‘Selling yaba to fund sabotage’
Desk Report: Police arrested a leader of pro-BNP youth organisation Jubo Dal with 223 yaba pills in Chattogram city’s Sadarghat area early yesterday, claiming that he was running a yaba business with an aim to collect funds for carrying out subversive activities, reports The daily Star. Arrestee Bappu Kumar Das, 27, is general secretary of…
Why shopping online is more fun than mall hopping
Mahmood Saberi/Gulf News It is easy and convenient but in a place like India e-commerce has its own pitfalls Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha was rightly miffed when she got what looked like a steel tap carefully wrapped in bubble plastic instead of the headphones she had ordered. To add insult to injury the customer service…
Lalmonirhat Airport gathers dust of history
Desk Report: Lalmonirhat Airport remains unused for the last five decades as authorities failed to take any initiative to make it usable for boosting economic activity in the region. Abandoned after the partition of this Subcontinent in 1947, the airport land is now used as a farmland under the supervision of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)….
PM urges local people to help build economic zones
BSS Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid the foundation stones of 10 economic zones, the first of its kind in the country, as she sought cooperation of the local people to set up those zones fast to build a prosperous Bangladesh. “I would like to urge local people to extend cooperation so that the investors…
Hail the size of tennis balls hits Sydney, costs $57 million in damages
NDTV Australia’s largest city was picking up the pieces on Friday after a series of lightning and hailstorms pummelled cars with ice blocks the size of tennis balls. The authorities issued a severe storm warning, but that was not enough to prevent damage that is already running into the tens of millions of dollars. “As…
Brutality on child for leaving job
Desk Report: A child worker, mercilessly beaten by his former employer in Mission Intersection area of the town on Sunday, is undergoing treatment at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital. The victim is Harez Ali, 13, son of Faridul Islam and Hasina Begum of Khochabari in the district town. “I left my job as a trainee at a…
‘We, Too, Were Forced to Seek Refuge’
Gary J. Bass Since August, Burma has sharply escalated its systematic assault against a Muslim minority people there called the Rohingya, in a ravaging campaign of murder and rape which the top United Nations human rights official considers a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” On October 23, the State Department spokesperson denounced “atrocities” and “violent, traumatic abuses,” though o…
One dead in police firing on Nepal’s teen girl rape-murder protests
Sayeed Muhammad: A teenager was killed and dozens injured yesterday in Nepal when police opened fire on protesters demanding action over the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl. Angry crowds took to the streets in the country’s remote west on Friday accusing police of protecting the person responsible for the brutal crime, officials said…
Baboon with Pig’s Heart!
Eshan Maitra The story is as much exciting as it sounds like. This baboon seems to be totally in perfect condition and living a healthy life for past 3 years. With a Pig’s heart! This cross-species transplant is not only a big record but also a great breakthrough in medical science. “But their heart is…