UNB: BNP on Saturday urged the government to engage in talks with the party over the next general election with an open mind. “Discussions cannot be held at an empty table. Specific agenda should be there for talks. BNP has some specific demands for ensuring fair and participatory polls and those can be discussed,” said…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina along with the newly-elected parliament members of her party yesterday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. The prime minister and other AL MPs paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his portrait…
DOT Desk Bangladesh left-arm paceman Mustafizur Rahman has attained career-best rankings in the ICC rankings for bowlers in ODIs as he broke into the top five following the home ODI series against West Indies. Reports The daily Star. Fizz climbed seven places from 12th to 5th as his points tally stood at 695 points, seven…
MEMO: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has said that German sports brand Adidas is no longer a sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA), media reports revealed last week. Quds Net News said that BDS activists wrote on its website that Adidas terminated its services to the IFA after a campaign asking the…
Syed Nasir Ershad In the Kite Runner, the story drifted on the subjects of friendship, betrayal, guilt, redemption and the uneasy love between father and son. These are universal themes that have been able to reach across cultural, racial, religious and gender gaps to resonate with readers of varying background. The writer’s depiction of pre-revolutionary…
Reuters: A city councilor in The Hague and member of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party has taken her own life, hours after posting a video on Facebook in which she claimed she was gang-raped by Muslims as part of an intimidation campaign. Willie Dille, 53, reportedly ended her own life on Wednesday, shortly after sharing a…
Marilyn Thipthorpe The people of the east and specially us here in Bangladesh have always been fans of the coconut, from drizzling it into our hair to cooking with it to make amazing desserts; coconuts have always been a part of our life. Out west, the trend has caught on in recent years and they…
NDTV: A Washington man jumped from the 11th floor of a cruise ship and straight into the water last week, a video shared on Instagram on Friday shows. Nikolay Naydev, 27, posted a video which shows him jumping into the water off the side of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in Nassau, Bahamas. His…
UNB: At least 170 houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Maddampara in Sadar upazila on Saturday. the fire originated from the kitchen of a house around 12 pm and it soon engulfed the adjoining ones. Three fire-fighting units and locals with the help of police and army brought the fire under…