Our time desk Any art aficionado here? Well, we have good news for you- Scribble is here! Remember that time when you were a kid and kicked and screamed and prayed for those colorful pens and markers. Well, imagine all the colors of the rainbow and more packed into ONE single pen. The future is…
Dawn An accountability court on Monday handed ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif seven years in jail and a fine of $2.5 million in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference, and acquitted him in the Flagship Investments reference. According to local media reports, the PML-N quaid was taken into custody in court and will be transported…
Utpal Dutta, Editorial Assistant, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section : Being a girl you have to perish or wither because you don’t conceal your skin, charm and fragrance. Society then seems to be a honeycomb with huge bees buzzing around. Still we see the ugly phenomena while global ingredients are gradually flourishing with the…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari, Toronto Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has introduced his latest book, ‘A World of Three Zeros’, focusing on zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions in last September. These were the enlightened focal point of his address and open Q&A session held at the jammed packed Innis Town Hall of…
Al Jazeera Malaysia’s new government has a “window of opportunity” to address indigenous land rights and stop the intimidation, harassment and arrest of those attempting to defend their land, Amnesty International said at the launch of its latest report into indigenous rights. Across the country, indigenous people, who make up about 14 percent of the…
Nicholas Kristof/ The New York Times The U.S. should pressure Saudis to respect the human rights of outspoken women. Remember this name: Loujain (pronounced Loo-JAYNE) al-Hathloul. She is 29 years old and a courageous advocate for gender equality — so she is in a Saudi Arabian prison, and reportedly our Saudi allies have tortured her,…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto: A recent expensive new book of 546-pages titled as ‘Bangladesh: Political and Literary Reflections on a Divided Country’, published from Peter Lang International Academic Publishers based in New York, written by Professor Dr. Q M Jalal Khan has entailed the ‘fascist character’ of current government in Bangladesh and reached out…
Marilyn Thipthorpe When you think of fast cars, you must think of the Bugatti Chiron, as the fastest car in the world at the moment. This is not the case, the newly developed Koenigsegg Regera is out to challenge the Bugatti and boy is it winning! Koenigegg released the Regera at the Geneva Auto Show…
Arifur Rahman Tuhin 90% of the bankers believe that, takeover loans already increasing the risk factors in the Banking Sector. 50% believe that, this will lead to even dangerous situation in the future. Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) reported this, at their “Loan Takeover in Bangladesh: Is it a healthy practice?” – tilted round-table…
There is 90% water in the brain, 83% in the blood, 22% in the bones and 22% in our muscles. Only 8 ounces of water before eating anything can give some benefits. Drinking water before anything, give you an impulse to move your bowels. It may cure gastric and make the digestive stretch…