Samiul Bashar Samin Having grown up reading the Asterix books, I wondered about supplements that turned normal soldiers into heroes. Valour, bravery and virtue were all prized characteristics in the ancient texts that captivated me. In fact, in Greek and Latin, the words for courage derive from the word for man. Being a man in…
Desk Report The 12-hour-long hostage crisis at the restaurant popular with foreigners in Gulshan ended around 8:30am on Saturday after an hour long assault by armed forces’ commandos. Several eyewitnesses who were around when the assassination took place spoke out to several news sources. Sumon Reza, an employee of the restaurant: Sumon who witnessed the…
Desk Report 20 foreign hostages were hacked to death by Islamic terrorists during a siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1st, 2016. The siege, which began at around 7:00 pm, has been described as the worst hostage crisis the country has seen in the past 40 years. Here are the latest updates on…
Desk Report The overnight hostage crisis at a café in Dhaka ended after around 13 hours on Saturday morning after an operation by Joint forces of Police, RAB, Border Guards and Armed Force commandos. 13 hostages were rescued including 3 foreign nationals. The crisis begins around 8:45pm on Friday at the Holey Artisan Bakery and…
Desk Report The government is ready to take any rigorous actions to eliminate any militant threats. The prime minister was speaking at a programme in the morning hours this Saturday after the 12-hour-long hostage crisis at the restaurant popular with foreigners ended around 8:30 am in the city’s diplomatic zone. • “Because of the…
Mezik Potetu Incest was taboo a few years back, but thanks to popular TV series Game of Thrones, it does not seem like a big deal anymore. While the concept of having illicit relationship with family members is still considered disturbing, some celebrities seem to have embraced it! •Angelina Jolie and James Haven- At the…
Tara Sattar Usually, the most dangerous criminals are often entangled in their own sadistic thoughts. But a study suggests that with the right amount of effort and practice, the criminal minds can e changed and made calmer. They can be turned into a good citizen. The prison system, according to the offenders, does not let…
Eshan Maitra All The Lord of the Rings fan out there, now you have every right to get excited about the news. Back in 2003, when the first skeletons of tiny-men, Homo floresiensis was discovered and nicknamed ‘Hobbit’. Many argued these probably happened as result of some sort of epidemic. But newly found remains of…
Samiul Bashar Samin There is one thing that will make or break someone’s ability to be successful in social media .No, it’s not smarts, strategy or writing skills (though, all of those things are immensely helpful). It’s personality. Your personality online determines whether or not someone will sign on to follow your tweets or read…
Samiul Bashar Samin It was instant-classic time when Pixar released Finding Nemo in 2003. The sequel, Finding Dory, puts heat on Andrew Stanton (and co-director Angus MacLane) to hit the same sweet spot. Stanton wisely eases into it, reuniting us with Nemo (Hayden Rolence) and his clown-fish dad, Marlin (an anxiously comic Albert Brooks). But…