitted on Friday former Bosnian Muslim commander Naser Oric of human rights violations and the killings of three Serb prisoners of war in and around Srebrenica in the country’s 1992-95 conflict. Oric, regarded as a hero by Bosnian Muslims, led the defense of Srebrenica, a besieged…
BSS A bill has been placed in the US Congress, calling on the Bangladesh government to stop radical organizations including Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, who pose an ongoing threat to the country’s stability and secular democracy. Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana State introduced the bill titled ‘Expressing concern about the threat posed to democracy…