Baran
Nasib Ahsan The movie is a romantic fable about a construction worker. His name is Lateef (Hossein Abedini), and he labors on a building site not far from the border with Afghanistan. All of the labor here is manual, including hauling 50-pound bags of cement up a series of ramps. Lateef doesn’t actually work very…
CID finds proof of rape: Tonu Murder case
Ismail Hussain Emu CID has found proof of rape from Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s clothes and her body. Comilla District Police sent the evidence over to the Detective Branch’s Headquarters in Dhaka on Monday. The case was transferred to the DB police for a more thorough investigation. The DB police will conduct forensic, fingerprint and DNA…
Study links giving birth with higher risk of heart disease and stroke
Malay Mail Chinese researchers have found that giving birth may increase a woman’s risk of heart disease and stroke by 14 per cent compared to having no children. Carried out by researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Xi’an Medical University, the new study looked at ten studies from around the world involving…
Few things an Insomniac probably does
Sakib Khondoker It’s 4:34 in the morning, and you are wide awake. You probably have nothing to do, you are not even hungry, the Physics book is the last place you would look at. You literally have nothing left to do right now. And deep down, your inner voice is reaching out to you and…
Heavy smog, worsened by weather, raises alarm across Asia
AP: Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia, with authorities in Thailand’s hazy capital Bangkok opting to hand out face masks and step up enforcement of pollution controls. A combination of construction dust, auto exhaust and other pollutants, lingering over Bangkok due to prevailing weather patterns, has taken…
RHD seeks to buy eight vehicles for 28-km road-widening project
DOT Desk The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) will purchase eight vehicles for a project under which 28-kilometre district road in Tangail will be widened, reports The Financial Express. They said it has proposed buying two expensive jeeps, two double cabin pickups, two backhoe loaders and two motor-cycles at a total cost of Tk 46.52…
By year 2021, Siliguri train via Bangladesh in 7 hours
The times of India Indian Railways is working to revive the old Siliguri-Sealda route via Bangladesh by 2021. If that does happen, it will cut travel time to Siliguri from to 11to seven hours. Trains from Siliguri will pass through Chilahati, Domar, Toronbari, Nilfamari, Sayeedpur, Darshana, Parbatipur after crossing Haldibari and then reach Sealdah via…
Apple will launch two entirely new, huge products in coming years, says expert analyst
Independent.UK: Apple could launch two major new products in the coming years, according to an expert report.Together, the categories could help propel Apple to be the first two-billion-dollar, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote. Apple broke through the one-billion-dollar market cap record last week. First will come Apple’s attempt at augmented reality glasses, according to the report…
North Korea eased its rhetoric
Syed Nasir Ershad North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to take a step back from the brink of nuclear war Tuesday, when state media reported that he would watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees. But, as is often the case with North Korea,…