The BNP-led opposition alliance has extended its three-day countrywide hartal from today by 12 hours in protest at the arrest of its top leaders on Friday. Called to press for a non-party polls-time government, the shutdown will now end at…
Most of the BNP leaders have gone into hiding after Friday night’s arrest of five leaders, while the police have increased their presence around BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s residence and office. Alongside a large number of plainclothes policemen, some…
Three out of the five arrested BNP leaders are over 60, but police yesterday showed the five arrested in two cases for “attempted murder of cops and creating violence in the capital.” Law enforcers produced the arrestees — lawmakers…
Criticising the BNP for creating anarchy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the main opposition party doesn’t understand the language of democracy, it only knows how to kill and torture people. “The BNP was born out of the pocket of…
The prosecution in a war crimes case is likely to press charges today against Syed Mohammad Qaisar, alleged member of a local Peace Committee, for involvement in crimes against humanity and genocide in 1971. “We have prepared formal charges after…
The ruling Awami League would start selling nomination forms from today to pick candidates for the forthcoming 10th general elections. The process would be started through selling of a form for AL President Sheikh Hasina for Gopalganj-3 constituency, party sources…
Influential British weekly The Economist has said the BDR carnage verdict could give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a much-needed boost as the conviction of the mutineers will bolster her position with the army. The reason for the original mutiny appears…
Five BCL activists of Dhaka University were injured when police fired rubber bullets at a group of BCL men at the capital’s Chankharpool after an altercation with them last night. The injured were receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.…
One of the most powerful typhoons in history is believed to have killed 1,200 people in the Philippines, the Red Cross yesterday, as rescue workers raced to reach towns devastated by tsunami-like waves. A day after Super Typhoon Haiyan whipped…
Turkey’s delicious baklava and its crowded Grand Bazaar have always attracted tourists, but now there’s a new reason why men are flocking to the transcontinental country – bushier mustaches and beards. No, it’s not something in the air that makes…
One of around 15 people hurt in an accidental explosion during rehearsals for a Paris musical died overnight of a heart attack, police said yesterday. The man, an employee of the show whose heart had stopped when rescue workers arrived…
The UN’s top court will hand down tomorrow its verdict in a dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over a flashpoint temple that threatens to reignite nationalist tensions. The Hague-based International Court of Justice is to rule in the bitter border…
Insurgents launched an attack on the Malian army in the rebel-hit country’s northeast on Friday, military sources said, in renewed fighting ahead of planned peace talks with the government. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), ambushed soldiers…
Australia yesterday said it will take a boatload of asylum-seekers at the centre of a high-seas stand-off with Indonesia to its Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island. Australia had requested Indonesia take the group of about 60 people who were…
Gunmen yesterdayopened fire on two trucks carrying Nato vehicles in Pakistan’s troubled northwest near the Afghan border, wounding two drivers. The trucks came under fire in Jamrud area of Khyber, one of seven districts that make up Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal…
Nigerian security forces staged lethal raids yesterday on suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the northern city of Kano allegedly plotting “suicide attacks” there and in the capital Abuja, the military said. Five suspected “terrorists” and two soldiers died in gunbattles…
Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan have declined but government forces are suffering higher casualties and the Taliban have strengthened their grip in some rural areas, the Pentagon said Friday. Attacks initiated by Islamist militants decreased six percent and assaults involving homemade…
Across Gazipur district, very few buffalos can be seen tilling the land. That is because nowadays in areas like Kaliakair, power tillers and tractors have replaced the traditional cattle-drawn plough. And it is not just ploughing, rather most of the…
The government’s decision to arrest some senior leaders of the BNP and go looking for others has been not only outrageous and unwarranted but also blatantly out of step with rudimentary democratic norms. At a time when the nation is…
Last month, there was a new resolve to move towards changing the geo-political map of Asia, especially this part of South Asia and East Asia. This seismic development was little noticed elsewhere in the world. It did not even get…
During the latest episode of the Washington farce that has astonished a bemused world, a Chinese commentator wrote that if the United States cannot be a responsible member of the world system, perhaps the world should become “de-Americanised” — and…
The nation observes Shaheed Nur Hossain Day on November 10. I was at Gandaria rail station that day in 1987 to cover the news of the blockade. People got the news within a very short time that someone had been…
Alhaj Selima Khatun, a self-effacing educator and a kind hearted public spirited lady passed away at the ripe age of 82 on October 15, 2013, at her residence in Lalmatia, Dhaka. Her death has devastatingly affected all members of a…
From November 4-5, the Myanmar government peace negotiation team and representatives of ethnic armed groups met in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin state. The meeting took place after a four-day (October 30 to November 2) conference of 17 ethnic armed…
From simple village folk to anyone who has claim to a literary education — all are familiar with the Fables of Aesop. The popular tales are credited to a slave believed to have lived in Greece between 620 and 560…
As we were optimistically following the nearly three decade long mistrust over Iran’s nuclear programme between the US and Iran inching toward a breakthrough, Benjamin Netanyahu’s offensive statements on Friday threatened the positive ending out of the accord. His marked…
Truck and covered van fares shot up yesterday ahead of the four-day shutdown, a move which will ultimately hit the consumers’ pockets hard. “The pressure to transport goods is immense today [Saturday]. All are trying to get their goods to…
The government will send off a progress report to the US on November 15 on the action plan outlined by the Obama administration to help Bangladesh regain trade privileges. “We have made progress in some areas as per the recommendations…
Foreign aid disbursement dropped around 23 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year owing to delays in project implementation. Between July and September, disbursement stood at $422 million, in contrast to $545 million a year ago, according…
Brac Bank launched its fifth subsidiary, Brac IT Services Ltd (biTS), to provide world-class technology solutions in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman launched the company at a programme at Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka on Thursday. A joint venture…
Bangladesh Bank yesterday honoured 150 rescuers of Rana Plaza victims for their heroic contribution to the rescue of 2,438 workers from the debris. The collapse of Rana Plaza, which housed five apparel factories, was the country’s worst industrial disaster that…
Stocks gained for the second week with the market gauge crossing 4,200 points level for the first time in the last three and a half months, depending on banks’ stocks amid a three-day strike. DSEX, the benchmark general index of…
Social business, Professor Muhammad Yunus’s latest area of passion, not only generates lasting social impact, it can also lead to tangible business benefits, a study by Boston Consulting Group, a leading management consultancy firm, found. “A charity dollar has…
FAIR & Lovely, the fairness cream brand of Unilever Bangladesh, was judged the best overall brand, beating last year’s winner Parachute coconut oil, at the Best Brand Award Bangladesh 2013 yesterday. Lux was the second best and Nokia the third…
We live in an age where emerging technologies are narrowing the divide between humans and machines. As features of mobile phones become more customised and complex, they cease to be just devices of communication. Mobile phones now store more personal…
China’s ruling Communist Party began a key meeting Saturday to dictate the direction of the world’s second-biggest economy for the next decade. The official Xinhua news agency said the gathering of the party Central Committee would discuss a draft document…
Brazil may be in the sporting spotlight with the World Cup just seven months away and the 2016 Rio Olympics on the horizon, but the investment of public cash in sport business remains a controversial issue. The estimated $30 billion…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday expressed her strong resolve to foil at any cost “the plot of the current government to hold any unilateral election”. “A conspiracy is on to annihilate the county’s democracy. The covert conspiracy for reintroduction…
Civil society and minority community leaders at a rally yesterday demanded judicial inquiry into the recent attacks on the Hindu community in Pabna and Lalmonirhat and exemplary punishment for the perpetrators. Some of them demanded resignation of State Minister for…
Jahangirnagar University Teachers’ Association (Juta) has withdrawn its agitation programmes after the chancellor issued directives to teachers to call off agitation programmes and to the vice chancellor to arrange for the senate to elect a panel from which a VC…
Unmarried adolescents making up nearly one-fourth of Bangladesh’s population have no access to formal healthcare services on preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, said a high official of Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) yesterday. Addressing a discussion, Dr…
Bangladesh’s remarkable developments in different sectors in the last 23 years came at the expense of the environment as no government tried to ensure sustainable development, stated Bapa General Secretary Dr Abdul Matin yesterday. “So we are presenting policy guidelines…
Sajeeb Wazed Joy said the Election Commission had taken all preparations to hold a free and fair election, which would be held on time and in line with the constitution. None can bar it and BNP and its allies will…
Three examinations of Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate have been rescheduled due to the opposition’s countrywide 84-hour shutdown beginning today. The JSC exams scheduled to be held on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will now be held on November…
An accused in a recent cop murder case sustained bullet injuries in his legs when he and his cohorts engaged in a “gunfight” with detectives conducting a raid in Chittagong city’s Ambagan area early yesterday. The arrestee, Suman, 27, is…
It is not a special hospital that only provides medical services to the armed forces. It is a public hospital open for all — civilians and defence personnel alike. However, few people know of Kurmitola General Hospital, a 12-storey U-shaped…
Three pro-Jamaat Islami Chhatra Shibir activists were arrested in Dhaka and Rajshahi Friday night and yesterday. Our staff correspondent reports, Rapid Action Battalion arrested two Shibir activists Friday night in the capital’s Gulshan for blasting crude bombs and trying to…
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of Nagorik Oikya, a citizens’ platform, yesterday called upon Bangladesh’s eminent persons to sit together to find out a way out of the ongoing political crisis. “If you wish, you can hold the discussion at our…
Today is the eighth death anniversary of Enayetullah Khan, founding editor of the daily New Age and editor-in-chief of the weekly Holiday. He passed away in Toronto, Canada on November 10, 2005 at the age of 66. He had been…
The mass media should allocate more space for reports on child nutrition as fighting malnutrition requires widespread awareness along with efforts from political leaders and policymakers, said nutrition experts and journalists at a workshop yesterday. Reports on malnutrition also need…
Jamaat-e-Islami has been conducting political activities using Hefajat-e Islam as a shield and should be banned, teachers, students and Gonojagoron Mancha activists told a rally yesterday. Demanding immediate execution of the war crimes verdicts, they said people should remain alert…
Nine people were killed and 21 others injured in road accidents across the country yesterday and Friday. A Comilla correspondent reports, five pedestrians were killed and 12 others injured when a covered van veered out of control and hit them…
NU exams rescheduled Our Correspondent, Gazipur All exams under the National University scheduled for today, tomorrow and Tuesday have been rescheduled due to unavoidable circumstances. Honours first year final, BBA sixth semester final, ECE part-1 first semester final and MBA…
The flagbearer of Bangladesh golf, Siddikur Rahman, took a giant yet assured step towards winning his second Asian Tour title when he shot a flawless third round five-under-par (67) to take a four-stroke lead at the Hero Indian Open yesterday.…
Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity were relegated from the Dhaka Premier League yesterday after they finished at the bottom of the league following their 59-run defeat to Prime Bank Cricket Club at Fatullah yesterday. Prime Bank will now join Mohammedan…
A familiar figure was seen in the grandstand of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur at the end of the T20I between Bangladesh and New Zealand on November 6. Upon sighting Mohammad Ashraful — who had with him fellow disgraced…
The 2010-2011 professional football league champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club have announced their target of winning all the silverware this season after forming a star-studded squad which includes nine current national team members, along with the highest-paid footballer Sony Norde…
Ravichandran Ashwin’s hundred and a match haul of five wickets in the first Test against West Indies has lifted him to the top of the ICC’s rankings for Test all-rounders, the first time he has reached No. 1. Ashwin took…
The Dhaka Premier League this year has been riddled with controversy right from the start. At first it was the unusual, early demotion of Cricket Coaching School, who had arrived late to one of the league matches. There were also…
Defending champions Mohammedan SC held on to their solo lead with maximum 14 match points after the 8th and penultimate round of the Rupahali Sarees Premier Division Chess League which is being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room.…
WIM Rani Hamid earned three points after the 5th round of the Women Grandmasters Chess Tournament in Chennai, India yesterday. WFM Zakia Sultana and Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly earned 2.5 points each while Masuda Begum and Jahanara Haque Runu earned…
Manchester United and Arsenal will resume their historic rivalry at Old Trafford on Sunday with the London club holding the whip hand for the first time in several years. The two teams have enjoyed many memorable tussles during the Premier…
FIFA president Sepp Blatter confirmed on Friday that he would favour playing the controversial 2022 Qatar World Cup in November and December. “We are starting the consultations to bring it to the winter time. It can only be done in…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that the referee for his side’s game at Manchester United will feel less pressure now that Alex Ferguson is no longer in the opposition dug-out. Sunday’s Premier League encounter at Old Trafford will mark the…
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti on Friday ruled out any possibility of budging from his decision to play Spain captain Iker Casillas in the Champions League only. Casillas played well as Madrid drew 2-2 away to Juventus in midweek but…
Barcelona will travel to struggling Real Betis on Sunday evening without Gerard Pique or Sergio Busquets after they were left out of coach Gerardo Martino’s 18-man squad. Pique has been struggling with a groin strain in recent weeks and was…
Manchester City playmaker David Silva could be out of action for up to a month with a calf injury, manager Manuel Pellegrini said on Friday. The Spain international, who had already missed a month of this season with a thigh…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has accused the compilers of the Premier League’s fixture list of putting his team at a disadvantage. His complaint stems from the fact that Chelsea are the only English team to have played in the Champions…
Real Madrid’s Brazil left back Marcelo will miss this month’s international friendlies against Honduras and Chile with a knee injury, the Brazilian Football Confederation said on Friday. Marcelo was injured in training with his club earlier on Friday and Spanish…
France fullback Anthony Reveillere has joined Napoli as a free agent, the player and Serie A club said on Friday. Reveillere, 33, who left Olympique Lyonnais in June but failed to find a new club in the close season, has…
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third hat-trick of the season and Gareth Bale provided another assist as Real Madrid continued their impressive form with a 5-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday. Ronaldo opened the scoring from Karim Benzema’s pass on…
A fiercely disputed 96th-minute Eden Hazard penalty saw Chelsea snatch a 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Saturday to preserve Jose Mourinho’s unbeaten home record in league games. The Chelsea manager was heading for his first home defeat in…
European champions Bayern Munich set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in Bundesliga history with a 3-0 victory at home to Augsburg on Saturday. Bayern have now gone 37 league matches since their last defeat, at Bayer Leverkusen…
Whether coming alive through the sanctum of a temple, remote unknown greens or a vast stretch of polished wood underneath, a screaming audience in front to applaud appreciation in the air — a form of dance has been encircling these…
The Aminul Islam Award 2013 was an overflowing gathering of artists of all age. Art lovers had poured in too on Thursday evening at The Bengal Gallery premises. Artist Aminul Islam (1931-2011) is amongst the first generation artists and a…
Superstar of filmdom, Shakib Khan has debuted in film production. The Dhallywood hero revealed the news yesterday. The title of his first produced film is “Hero: The Superstar,” which will be directed by Badiul Alam Khokon. The shooting for the…
Don Johnson will lead the cast of a television series based on Robert Rodriguez’s cult 1996 film “From Dusk Till Dawn”, starring Quentin Tarantino. Johnson, best known for his role in ’80s TV hit “Miami Vice”, takes a recurring…
Two Bangladeshi feature films and a documentary film will be screened at the Kolkata International Film Festival. Veteran filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel’s documentary film “1971”, Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s “Television” and Amit Ashraf’s “Udhao” has been selected by the festival committee to…
US TV and FIlm actor Charlie Sheen is primarily known for his drug abuse and domestic violence occurrences, but he is also a sincere philanthropist. Sheen was the 2004 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser that…
World powers and Iran held a third day of crunch talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme yesterday with top diplomats saying progress was being made but there was no certainty of a deal. The hoped-for agreement — seen as a first…
“It is like a tsunami has hit here.” These were the first words from CNN’s Paula Hancocks, as she arrived in the storm-battered eastern city of Tacloban on board a military transport plane. Leading the first international news team…
Opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed topped yesterday’s bitterly-fought presidential elections, but failed to secure a clear majority needed to avoid a tricky run-off, official results showed. Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) immediately pressed for a quick second round of voting…
The editor of the Guardian is to be questioned by MPs about his newspaper’s publication of intelligence files leaked by the American whistleblower Edward Snowden. Alan Rusbridger is to appear before the House of Commons home affairs select committee next…
Syria’s splintered opposition coalition yesterday insisted it would not go to peace talks in Geneva unless pressure was brought to bear on Damascus to abide by the outcome. “We have always said that we are fully committed to Geneva. But…
The Indian Supreme Court yesterday stayed the Gauhati high court’s verdict that declared the CBI ‘unconstitutional’. The Centre had earlier yesterday challenged before the Supreme Court the Gauhati high court order and sought a stay on it contending that the…
The Pakistani Taliban’s appointment of a new hardline leader opposed to peace talks and with a long history of attacks against the military could push the army into launching a fresh offensive, analysts said. The election of Maulana Fazlullah, notorious…
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not attend a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka amid mounting pressure on him to boycott the event, a foreign ministry official said yesterday. Instead, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will head the Indian delegation…
Heavy footwear is usually considered uncomfortable, but for Zhang Fuxing weight is definitely not a problem. The 51-year-old from Tangshan, China, spends every morning walking in a pair of iron shoes weighing 405 kilograms. For over seven years, Zhang has…
Army chopper crashes in Indonesia; 13 killed Afp, Jakarta Thirteen people died yesterday when an Indonesian army helicopter carrying construction workers to build a military outpost crashed in the jungles of Borneo and burst into flames, an official said.…
Fragments from a science satellite are likely to crash to Earth late today or early tomorrow after the one-tonne probe breaks up at the end of its mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. In a statement, the…
The Indian Election Commission has banned the publication and dissemination of exit polls of any kind in the five poll-bound states from November 11 till December 4, when the assembly elections are over. The commission issued these orders and sent…
The family of 11-year-old Aduri, who survived brutal torture by employer in Dhaka, is going to get a piece of land and a new house, thanks to the initiative of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Benjir Ahmed. Patuakhali Superintendent…
A large number of women at different villages in Nazirpur upazila under the district are engaged in making floor covers with leaves of hogla, a plant that grows abundantly in vast marshlands in the area. Most of the women…
Police arrested a couple and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession in Rehaichar area in Chapainawabganj town yesterday. The arrestees are Motiur Rahman Babu, 30, and his wife Eti. 20. SM.Bazlur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Model Police Station…
A mobile court in Jessore sentenced a young man to seven days’ imprisonment for selling fake question papers of primary school teachers’ recruitment test. The convict is Sohel Rana, son of Enamul Haque of Ramkrishnapur village in Chowgachha upazila .…
At least 15 people were injured in a clash between police and BNP workers in Rail Gate area of the district town yesterday. Witnesses said the clash erupted as police dispersed a procession brought out by BNP activists in the…
Several hundred people formed a human chain on DB Road in Gaibandha town yesterday demanding arrest of the culprits, who raped a housewife in Sadullapur upazila in September. Later, they held a protest rally under the banner of ‘Gaibandha Zila…
At least five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit were injured in a clash with police on the campus yesterday noon. Sohrab Hossain, JCD, organising secretary of JCD BAU unit, is among the injured,…
Robbers killed a man and injured two others at Hijuli village in Sadar upazila of Meherpur district early yesterday The dead was identified as Abu Bakkar Tikka, 35, son of Nur Mohammad of the village. Police and locals said a…
Farmers in the district are now increasingly cultivating cucumber as it’s ‘manpasha’ variety has proved more profitable. This season, most of them saw an excellent yield of ‘manpasha’ cucumber turning the vegetable into a symbol of good production. Growers have…
A youth was hacked to death in Bamihal area under Singra upazila of the the district yesterday. The deceased was identified as Selim Uddin, 30, son of Ahmad Ali of the village. Tarikul Islam, assistant superintendent of police, said there…
13 shops gutted Unb, Bogra At least 13 shops were gutted in a fire at a market at Kahalu upazila headquarters in the district on Friday. Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit…
The armed forces of Bangladesh stood by the nation during many crises. Starting from traffic control, this efficient institution has successfully implemented many landmark tasks including preparing the voter list, implementing the Hatirjheel project, building flyovers etc. They also successfully…
How heartbreaking! Hartal has firmly established itself as a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’ (WMD). It is time for the competent authority of the Republic, especially the judiciary, to do something. It is proved that calling hartal is tantamount to ordering…
The burning of about 30 Hindu houses in Sathia of Pabna and terrorising the inmates to leave their home on a false and fabricated charge that a Hindu boy defamed our Prophet through internet just prove our vigorous claim of…
Faisal Shame on the two leaders of the two largest political parties! SM Do our political leaders have any conscience? They are not humans anymore—even an animal has more compassion. MH Khan Why did the government not send the boy…
Shahin Huq Sheikh Hasina knows very well that a fair election under a neutral caretaker government means a defeat for her. Her refusal to accept the caretaker system implies that she wants to keep the premiership undemocratically. Spiderman Thanks to…
1 in 2 people with diabetes don’t know they have it: Diabetes is silent and a big challenge for the 21st century. It is a chronic, incurable, costly, and increasing, but largely preventable non-communicable disease (NCD) which is responsible for…
With the availability of drugs and medicine, many of us use them without doctor’s prescription, without knowing the proper ways. Self-medication as means of self-care through the purchase of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines is, and always has been common in the…
A device that could one day restore bladder function to patients with a severed spinal cord has been devised by UK researchers and successfully tested in animals. Nerve damage in spinal cord injury can leave no sense of when the…
Icddr,b has received grant awards from Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, to undertake two bold and creative projects aimed at improving the early brain development of children in Bangladesh, says a press release. Both the projects…
Too little sleep linked to heart disease risk People who tended to get less than six hours of sleep nightly were more likely to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and to be obese, according to a large U.S.…
Dhaka is a happening city. Sure we don’t have enough space for an evening stroll or a morning run; there are ridiculous traffic jams and the stress of daily life. For our youth, one of the most repeated complaints is…
In the previous episode, I had briefly described my journey to the Cape Coast area in the central region of Ghana — a stretch along the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa which is dotted with castles and forts built by…
PC gamers (Master Race!) were pissed off when Rockstar announced they would be robbing anyone without a console of the experience of playing GTA V. We refuse to be deterred from doing mad things in a sandbox style game. We…
Roger Federer may as well go down in history as the greatest tennis player of all time but he has had one of his poorest years in 2013 and to be very frank, age has finally started to catch up…
There are good movies and there are bad movies. Some bad movies at least manage to give the audience something that helps them sleep at night. At least one can sleep without thinking, “Why did I waste two hours of…
Seasons: 2 Episodes: 25—ongoing The anime begins with Alibaba Saluja, a poor man of the slums struggling to make an, and I use this loosely, honest living. Then he meets a blue haired little midget, named Aladdin who manages to…
Have you ever despaired over your incompetence at providing solid entertainment to even your group of lame friends, let alone thousands of followers? Have you ever felt the weight of the world on your shoulders as you become increasingly aware…
While most of us are hooked on American shows, mainly sitcoms, not many were familiar with British TV series until Sherlock took away the limelight from the archetypal populars. In fact, British dramas happen to be equally intense and engaging,…
Mythology is a well known subject that fascinates most of us with its intricate stories. Rick Riordan has captured the theme of Greek mythology and added twists to it that are certain to both fascinate and keep the reader glued…
The Cambridge October/November Exam session is upon us, and by “us” I mean you unfortunate Bavarian chocolates. For the Edexcel Swiss truffles, you might be experiencing mock exams. The real thing in January isn’t all that far away either. Dos…
We all come across that one person who’s good at it all. We’re talking about a genuine role model, someone who’s great in studies, and is also a friend to all. Nur A. Shafee Ahnaf is one such person. If…
Four issues Writer: Duane Swierczynski Artist: Jason Pearson Colourist: Paul Mounts Inks: Jason Pearson & Dexter Vines Deadpool is in the courtroom confessing to being involved in classified military operations. His squad, ‘X’, are mercenaries who are called in for…
Professor Dr. Md. Golam Samdani Fakir, Vice Chancellor of Green University of Bangladesh (GUB), represented the university at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), held from October 29-31, at Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha. The summit was organised and…
Tourism & Hospitality Management Department, University of Dhaka celebrated its 6th anniversary recently. The department began its journey on November 8, 2007 in order to bring professional excellence in tourism and hospitality management sector of the country. From 2007 to…
Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University organised an event on October 24, 2013 to honour the legacy and mourn the demise of poet Seamus Justin Heaney. Professor Firdous Azim, chair of the department, opened the session with a warm…
Dear Shout Troll, I’ve been in love with the son of my dad’s friend for over 2 years now. We met at a wedding ceremony. He is extremely polite and handsome. It’s rare to find someone like him. He isn’t…
