AP, Baghdad Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad Monday to talk to Iraqi leaders about beefing up Iraqi forces working to retake the northern city of Mosul, a critical goal in the effort to defeat the Islamic State group. A senior U.S. official said that as the U.S. moves to help the Iraqis, it…
NDTV A possible burglar had to be rescued from the grease vent of a vacant Chinese restaurant in California, USA, after being trapped there for two days. Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that emergency crews responded to reports of a “a faint voice calling for help” from the building in the…
I went to watch a four month long (September 9-January 3) photography exhibition “George S. Zimbel: A Humanist Photographer” at the Graphic Arts Centre of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition showcased a wide range of black and white photographs of George Zimbel. Zimbel’s show includes candid photos of the famous, including Helen Keller…
Entertainment Desk Bestselling novel author J K Rowling has finally revealed the names of the stories that she has recently written for History of magic in north America. The first story is titled Fourteenth Century-Seventeenth Century. According to a report published in peoples.com, it has been said that the early days of the magical community…
Reuters: North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday progress on denuclearization promises made in a historic US-N.Korea summit in June cannot be expected if the United States adheres to “old scenarios” that have failed. The state-run KCNA carried a statement from the spokesman for the ministry, saying the will to implement the promises made at…
UNB: President of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)Lee Mi-kyungarrives here on January 20 on a four-day visit to discuss development cooperation between Bangladesh and South Korea through KOICA and visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar. She will lead a six-member high-level delegation, said an official on Wednesday. It will be the first-ever visit of KOICA’s…
The Way It Happens: Sneezing is something humans and even some animals like cats, dogs, and chickens do. Our question is why do we have to sneeze? Most of us would answer that our nose in order to get rid of dirt like irritants and mucus undertake the act of sneezing; this idea is not…
Tech Explorist: A new study by the Rice University scientists suggests that most of the Earth’s essential elements of life such as carbon, nitrogen and other life-essential volatile elements, came from the planetary collision that created the moon more than 4.4 billion years ago. Study co-author Rajdeep Dasgupta said, “From the study of primitive meteorites,…
Desk Report: Sabbir Rahman might be facing another lengthy ban from cricket. He is set to meet the BCB’s disciplinary committee yesterday, for a hearing related to the outburst on social media that allegedly came from Sabbir’s official account and directed abuse at a fan following Bangladesh’s loss in the second ODI in the West…
Reuters: Russian police detained around 25 gay rights activists who took part in an unsanctioned rally in St Petersburg on Saturday, according to Reuters witnesses. A few dozen activists gathered at Palace Square on Saturday afternoon, defying a ban to hold the rally. Organisers had said they would stage one-man protests to demand freedom of…