Charles Musselwhite, Associate Professor, Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University/ Aljazeera Windows are something that many of us take for granted – they’re just part of the houses we live in or the buildings we work in. And yet for older people, windows can be vital as a way to access the world, especially for…
NDTV The provincial government in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa plans to buy 25 pre-partition era buildings, including the ancestral houses of legendry Bollywood actors Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar, which have been declared as the national heritage, the sources said. Raj Kapoor’s ancestral home, known as Kapoor Haveli, is situated in the fabled Qissa Khwani Bazar. It…
UNB Detectives in a drive arrested a suspected drug trader along with 2,300 Yaba tablets from Choto Khochabari area in the district town. The arrestee was identified as Borhan Ali, 39, son of Abbas Ali, resident of Dolua village in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur district. Mohammad Moniruzzaman, superintendent of Thakurgaon Police, said a team of…
Noor Majid of DOT In the early 17th and 18th century, animal pelts and fur were in high demand among the fashion loving elites of Europe. Its potential for economic returns lured traders and thugs alike from the old world and bought them to the doorsteps of the New, namely the North American continent. In…
James ONeill/NEO Two recent reports from the United States strongly suggest the United States is planning a major war with Russia and China, but are far from certain that they could in fact succeed in such a war. The reports also provide insights into how the United States will meet the budgetary demands of such…
UNB Canada has encouraged all involved in the electoral process to work together in fostering a peaceful campaign environment, enabling the people of Bangladesh to participate safely in free, fair, inclusive and credible elections. “Canada stands by the people of Bangladesh and supports all voters in the full exercise of their democratic rights and freedoms…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Latif Siddique has notified the Election Commission that he is quitting the upcoming general election. The independent candidate for Tangail-4 made the announcement after a meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda yesterday. “I’m not running in the election. There isn’t a level playing field. My supporters are being harassed…
DOT Desk Export earnings from plastic products have risen by 30 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY19), according to statistics of Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association, reports The Financial Express. “The total export of plastic products in the 2017-18 fiscal year…
DOT Desk Ad-Din Barrister Rafique-ul Huq Hospital started specialised campaign on cataract operations to reach the medical services to underprivileged ones on charity, reports The Daily Sun. Supreme Court senior lawyer Barrister Rafiq-Ul Haque inaugurated the month-long campaign on the hospital premises in the capital’s Jurain Postogola area on Thursday. Hospital Director Mohammad Jahangir, Ad-Din…
BDnews24 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that if the rights of the minorities are not upheld, it can lead to an uprising. The former cricketer spoke at a ceremony in Lahore on Sunday in the midst of a controversy surrounding the remarks by Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on mob lynching in India. Khan…