Urooj Tarar, Sub-Editor at Daily Pakistan Global/Daily Pakistan Muhammad Adnan was arrested from the Ferozwala area of Sheikhupura on August 8, 2007 when he was just 10 years old. My mother called me this morning, asking how I am. After causal chit-chat, she said she couldn’t sleep last night. She said she couldn’t sleep last…
AFP: A majority of Brazil’s top electoral court shot down late Friday the candidacy of popular leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the country’s upcoming presidential vote, telling the jailed former leader he cannot participate in October’s critical election. The vote punctuated a gripping case that has roiled the country for months, with Lula,…
Samiul Bashar Samin The soothing music we all hear overhead in supermarkets causes us to walk more slowly and buy more food, whether we need it or not. Most of the vacuous thoughts and intense feelings our teenagers experience from morning till night are carefully orchestrated by highly skilled marketing professionals working in our fashion…
Sayeed Muhammad: A Dhaka court has scheduled October 25 for a hearing over the charge-sheet of the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case filed against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia and none others. Judge AHM Ruhul Imran of the Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka set up in Bakshibazar area of Dhaka city passed the order yesterday. Lawyers of…
Tara Sattar Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi is set to start making a movie based in Spain after his much proclaimed movie in French, reports hindustantimes.com. He is setting his foot on the plot of the movie with the duo stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. Farhadi — whose The Salesman won the Best Script Palm…
Her name is Shukkhur Hirja. She is a transgender. She has been living beside the railway station of Sreemangal for over 4 years. She is often subjected to disrespect from people, just because she is different than us. There is nothing they can do about it because they have been made that way by the…
The Japan Times: During a summer camp in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, children screamed with excitement as they ran toward incoming waves at a beach. They were no different from other kids enjoying themselves except that they had diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, previously known as juvenile diabetes because it often develops during childhood and adolescence, requires…
Desk report: They can help travelers by providing important information about their tour, reports, The Dhaka Tribune. Haltrip, an online travel agency, has been working to make travelling safer and easier for people in Bangladesh. According to a press release, Haltrip helps travelers by providing important information about their tour, regarding ticket purchases, contact information,…
M Humayun Kabir: Over 2 million Muslims from around the globe have begun the annual hajj at Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia. From first light yesterday, throngs of the faithful have circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam, reports Asian Age. The Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of…