Nusrat Jahan Stephanie Kurlow, a head-scarf or hijab wearing Muslim teenage has had quite the week with a video of her letting her gain the support of many people on an international level. Yes, I am talking about that girl from the online crowd-funding campaign video who is on a mission to become the first…
NDTV: After delivering more than 5,900 pounds of science and supplies, theSpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth. The spacecraft will depart the ISS, along with critical scientific research, at 12.37 pm Eastern Time and splash down in the Pacific Ocean at about 6.17 pm, NASA said in…
Muna Beatty, Anti-colourism advocate based in India/Aljazeera My name means “wish”, but over the years I have been called many other names that mean “black”. This is because I’m a dark-skinned woman from India. My father is dark-skinned, while my mother has fair skin. I took after my father. My skin tone is neither “wheatish”…
Hossen Sohel of DOT At least five men were killed and eight other people injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a Laguna in Gazipur, reports bdnews24.com. The accident occurred around 8am in the Haldoba area, said Gazipur Sadar Police Station SI Md Shaheedul Islam. All of the victims were Laguna passengers, he…
SM Nur Mohammad A writ has been filed with the High Court to challenge the order that requires political parties to have 33% women participants in committees of all levels. Section – (RPO) 90 (Kha). (1)(Kha)(A) of the Representation of the People Order, requires all new political parties to fulfil this condition and all existing…
Financial Express: Stocks inched lower on Monday after volatile trading as investors remained cautious stance. Brokers said the market finished flat as a section of investors continued on profit booking tendency while some others were busy rebalancing portfolio after quarterly earnings declarations. After witnessing volatility, DSEX, prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by…
Reuters: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and all major political parties on Wednesday condemned a speech by a minor senator who used the term “final solution” in calling for a revival of a “White Australia” restrictive immigration policy. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and all major political parties on Wednesday condemned a speech by a…
Eshan Maitra It is fun being a big huggy bear who has big bones. But the fact is, it also makes you feel sleepy and lazy like a bear. It is hard to get up from an afternoon nap, or sometimes even from the chair. The more you pet this habit of being “Fat n’…
Desk Report: People in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali and Taltali upazila of Barguna are worried about the awful condition of the sluice gate on Kachupatra canal in the district as it might collapse anytime due to lack of renovation, reports Daily Star. The guide wall of the six-door sluice gate has already been washed away….
Kabir Humayun: A mobile court of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) fined dozens of jaywalkers at the police box point of Farmgate in Dhaka. Around 26 people were fined by Executive Magistrate Sarah Sadia Taznin at the busiest VIP road of the capital since yesterday morning, reports The Daily Star. All the traffic rule violators…