Nusrat Jahan We all know that a hiking session is great for a spiritual and mental cleanse, but it turns out that it’s great for the brain too! Though we do not notice it, a lot of the people living in urban areas are often consumed by negative and obsessive thoughts that cause them to…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto : The Toronto based BMRA, Bangladesh Minorities Rights Alliance in Canada has demanded safety and security from properties to lives for the minorities, in particular, Hindus during the upcoming election in Bangladesh in a press conference held at Durgabari on Dohme Road on December 23 evening in presence of its…
Kabir Humayun: The 22nd session of Jatiya Sangsad will begin tomorrow after a 58-day recess. President M Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising his power bestowed upon him by Article 72 (1) of the Constitution, reports BSS. The House proceedings of the session is scheduled to start at 5pm on the day. Prior to the…
Tanzim Taqrim Police officers are handing out Thanksgiving turkeys to traffic violators instead of giving them tickets. Texas police surprised drivers caught speeding with Thanksgiving gift with written warnings as a “commitment to the betterment and service to our community.” But some people are not happy. In 2016 alone the U.S. police killed 1093 people…
Air Commodore Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury, Security Analyst : There should be neutral investigations to verify the accusations of the kidnappings of Awami League leaders. I have doubts about the authenticity about the ‘kidnapping’ of a certain Awami Leauge leader; to me it seems to be a staged scene. After all, we have seen staged kidnappings in…
Desk Report: In Papua New Guinea, on the eastern half of the world’s second-biggest island, 80% of people live in rural villages – and many in the most remote and isolated regions have little contact with the outside world at all. Here, as Mark Stratton found, traditional rituals still survive.The dappled light, cast through the…
Al Jazeera: The National Security Agency (NSA), a US intelligence agency tasked with collecting data for foreign and counter intelligence operations, broke into the encrypted network of the Al Jazeera Media Network and several others in 2006, according to a report by US media. A document provided to The Intercept by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden…
Desk Report: In the face of crackdown by law enforcement agencies, listed militant kingpins and their associates have left major cities and taken shelter in country’s northern region, detective sources said, reports the Daily Sun. Different areas of northern districts have become safe haven for activists of banned militant outfits. Most of the runaway activists…
Reuters: The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad’s perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties. The so-called Coalition Support Funds were part of a broader suspension in aid to Pakistan…
New Straits Times: When Singapore’s government said it would exhume about 4,000 graves in the defunct Bukit Brown cemetery for an eight-lane highway, an unusually vocal campaign grew quickly to save one of the last remaining artefacts of the past in the modern city. The cemetery, a rare patch of jungle surrounded by manicured gardens…