AFP: Pyongyang will suspend Chinese tour group visits to North Korea ahead of a high profile anniversary next month, according to news reports Saturday. The North’s Korea International Youth Travel Agency told a Chinese tourist agency that hotels in Pyongyang would be closed for renovations for 20 days starting Saturday, according to South Korean media…
Marilyn Thipthorpe At the mouth of the Yangtze River, on the East Coast of China, rests an old and long forgotten fishing village that is being reclaimed by the nature surrounding it. Long, dense vines of ivy have crept into the streets, alleys, and the walls of the buildings, creating this stunning display of the…
UNB: Police on Saturday afternoon detained a teenage boy from in front of Kolaroa Municipality Bhaban in Satkhira district, on charge of beating a college girl. Detainee Zahid Hasan Rana, 18, is a resident of Murarikati village in the municipality, said Kolaroa Police Station officer in-charge Maruf Ahmed.
Sayeed Muhammad: Muslims across the country will be offering their Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr prayers tonight, marking the bestowment of the first verses of Holy Quran on Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), reports BSS. According to the holy book, the Night of Decree, is better than 1,000 nights as the angels and the spirit descend therein,…
Sayeed Muhammad: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for mobilizing a new global alliance to promote women rights and empowerment as she was conferred upon Global Women’s Leadership Award for her outstanding contribution for the women. “We have to forge a new alliance to support the women and uphold their rights. Together, we must act on…
Marilyn Thipthorpe JC Sheitan Tenet is a southpaw tattoo artist, not because he’s left-handed but because he lost his right one 22 years ago so has no choice. Until now. A collaboration with visual artist JL Gonzal has resulted in a custom-designed “biomechanical prosthesis” that has a built-in rotary inker. The project started with a…
Reuters: Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday a single exchange rate pegged to his socialist government’s petro cryptocurrency, effectively devaluing by 96 percent in a move economists said would fan hyperinflation in the chaotic country. In one of the biggest economic overhauls of Maduro’s five-year government, the former bus driver and union leader also…
Hindustan Times: On the tape, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui is heard saying: “Journalists have freedom, they can say whatever they want…We too have the freedom to do whatever we need to.” Pakistan’s consul general in Toronto has been caught on tape purportedly threatening a Canadian journalist of Pakistani-origin, prompting calls for his expulsion from the country….
DOT Desk: Local farmers achieved bumper Aman yield in Barishal Division this year, said sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the division, reports The Daily Observer. Arshed Ali, additional director of the DAE, claimed that due to favourable weather and use of high-yielding seeds, the Aman paddy production increased since the last…
BSS, Pirojpur Home-Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday categorically said Islam is a religion of peace and there is no place for militancy in Islam. “An ill force is hatching conspiracy to foil the country’s development and to help rising militancy by misinterpreting Islam among common people,” he came up with the observation while addressing annual…