Clarence Page/Chicago Tribune This has been a summer of discontent in stand-up comedy circles, despite the abundance of laughable material that President Donald Trump’s White House continues to provide. You could hear that discontent in June in Jon Stewart’s onstage interview at San Francisco’s annual Clusterfest. After amusing the crowd with talk of the “yearning…
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…
Saleem Samad of DOT The global rights alliance for garments workers of Bangladesh has invited uproar among expat Bangladesh nationals in Europe and North America. The global movement was spearheaded by an Amsterdam, The Netherlands based Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), a global alliance dedicated to improving working conditions of factory workers, calls for living wages,…
UNB Members of Bangladesh Army in a special drive arrested three persons along with arms and ammunitions from Bilaichharipara area beside Rangamati-Kaptai road in the district town on Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Biswajoti Chakma alias Baganbabu alias Kinkar alias Shidong, 50, a suspected kingpin of an arms-trading group and former commander of Janasonghhati…
Scroll: Malay-alam film director Priyanandan, who recently courted controversy for a Facebook post on the entry of women into Sabariama, was attacked by unidentified men at a shop near his home in Vallachira in Kerala’s Thrissur district on Friday. The incident occurred around 9 am, reported Mathrubhumi.Leaders of Hindutva outfits have alleged that the remarks,…
Starchild Prince William and his younger brother Harry visited the sets of Star Wars episode VIII. They visited the set whioke they were shooting at the Pine wood studio in London. Actress Daisy ridly gave the royal brothers a tour round the set and they also got to meet Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker,…
Sofian Khan: The Sup-reme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict on the two appeals against the High Court (HC) bail order for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The verdict was originally supposed to come yesterday till Attorney General Mahbubey Alam delayed by a day after coming up with some more…
Hossen Sohel : The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi jumped to 384 yesterday, authorities said, with many of those killed swept away by giant waves as they played on the beach, reports Reuters. Strong aftershocks continued to rock the coastal city yesterday morning after waves up to…
Reported by: Syed Ripon Written by: Eshan Maitra Tomorrow, Union Porishod elections will be held in 54 unions. EC have taken all the necessary preparations, announced EC Sub-Secretary Farhad Ahammad Khan in a report. Last published guidelines of EC mentioned, last EUP Election candidate paper submitting date was 27 April, candidates were verified by 30…
Desk Report: Bangladesh High Performance (HP) head coach Simon Helmot believes that Mohammad Mithun got the potential to replace Sabbir Rahman down the order, reports Daily Asian Age. After the unexpected exit of Sabbir from the scene for the time being due to his disciplinary issues that earned him a six month ban from international…