Tigers revel in pains of evolution
Desk Report It is a twist of fate that two different Asia Cups have been witness to two stages in Bangladesh’s evolution. Along with evolution, of course, comes growth amid turmoil and Bangladesh have had much of both in the 2012 tournament and the ongoing one in the UAE where they will contest for the…
Anti-Independence miscreants must be removed: Shahjahan Khan
Mazaharul Islam Minister for Shipping, Shahjahan Khan commented, “All miscreants who help Pakistan in harming Bangladesh are enemies of the state. The spirit of the Liberation War must be strengthened and these miscreants must be removed. He made such comments during a discussion meeting organized by the ‘Sramik-Kormochari-Peshajibi-Muktijoddha Somonnoy Parishad’ at the National Press Club…
In The Mind Of An Arist
Samiul Bashar Samin In 1906, Pablo Picasso was determined to reinvent the portrait and push the boundaries of realism, and one of his early subjects was Gertrude Stein. After months in his Paris studio, carefully reworking the paint on the canvas, Picasso still wasn’t satisfied. He didn’t finish the painting until after a trip to…
Obesity is increasing among the younger generation in B’desh
Desk Report: Obesity and overweight are considered both non-communicable diseases and risk factors. Obesity and overweight increase the risk of diabetes, cancer and cardio-vascular diseases, reports Daily Star. A study, led by the Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation, established experts’ apprehension that Bangladesh is facing the ‘dual burden’ of both malnutrition and…
Over 400 leaders, activists arrested in a week: BNP
Sayeed Muhammad: BNP has alleged that leaders and activists of the party and its front and associate organisations had been arrested indiscriminately across the country in a week under cases filed under special law. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the allegation at a press briefing at the party’s central office in…
Of what might have been . . .
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age What if the four leaders of the Mujib-nagar government had not died in November 1975? All these years after the medieval manner of their murder, it is naïve to ask what might have been if things had happened differently. And yet there is a need, a very palpable…
4 killed in Florida shooting
Hossen Sohel: A gunman killed four people and wounded several others on Sunday when he opened fire at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, police and local media said. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said one white male suspect was dead at the scene, reports Reuters. The…
HC rejects Khasru’s writ against ACC
Kabir Humayun: The High Court yesterday rejected a plea of BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury challenging an ACC order directing him to be grilled over money laundering and illegal dealings. The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order,reports Banglanews24.com. Barrister Moudud Ahmed moved…
Six microbus passengers die in collision with cattle truck
Kabir Humayun: At least six people were killed and eight others injured after a cattle truck crashed into a microbus on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway near Feni. Two of the dead are children and three are women. All of them are members of the same family, said Muhuriganj Highway Police Outpost Sub Inspector Md Mahbub Alam,…