Myisha Nawar Me Before You: Cinderella story meets end-of-life dialectic, wrapped up in a bubbly broody love triangle in which death is the third wheel, starring Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke as the caregiver of a quadriplegic, the Hunger Games’ Sam Claflin. Mashed together by need-hers for a job, his for a friend-they are chalk…
Sofian Khan A facebook page named “All Exam Suggestion Roki Vai” leaked question paper during the last PEC test. They now claim that their next mission is to leak and upload questions of SSC and HSC examinations through their page.On Sunday at around 10 am, 50 minutes before the PEC math test started, the page…
BDNews24 A new report shows that three out of five young people in Bangladesh do not meet the WHO recommendations for daily physical activity. The Report Card published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health shows that only 41.4 percent of students aged 13-17 years were physically active for at least 60 minutes per…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a major healthcare revamp, The government has taken a step to increase the license and renewal fees of: private medical colleges, hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres—to increase revenue collection from this sector. If implemented, this will be first such fees hike in the sector since 1982, reports UNB referring to the Finance…
Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University/ Aljazeera Muslims across the world persecuted, abused and murdered by Muslim and non-Muslim regimes. What is happening to Muslims around the globe? In China they are put into concentration camps, in Myanmar they are slaughtered en masse, in India they have…
Syed Nasir Ershad Last week I had an opportunity to visit Panchagarh, the northernmost district of Bangladesh. It was an official trip. However, people encouraged me to take time to go see Bhitorgarh which is a historical site and a matter of pride for us. Its location is about 16 km northeast of Panchagarh town…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Two train passengers were killed and five others injured after being hit with Hardinge Bridge girder at Pakshi in Ishwardi upazila of the district yesterday, reports banglanews24.com. The deceased were identified as Rabiul Islam, 20, son of Jamal Uddin of Shigabj upazila of Bogra and Hakim Islam, 18, hailed from Shoilgari…
M Humayun Kabir: The High Court yesterday directed the lower court concerned to dispose internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam’s bail petition by today. A High Court bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Shahidul seeking bail in the case. The bail petition was filed with the court of…
Myisha Nawar “My Cinderella doesn’t wear glass slippers. She walks barefoot everyday. Stepping on ants, people’s spits, a hobo’s shit. She is a drug-sniffing runaway.” -Nusrat Progga in one of the most appraised poems of the night, “My Princesses”. Last evening, June 4 2016, The Daily Our Time organized their fifth poetry reading session….
Kabir Humayun: Four motorcyclists were killed in three separate road crashes in Mymensingh yesterday. The victims were identified as Yasin Mia, 60, Dilip Mia, 60, Jewel Mia, 30, and Rezaul Karim, 35, said 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) police sources, reports The Daily Star. Yasin was killed when a bus ran him…