Hossen Sohel: Family, friends and constituents gathered yesterday at Arizona’s Capitol to pay their respects to Sen. John McCain, the first of two days of services here before he departs the state he has represented since the 1980s, reports AP. A private ceremony was held yesterday morning at the Arizona State Capitol Museum rotunda, where…
Utpal Dutta Following a stormy hearing now Senate judiciary committee is to vote on Friday that might say what will be the next for kavanaugh. In the light of third accusation for sexual misconduct while termed by Trump as ‘a real gem’ Kavanaugh described it as ‘ridiculous and ‘from the Twilight Zone’, in a statement…
Abrar Hussain: Seven creative personalities from different backgrounds will receive the ‘Shilpakala Padak 2017’ for their continuous contributions to the respective fields. The awardees are Alauddin Mia in instrumental music, Sharmila Bandyopadhyay in dance, Nasir Ali Mamun in photography, Chandra Shekhar Dey in fine arts, Kangalini Sufia Begum in folk culture, S M Mohsin in dramatics…
Desk Report: Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL), one of the state-owned distribution authorities, has disconnected a total of 363 illegal gas connections including 21 industries, 17 commercials, six captive and one CNG gas line in different drives during the month of July, reports Asian Age. TGTDCL, in association with the Intelligence Executive…
AP, Kiev With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Some survivors said the chaos of that time is etched in their minds forever. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko led a ceremony in Chernobyl, where work is underway to…
Michael Goodwin/New York Post As I sat a few feet from President Trump while he ripped special counsel Robert Mueller and warned Democrats he is preparing a devastating counterpunch, the phrase “The Gathering Storm” came to mind. That’s the title of Volume I of Winston Churchill’s masterful history of World War II. It also describes…
Samiul Bashar Samin With their cathedrals of sound, this Montreal collective built a fiercely loyal fan base in the 2000s, a following that counted rock heroes like David Byrne and David Bowie as members. The band’s sound — a mix of slashed strings, blaring brass, pounded percussion, and Win Butler’s spooked croon — was smart…
DOT Desk: Around hundred nurses of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Thursday morning observed work abstention and demonstrated in the campus protesting at the assault of one of their fellow’s husband by the staff, Reports The New Age. Protesters said that on Wednesday night hospital staff Harun along with others assaulted one of their…
AFP: NASA is poised to launch a US$1.5 billion spacecraft on a brutally hot journey toward the sun, offering scientists the closest-ever view of our strange and mysterious star. After the Parker Solar Probe blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Aug 11, it will become the first spacecraft ever to fly through the sun’s…