Tanzim Taqrim Amir Taghinia was detained on Manus Island, one of Australia’s condemned detention centers. The 24 year old Iranian refuge smuggled a cellphone to share shocking photos and videos and to research countries that might help him leave. Then he heard about private sponsorship in Canada, which resettled 300,000 refugees since 1979. But he…
AFP: North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported following high-level talks in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. The two sides “agreed at the meeting to hold a South-North summit in Pyongyang in September as planned”, Yonhap quoted a joint statement as…
NDTV: A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the Iranian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the Iranian army said. A flight engineer survived and was taken to hospital, the army said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency. The plane…
UNB: A suspected robber sustained bullet injuries in a reported gunfight with police on Chandpara road in Panchbibi upazila early Monday. The injured is Chhana Miah of Jhilail village and accused in several robbery cases. Bazlar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Panchbibi Police Station, said that on information that a gang of robbers was taking preparation for…
Elizabeth C. Haynes, Senior Technical Writer /Linked In Disability discrimination (or age discrimination, or sexism). Let’s talk about it. Have you experienced it? I have lost more than one job opportunity in the last few months because I need an ADA accommodation. I’ve been advised to hide it, to lie, to wait until the written…
Mayesha Raidah Urban stories are often exhilarating including many folkloric elements that make it spread fast quickly within a community. The tales are exaggerated by people, each adding their own personal touch to it. Local elements are added to the legend, sometimes leading to giving true shivers down people’s spine. Among such legends would be…
AFP: Two women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea’s leader in a brazen hit that shocked the world face a key court ruling Thursday, with their families hopeful they will be acquitted and return home. After months hearing the prosecution’s case about the Cold War-style killing at Kuala Lumpur airport, a judge will…
Sayeed Muhammad: Expressing frustration over poor luggage handling at the country’s premier airport, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal has suggested cutting jobs of aged and incapable employees of the national flag career. “There’re many aged employees (in Biman) who are not capable to deliver. You say bye to them with handsome compensation. You…
Sofian Khan Pope Francis while referring the refugees who fled violence in Myanmar used the word ‘Rohingya’ during his current trip to Asia. He in an improvised remark after meeting 16 refugees said “The presence of God today is also called Rohingya”. The refugees were brought to Dhaka from their camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar….
BSS, Dhaka Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2016 will begin across the country on April 3 with 12,18,628 examinees taking part from 8,533 educational institutions. Of the total examinees, 6,54,114 are male and 5,64,514 female. “Theoretical examinations will begin on April 3 and it will end on June 9 while practical examinations…