M Humayun Kabir: Suborna Nodi, the Pabna correspondent of Ananda TV, was hacked to death by unidentified criminals near her house in the district town on Tuesday night. Some four to five criminals attacked and hacked 30-year-old Nodi, daughter of Ayub Ali of Radhanagar village, when she was entering home from her office around 10pm,…
Sayeed Muhammad: The Supreme Court (SC) today is going to hear two appeal petitions that challenged the High Court order staying the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months.The full bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, will hear the petitions filed by mayoral candidates of AL and BNP Hasan…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin Bees do more than just producing honey. Statistically, one in three bites of food you put in your mouth while having your meal is the hard work done by these wee little creatures. They pollinate hundreds of plants which make their way to the dinner table every single day. So we hardly…
Al Jazeera: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov of “defending the assault” by Syrian government forces on the last rebel stronghold in Idlib province. Forces loyal to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been massing around Idlib, which borders Turkey, for days and seem ready to launch what…
DOT Desk Bangladesh could have exported $17.4 billion more last fiscal year even with the current capacity were there certain constrains not in place, found a study by the Policy Research Institute, reports The Daily Star. Export receipts in fiscal 2017-18 amounted to $36.66 billion, up 5.81 percent from a year earlier but short of…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a rare call, US President Donald Trump has warned the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies against “recklessly” attacking rebel-held Idlib province. In a tweet he warned of “a grave humanitarian mistake” in which hundreds of thousands of people could be killed, reports BBC. Syrian government forces are reportedly preparing…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Oikyafront leaders announced yesterday that none of its elected lawmakers will be taking their oaths, dismissing any claims of a rift in the alliance. The decision was made after a steering committee member meeting, reported The Daily Star, quoting Mostofa Mohsin Montu and ASM Abdur Rob. There were rumors of a…
Arab News: Saudi Arabia has contributed $100 million to help reconstruct areas of north-eastern Syria formerly held by Daesh. The Kingdom said the contribution would go toward a campaign by the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS to “stabilize” the former Daesh bastion and help ensure the militants cannot re-emerge as a threat. The United States,…
Human instinct is to know the unknown, to see the unseen and to explore the unexplored. Nothing is impossible in this world. There are many mysterious things in this vast universe. With a narrow mind if one tries to think the vastness one may be lost. It is only through the indomitable courage, determination and…
Sky News For a brief period earlier this year, the “distracted boyfriend” meme – using a stock image of a man angering his partner by ogling another girl – was inescapable. But its broad appeal does not appear to extend to Swedish regulators. After it emerged, social media posters used the meme to communicate an…