Sky news Jase Hyndman and his sister lost their father four years ago and always mark his birthday at this time of year. This year the seven-year-old from West Lothian decided to send a birthday card, with a special request to the postman. He wrote on the envelope: “Mr postman, can you take this to…
Sofian Khan: Cumilla special tribunal was asked by the High Court (HC) for disposing a bail petition as soon as possible filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed in Cumilla over the February 3, 2015 arson attack. The hearing was passed by a bench comprising Justice Md Shawkat Hossain and Justice Abu…
BSS A mother and her 18-month old son drowned in a pond at Chandukhali village under Taltoli upazila of the district on Wednesday. The deceased were Hosneara Begum, 35 wife of Forkan Miah and her son Sarwar, resident of the same area. Local sources said physically challenged Hosneara with her son fell in the pond…
AFP: The red carpet was rolled out for Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince in Islamabad Sunday, just weeks after his country offered US$3 billion (RM12.4 billion) to support Pakistan’s battered economy. In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Imran Khan met Al Nahyan at the Pakistan Air Force base and a formation of air force jets marked…
Minnie Potter Back in December, 1972, a jetliner which belonged to Eastern Airlines Tri-Star crashed into a Florida swamp due to a few minor faults in design. Pilots Bob Loft and Don Repo were 2 of the 101 people who had to face the ill-fate of plane crash. Now, this is not one of the…
Tech Explorist A new study has estimated the size of Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile to be lower than present estimates, attributing it to a shortage of uranium. The study estimates that Pakistan could at best have between 112 and 156 nuclear weapons. Of them, about 78 to 104 would be highly enriched uranium (HEU)-based weapons and…
M Humayun Kabir: The High Court yesterday asked the jail authorities to immediately send photographer Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for his treatment. A day after Shahidul Alam was placed on a seven-day remand, the High Court bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the…
The Guardian: Lily Allen has given her first detailed account of a record industry executive sexually assaulting her as she slept, warning that similar abuse is “rife” in the music business. In a frank interview with Guardian Weekend magazine, the Brit Award winner warns that, even in the wake of the #MeToo movement, industry insiders…
Kabir Humayun: The body of an Ansar member was recovered from Tongi upazila of Gazipur early yesterday, police said. The deceased was identified as Junayed Ahmed, 35, said Ashraful Islam, sub-inspector of Tongi Police Station, reports The Daily Star. Junayed was working at a warehouse of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) when the incident…
Tara Sattar Famous Bangladeshi film actress Diti passed away yesterday after fighting cancer for a long time. She passed away Sunday afternoon in United Hospital in Dhaka. Her first namaz-e-janaza was held after Isha prayers. Diti’s body was then taken to Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) on Monday morning, where her second namaz-e-janaza was held….