NDTV A soldier was killed in firing by Pakistani army across Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. They said that Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged fire in Uri (Baramulla district) and Machil (Kupwara district) sectors also prompting the authorities to suspend trade between two parts of Kashmir divided by the…
Heritage Daily: Archae-ologists in Iceland have for decades examined the remains of more than 350 graves from the Viking Age. In approximately 150 of these, teeth or bones of horses were found. Geneticists and archaeologists have now examined ancient DNA. from 19 horses in such graves, and it turned out that all horses – except…
Mrs. Idonthaveaphd We go on diets to make sure our skin looks flawless and that our waistline remains slim. We think about our hearts and eat less cholesterol, and cut down on smokes to keep our lungs clean. However, do any of really try to keep our livers healthy? The liver helps in detoxifying chemicals,…
Three motorcyclists were crushed under a bus on Kishoreganj-Bhairab highway on Sunday (December 16). The deceased were-Saikat, son of Helal Uddin, from Parabanga village of Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila, Milon, son of Abu Bakkar Miah, of Pathakkandi village, Shuvo, son of Babul Miah, of Jhatashira village. A Kishoreganj-bound Ananna Classic Paribahan bus ran over the motorbike…
CNN: For the first time, Osama bin Laden’s mother, Alia Ghanem, has given an interview. Conducted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by Martin Chulov of The Guardian, the interview is noteworthy because bin Laden, the architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and his mother were exceptionally close. What Ghanem says in the interview is largely credible…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy: Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of courage, both in the physical and moral sense. The historic 6-Point Program, an explicit embodiment of Bengali nationalism was unfurled at Lahore, the…
Paul Reilly and Ioanna Tantanasi/WION News Social media was recently credited with reducing the number of casualties caused by air strikes in the Syrian civil war. The early warning system, developed by tech startup Hala Systems, uses remote sensors to detect aircraft flying over the opposition-held northern province of Idlib. Alerts are then sent via…
Reuters: An elderly village witch doctor in Indonesia entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the next 15 years by claiming to be possessed by the “jin”, or spirit, of a young boy, police said on Tuesday. The woman, an identified by police as “H”, was rescued on Sunday…
Jessica Scott-Reid, freelancer writer and animal advocate/ CBC News Having a pet has been linked to decreased use of drugs and alcohol, and a decrease in risky behaviour For Buddy the Doberman, two blankets were not enough to keep him warm on a particularly cold night in Montreal last month. His guardian, Christian, is homeless,…
Minnie Potter Back in December, 1972, a jetliner which belonged to Eastern Airlines Tri-Star crashed into a Florida swamp due to a few minor faults in design. Pilots Bob Loft and Don Repo were 2 of the 101 people who had to face the ill-fate of plane crash. Now, this is not one of the…