Desk Report A grocer bought his freedom for Tk 1 lakh, a day after his abduction in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila, reports Daily Star. On Tuesday, armed criminals kidnapped Mohammad Tarek, 26, son of Kabir Ahmed of Bhaditola area, and demanded Tk 5 lakh as ransom. Kabir said after failing to get cooperation from local…
Sofian Khan: Protesters in Iran were exposed to gunfire as police opened fire with live ammunition and tear-gas canisters on Sunday as the movement turned violent. Police started responding in such a manner as about 500 young people gathered in the main square and outside a mosque in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr in a demonstration…
By Sheersho Zaman From a very early age, we are taught something very important. That is, to “not judge a book by its cover.” We are taught to never judge something or someone by an outward appearance, or simply to not be shallow. However, regardless of how much we are taught this or how young…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age : Two million people — Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs — died in the carnage. Fifteen million left their ancestral homes, uprooted by hate ignited by misrepresentations and misinterpretations of faith, to seek new abodes in lands they had never been to before. Seventy one years after the violent division of…
Md. Taqi Yasir During Apple’s major Worldwide Developers Conference this week, senior VP Craig Federighi introduced some new iOS 10 features like the redesigned interfaces for Maps, Photos, and Music. He also trolled the audience, according to The Verge, when he introduced a new “widget” that allows your lock screen to function as second screen….
IFL Science: You might think the perfect cup of coffee is an extremely subjective and personal thing, but you would be wrong. Scientists have been busy in the lab working out the proper way to stew your brew – and, yes, there is a right way to do it and it all has to do with…
The Guardian, UK: A 16-year-old boy hacked into Apple’s mainframe, downloaded internal files and accessed customer accounts because he was a fan of the company and hoped to work there one day, a Melbourne court has heard. According to The Age newspaper, the boy’s lawyer told the children’s court in Melbourne on Thursday that his…
Suppose you are very angry for some reason, at that moment the person right in front of you can tell you that your face has turned red as though your blood were ready to boil. Although it is physiologically impossible for steams to come out of your ears, but when extremely angry, you might look…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The visiting West Indies team suffered a horrific batting collapse in their first innings after finishing the second day scoring 75 for 5 against Bangladesh in the second and final Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. Bangladesh 1st innings were: 508 for all, Mahmudullah 136, Shakib 80,…
Sofian Khan: A six-member committee was formed by the Cabinet for further reviewing the Bangladesh Tariff Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2018 draft during a regular weekly cabinet meeting with Principal Secretary to Prime Minister’s Office as its convener yesterday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting. “The draft law was placed before the cabinet today…