Nusrat Jahan Every time there is a new virus in town, conspiracy theorists around the world start making the wackiest hypothesis ever. Al though a lot of them sound very legit, the ones surrounding the recent Zika Virus outbreak at Brazil does not. Here is a list of all the conspiracies I have read about…
Sushovan Dhar Can history be interpreted through a singular approach? Certainly not the Russian revolution which many historians of the time hailed as “the greatest event of the twentieth century”. In recent times, conversely, there are numerous attempt by contemporary historians, social scientists and others to label it as a coup d’etat under the tyrannical…
UNB Want to lose weight? Are you depriving yourself from eating what you love? Here is a catch, read on to know how you can lose weight by eating not starving. Starving yourself in the hope that few kilos S might reduce in the weighing machines, might seem a good idea to many. But,…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Rapid Action Battalion-1 yesterday claimed to have detained five Bangladeshi nationals for their involvement with an international drug trafficking ring in Sri Lanka, reports The Daily Star. Fatema Imam Tania, 26, and Afsana Mimi, 23, Salma Sultana, 26, Sheikh Mohammad Badhon alias Parvez, 28, and Ruhul Amin alias Saymon 29, were…
CNN : Music producer DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday with promoting investments in initial cryptocurrency coin offerings without revealing that they’d been paid. The SEC has said that cryptocurrency coins sold in initial coin offerings may be considered securities and subject to federal securities…
NDTV Giving a whole new meaning to ‘home sweet home’ is a cottage in France that has been made entirely out of edible chocolate. Located in the commune of Sevres in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, this chocolate cottage has been designed and manufactured by renowned artisan chocolatier, Jean-Luc Decluzeau. Everything in the cottage –…
Prabhash Amin, Head of News, ATN News: British lawmaker Lord Alexander Carlile is now a legal consultant to BNP’s imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia to help fight her cases. Although he is a lawyer for Khaleda Zia, he is an old foe of Bangladesh. However, I would like to say that there is no connection between…
Hindustan Times: An Army major and three soldiers were killed while foiling an infiltration bid in north Kashmir’s Gurez sector, officials said on yesterday. At least two militants were killed in the operation, they added. The encounter between the patrolling party of the Rashtriya Rifles and the infiltrating group took place at Govind Nallah in…
Desk Report: Banglalink, the country’s mobile operator, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PriyoShop.com to facilitate rural e-commerce in the country. Ritesh Kumar Singh, chief sales officer of Banglalink, Rashed Moslem, head of e-business of Banglalink, Md Ariful Hoque, eBusiness Manger of Banglalink, Sonia Bashir Kabir, chairperson of PriyoShop.com, Ashikul Alam Khan Shujon, managing…
UNB/ AP, Paris U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says U.N.-sponsored peace talks on Syria should go ahead Monday as planned, but Russia and U.S. monitors are meeting first to discuss perceived cease-fire violations. Kerry, speaking in Saudi Arabia, said he hoped for a telephone conversation Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about accusations…