Atiqur Rahman Khan/The Business Standard The number of rickshaws running in the city has ballooned to 8-9 lakh Three decades ago, when the city corporation stopped issuing licence for rickshaws, there were around 80,000 of the peddled three-wheelers plying the city stree ...বিস্তারিত
Hiba, writer from South Sudan/Seven Billion Today It is so worrying how between California and Hawaii there is a plastic island, which is three size the times of France! It is growing as well. It is made up of bottles, containers, fishing nets and micro-particles which h ...বিস্তারিত
International 1974: Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel 1964: Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 1953: 1st successful separation of Siame ...বিস্তারিত
Theresa Harold, journalist, copywriter / South China Morning Post Naomi Shimada started modelling at 13, has a large Instagram following, and social media is a big part of her daily life.In her new book, Mixed Feelings, she looks at the social media phenomenon and its si ...বিস্তারিত
Fanack.com Music is a crucial part of any human culture and Turkey is no exception. Its rich history of empires, conquests, Republican upheaval, and Islamist revival is marked by a diverse musical legacy. What follows is a look at how Turkey’s music has been shaped by, ...বিস্তারিত
Chloe Lambert, freelance journalist based in London/Gulf News Andreas Michalsen urges combining mainstream treatments with fasting and forest bathing Dr Andreas Michalsen was a successful young cardiologist at one of Berlin’s busiest hospitals. He specialised in emerge ...বিস্তারিত
Zariat Mushfique of DOT A newborn baby was found lying on the steps of the circuit house of the Kotwali Police Station in Chittagong city. Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Mohsin provided that a police officer had seen the child at around 12 PM yesterd ...বিস্তারিত
India Today: The Indian Supreme Court yesterday allowed senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to visit Jammu and Kashmir but said he cannot hold any political rally, reports our New Delhi correspondent. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said Azad, former Jamm ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: The international Indian film academy awards – known as the Bollywood Oscars – are to be held in India for the first time in their history this week. Mumbai will host the 20th IIFA awards ceremony on Wednesday, where the megastars of a booming Hindi film industry w ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted yesterday that "huge" progress was being made in Brexit talks and declared Britain would break out of the European Union just like the comicbook hero Hulk. The Conservative leader made the comments ahead of meetings with European C ...বিস্তারিত