Russia Today: The frozen body of a Russian climber who went missing 31 years ago on Europe’s highest mountain has been found. Elena Bazykina reportedly looked like a “wax doll” as her body was pulled from Mount Elbrus in southern Russia. The mountaineer was 36 when she died alongside another six of her friends after…
We all know Mark Zuckerberg & how he created facebook from his dorm room. But do we know what he sacrificed for his Dreams? In 2004, Mark launched facebook, but in 2005 he faced the most important decision of his life to dropout or stay and study at Harvard University. It took 5 minutes to…
AFP: On a mountain slope overlooking Hong Kong, Giovanni Lam waits for the right gust of wind to send him soaring skywards, one of a growing number of paragliders using flight to escape the dense urban sprawl below. Patience is rewarded in paragliding, explained Lam, a university lecturer and youth counsellor who brought three novices…
Arafat Hasan: Russia has launched its biggest military exercise since the Cold War, involving about 300,000 service personnel, according to a report by the BBC. China will also be taking part in the exercise, titled ‘Vostok-2018’, sending 3,200 troops with many Chinese armored vehicles and aircraft. Mongolia is also sending some units. The last Russian…
DOT Desk: A brick kiln in Pashchim Baniary area under Nazirpur upazila has been causing suffering to the villagers for years, but local administration and law enforcers have not taken any steps to stop the nuisance, reports The Daily Star. The kiln was set up by Chitalmari Upazila Parishad (UP) Chairman Mollah Mujibor Rahman Shamim…
Arab News: Mohamed Salah joined regulars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on UEFA’s shortlist for the best forward who played in Champions League last season, football’s European governing body has announced. Ronaldo, who won the award last year, topped the scoring charts with 15 goals in the competition as Real Madrid won a third consecutive…
DOT Desk A total of 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds have so far been supplied to the farmers in Sylhet division this season through the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), reports The Financial Express. Joint Director of BADC (Seed), Sylhet region, Suprio Pal said there is a high demand of high-yielding Boro seeds among…
Afrida Ahmed: A Dhaka court yesterday asked Police Bureau of Inverstiga-tion (PBI) to submit a report on investigation by August 20 in a case that was filed over the death of film actor Salman Shah, reports Daily Star. After PBI Inspector Sirajul Islam who is also an investigation officer of the case failed to submit any…
Peter Singer, In an essay published last month in The Guardian, 15 leading economists – including the Nobel laureates Angus Deaton, James Heckman, and Joseph Stiglitz – criticized what they call “the ‘aid effectiveness’ craze” on the grounds that it leads us to ignore the root causes of global poverty. I advocate assessing the effectiveness…