CNN: A family snorkeling in Hawaii managed to free a 20-foot whale shark from a thick, heavy piece of fishing line that was looped around its head and had been digging into its flesh for weeks. The Kawelo family was snorkeling off Kaunolu, Lanai, on July 29 when they saw the whale shark swimming. Kapua…
Abrar Hussain: A confidential UN report assessed by Reuters on Friday alleged that North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions. The six-month report by independent experts monitoring the implementation of the UN sanctions was submitted to the Security Council North Korea sanctions committee late on Friday….
UNB: BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday warned that the consequences will be very dire if the government applies force on the demonstrating students seeking safer roads. “You (govt) are saying you’ve accepted the students’ demands as those are justified. But the organisation which is under a minister has enforced a strike to put transport…
UNB: Police have arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal leader here on Saturday for allegedly provoking the student protests.Fatema Badshah, acting president of the city unit of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, the female wing of BNP, was picked up from her residence at Supariwalapara in the city on Friday night.
A portion of Northern Ireland’s Gosford Castle — which was used as Riverrun, the seat of House Tully and the childhood home of Catelyn Stark (Michelle Fairley) — is up for sale, according to a Maison Real Estate listing. The property was built in the mid-1800s by the 2nd Earl of Gosford, Archibald Acheson, and…
CNN: Purists may be horrified by the thought of an electric Ferrari, but can speed win them over? After thousands of hours of restoring and modernizing one of Ferrari’s luxury sports car, Californian Eric Hutchison accomplished the unthinkable and created the very first — and, as it turns out, fastest — electric 1978 Ferrari 308…
Al Arabiya: An Israeli envoy has visited the Qatari capital of Doha in recent days to obtain Qatari funds for a deal to be finalized between Hamas and Israel, according to Israel’s Channel 2 in a report that did not give further details. Meanwhile, a delegation of Hamas leaders living abroad is visiting Gaza to…
UNB: Police have arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal leader here on Saturday for allegedly provoking the student protests. Fatema Badshah, acting president of the city unit of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, the female wing of BNP, was picked up from her residence at Supariwalapara in the city on Friday night. Officer-in-charge of Double Mooring Police Station…
BSS: Ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival for the Muslims, cattle markets in the city and nine upazilas of the district along with its adjacent areas are getting vibrant with numerous buyers and hundreds of sacrificial animals.
CNN: I was in denial, but I had felt a wave of seasickness coming over me for quite some time. I tried to persevere but after focusing far too long on every wave that hit the Sunsail F40 yacht as I steered, I had to take some time out to catch my breath. “There’s a…