MEMO: The Egyptian Interior Ministry yesterday announced that 13 people affiliated with the bannedMuslim Brotherhood were arrested for inciting “demonstrations and chaos”. The ministry said in a statement that six members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested inthe governorate of Sohag, while seven others were arrested while riding a bus in Beheiragovernorate. According to the…
Abrar Hussain: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar on July 2 to observe the refugee situation on the ground and the UN agencies’ engagement firsthand, reports UNB. Guterres is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh on July 1. On April 6, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina invited the UN Secretary-General to…
Samiul Bashar Samin Once every generation, a musician comes along, who manages to change our perception of music through their passion and creativity. The late Jeff Buckley is still considered to be one of the best singers the world has seen. Jeff Buckley was the son of the famous singer and songwriter Tim Buckley who…
Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck crashed into their vehicle at Bailyachhari in Matiranga upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Joyonto Tripura,22, and Sukhendra Tripura,45. Police said a rod-laden truck hit the motorbike from the opposite direction in the area around 10:30am, leaving Joyonto and Sukhendra dead on the spot. Police…
DOT Desk: People visiting the ancestral house of Suchitra Sen in Pabna return disappointed due to the very small collection of memorabilia and lack of maintenance of the house, reports The Daily Star. Suchitra Sen, a legendary actress of Bangla cinema, was born in her maternal grandfather’s residence on April 6 in 1931 at Bhangabari…
Nina Dethlefs, Lecturer at University of Hull; Annika Schoene, PhD Candidate at University of Hull & David Benoit, Senior Lecturer at University of Hul/WION News “I’m sorry, I didn’t quite get that.” Anyone who has ever tried to have a deeper conversation with a virtual assistant like Siri knows how frustrating it can be. That’s…
Wang Wenwen /Global Times The rape and murder of a female passenger by a Didi driver in Wenzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, has been dominating headlines this week. The girl had used the carpool service of Didi Chuxing, China’s ride-hailing giant. The tragedy ignited a public outcry against Didi’s Hitch system, as this was the…
Mohammad Omor Faruk/ Feni Representative District Detective Police has arrested two traffickers including a shipment of 45000 pieces of yaba in Feni. On Saturday at around 12:30 in the noon, two members of the trafficking syndicate were arrested with a large number of yaba from Fatehpur area of feni on Dhaka-Chittagong highway. It has been…
Md. Taqi Yasir Anime for young children has seen its better days. Ever since the rise of Pokémon in the late 1990s carried a new wave of fans into the Internet age, the anime industry has largely set its sights on teenagers and young adults by catering to their desires for the more mature stories…
Reported by: Syed Ripon, Savar Written by: Eshan Maitra Government has made it very easy for the initiators to collect loans from the banks for new businesses. Despite of this wide benefiting campaign, Silver business-owners are being left out. Without being able to collect government loans, they have to rely on usury. There are…