The Guardian: Mark Johnston has become the most successful racehorse trainer in Britain, having saddled his 4,194th winner on Thursday. After weeks of anticipation, the decisive success came at York in which Frankie Dettori rode 20-1 shot Johnston’s Poet’s Society to victory in a one-mile handicap.It is an extraordinary achievement for a man who started…
Bdnews24: Dhaka South Mayor Md Sayeed Khokon and Md Jamal Mostafa of Dhaka North mayoral panel came up with information on Eid cattle waste management and the claims at news briefings a day after the Eid on Thursday. Mayor Khokon had promised like the previous year that the animal waste in his areas would be…
Desk Report: Hotels, motels and guesthouses in and around the popular tourist zones of the country have geared up for a brisk business during Eid festivities. Holiday destinations like Cox’s Bazar, Kuakata, Sylhet, Bandarban, Rangamati and St Martin’s Island are expecting a big turnout of tourists during the holidays. Sheikh Imrul Siddique, an official at…
UNB: Bagerhat, one of the popular tourist destinations of the country, attracted a huge number of visitors with its historical sites and magnificent beauty in this Eid vacation as in previous years. While the people of all age have been crowding the tourist spots and recreation centres in the district to enjoy the vacation, the…
Sami Moubayed/Gulf News A major assault on the Syrian province depends on the outcome of diplomacy between the Turks and the Russians The once sleepy city of Idlib, perched in the Syrian northwest, was supposed to be next on the battle list of the Syrian and Russian armies. They had started operations around the Idlib…
Seth Lipsky/The New York Post None too soon to think about the prospect of impeachment. It’s in the headlines, after all, in the wake of the guilty verdicts against Paul Manafort and the guilty pleas by Michael Cohen. It may be claimed that none of the crimes of President Trump’s ex-campaign manager and ex-personal lawyer…
Desk Report: In the busy and concrete city life, people get little time to travel to panoramic places. Eid vacations come with the opportunity of taking a break from the mundane daily life and visit the wonderful places of the country, reports The Daily Sun In Bangladesh, travelling during the vacation of Eid has become…
Ramzy Baroud/Al Jazeera Lamia, Reem, Shaima and Dwlat are powerful Palestinian women just like Ahed, but their stories have been ignored. Ahed Tamimi, the 17-year-old Palestinian activist from the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank, is an icon of a rebellious young generation of Palestinians which has demonstrated it has little tolerance for…
Desk Report: Dhaka city corporations have claimed mass achievement in delivering to the promise of cleaning up the capital of animal wastes within 24 hours, reports The Daily Star. While Dhaka South City Corporation has claimed of 90 per cent cleanup, Dhaka North has claimed “success” for what it said was due to “responsible role…
Desk Report: Jute cultivation in the district has been reduced by about 40 percent this year compared to last year, mostly due to unfavourable weather condition. Jute was cultivated on 20,228 hectares of land last year, producing 2,01,890 bales of fibre, said Shariful Islam, a sub-assistant agriculture officer at the district Department of Agriculture Extension…