Tequila Sunrise About a month after postponing her tour with a mysterious message about family (below), Janet Jackson has confirmed the shocking, albeit awesome, news: SHE’S PREGNANT! AT THE AGE OF 49! On April 6, the multiple-time Grammy Award winner revealed on Facebook that she was under “doctor’s orders” to rest. She then added, cryptically…
The Guardian, UK: US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart of the American embassy in Moscow for more than a decade, the Guardian has learned. The Russian national had been hired by the US Secret Service and is understood to have had access to the agency’s intranet…
Reuters: The French Navy is ready to intervene if clashes between French and British fishermen over access to scallop-rich seabeds erupt again on the open seas, Agriculture Minister Stephane Travert said on Tuesday. Travert said he had spoken to his British counterpart and that talks between the two sides were due on Wednesday after French…
As women and children from Bangladesh are being trafficked to India continuously, Civil Society members called for coordination at both government and non-governmental levels of the two countries on urgent basis for combating the crime. “At the moment, about 200 to 400 women and children from Bangladesh are being trafficked to India each month. It…
Riku Amir: CNG-operated auto-rickshaw drivers operating in Dhaka have started such flexible behavior with the passenger, which was not expected two months ago. Drivers also charge less than before. It is learned that CNG operators are doing this flexible behavior on the basis of mobile phone application transport utensils ‘Uber’ and ‘Pathao’. These autorickshaw owners…
Abrar Hussain On early Sunday in Indian Kashmir, suspected rebels stormed a paramilitary camp leaving seven including three attackers dead, reports Straits Times. Armed militants lobbed grenades and fired automatic rifles to enter the camp of India’s Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) outside the main city of Srinagar, triggering a fierce exchange of fire as…
Abrar Hussain: The first-ever Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) by the Bangladesh and Indian Navies will be conducted in Chittagong on June 27, reports UNB. The CORPAT will be jointly inaugurated by the Chiefs of Navies of the two respective countries. Two Indian Navy ships and Air craft reached Chittagong yesterday to participate in the patrol. Chief…
Sayeed Muhammad: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been sued for “inciting hate and tension” among communities, hours after she warned of a “civil war and bloodbath” over a list of citizens that leaves 40 lakh people from Assam. The lawsuit has been filed by three workers of the BJP’s youth wing in Assam’s…
Her name is Shukkhur Hirja. She is a transgender. She has been living beside the railway station of Sreemangal for over 4 years. She is often subjected to disrespect from people, just because she is different than us. There is nothing they can do about it because they have been made that way by the…