AP, Lesbos Pope Francis traveled to Greece on Saturday for a brief but provocative visit to thank the Greek people for welcoming refugees and meet with migrants at a detention center as the European Union implements a controversial plan to deport them back to Turkey. Greek state television ERT reported that Francis had offered to…
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…
Desk Report Most Bollywood superstars are happy with the decision of Supreme Court that uphold the death sentence against the accused in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, December 2012. There are some mixed reactions too on the social media, twitter. “Nirbhaya verdict.Justice prevails.Being in a civil society,in this case,”Public Hanging” was needed to…
UNB, Dhaka A freedom fighter, who converted to Christianity from Islam 15 years ago, was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Haspatalpara in Kurigram town on Tuesday morning. A gang of miscreants came on a motorbike and in a sudden swoop started hacking Hossain Ali,65, while he was having his morning walk.
Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hossain speaks to DOT : The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled 786 nominations until December 2 during its scrutiny process before clearing candidates to contest for the general elections. Aspiring candidates whose nominations have been cancelled by the returning officers then filed appeal at the EC challenging the rejection to run…
Bdnews24 In a crackdown just days before the general election, social media giants Facebook and Twitter have taken down a total of 30 pages and accounts related to Bangladesh for manipulation. Facebook has taken down nine pages and six accounts while Twitter has suspended 15 accounts. Facebook says it took down the pages and accounts…
Abrar Hussain: US First Lady Melania Trump will reportedly skip this week’s G7 summit in Canada and does not also plan to attend the planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korea, according to a statement by the White House on Sunday. The wife of US President Donald Trump attended the G7 meeting in Italy…
The Independent, BD: The University Grants Commission (UGC) will now monitor activities of private universities, including the involvement of their students and teachers in subversive and political acts. UGC sources said the recent involvement of the students of some private universities in violent activities have raised concern. All private universities should ensure a peaceful academic…
Sayeed Muhammad: Veteran journalist, columnist and rhymester Niyamat Hossain has passed away owing to old-age complications. He was 77. The senior journalist, who was also an author and translator, breathed his last at his Paltan residence yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. Born on January 15, 1941 in 24 Pargana of India’s West Bengal, Niyamat started his professional…
Reuters: Yemeni Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s Najran region near the border between the two countries, the Houthi-controlled Masirah TV said on Wednesday. The Badr-1 missile targeted “a new military camp,” it said, without indicating when the missile was launched. Saudi Arabia’s military said on Tuesday its air defenses intercepted…