Molly Fosco/OZY.com A kindergarten teacher tells her students to form a circle on the floor while she takes attendance. A stampede of 5-year-olds scrambles over, and after several minutes spent squirming and rearranging limbs, they finally manage to settle down into some semblance of a round shape. The teacher begins roll call — “Dionysus?” “Here!”…
Arafat Hasan: Amnesty International has called on Bangladesh to end the crackdown on protests that has led to the detention of nearly 100 people, reported The Daily Star. “A pall of fear has descended on civil society with protestors being subject to intense surveillance online and arbitrary arrests,” the human rights organization alleged in a…
Desk Report: A restaurant in Germany has imposed a ban on children under the age of 14 after 5pm, reports The Independents. Oma’s Küche, which translates to Grandma’s Kitchen, said the measure was implemented in an effort to stop diners from being disturbed by poorly-behaved children in the evenings. Owner Rudolf Markl said he felt…
Desk Report: The 14th anniversary of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League will be observed observed with various programmes on the day after tomorrow. On this day in 2004, the gruesome grenade attack was carried out on an anti-terrorism rally arranged by Awami League at Banbabandhu Avenue in the city during…
The Independent, BD: Audience-admired actress Aruna Biswas is set to appear in the television commercial (TVC) after a long hiatus of 25 years. The actress has recently been featured as a model in a TVC of Robi directed by Sakib Fahad. DhakaLive has news that the shooting of the TVC was completed last week in…
Desk Report: Thousands of trade organisations active in the country are set to come under the supervision of a director general as the government is looking to hold its grip on the growing number of such bodies. The rank of the director general will be equivalent to a joint secretary or above and he or…
Asian Age: Citizens’ Rights Movement (CRM), a consumers rights body, on Saturday demanded for fixing mobile phone call at 10 paisa per minute with per second pulse. The CRM raised the demand at a press conference held at the office of Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) in the city. The demand came at a…
BSS: The ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said there is no scope to backtrack from next general election process as per the constitution. In reply to BNP’s recent demand of moving away from the electoral process to give them chance to take part in the upcoming polls, he said, “The process…
Wion: A life-sized nude statue of the United States President Donald Trump in Los Angeles has been sold for US $28,000 at an auction. The statue was created by a West Coast anarchist collective which will be displayed at the Haunted Museum in Las Vegas and was purchased by Zak Bagan, a paranormal investigator and…
Reuters: Iran’s navy has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, the Iranian navy chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, as tensions mount with the U.S. military in the Gulf. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed earlier this month it held war games in the Gulf,…