And so now the Pope is wrong because he is calling for peace and trying to save lives. He advised Ukraine to show the “white flag”, which other than meaning surrender is also a symbol of peace.
You have all been invited for “daal-bhaat to a gorib’s house” by (surprise, surprise) a well-to-do host. Obviously, he is far from being poor. Or else, he would not have invited you.
The present landlords have been living on their land, happily, merrily, for eons with their elders and children.
There is a reason why you do not see me singing on television.
Relaxing on the deck of his 50-metre yacht, off the Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens, a quadrillionaire was sipping on his orange juice before a late breakfast. It was spiked with a dash of lemon and fresh mint sprigs.
Grenfel Tower in London was entrapped in the myth that a single staircase under mechanically-induced positive air pressure was safe for a 24-storey block of apartments.
The world is grieving for Pelé, one of its most gifted sons, who won the universe with his football skills.
In the days leading up to the greatest show on earth, miserably apt was the Bangla saying, "Jare dekhte nari, tar cholon banka."
Imagine there is a bridge collapse. Starting from the concerned minister's naki via the chief engineer's naki through six administrative levels and two technical levels, each crossing out because of some masterly nakis; the blame ultimately falls on an MLSS, who did not report to duty on the fateful day.
According to one Bengali folklore, albeit in reference to a woman, it is said that she who can cook can also tie up her hair. Perhaps
This country has on and off been plagued by wrong decisions of several ministers, bureaucrats and public servants, shamed by unruly behaviour of...
We washed out Pakistan 3-0 in an ODI series last April and we convincingly defeated India 2-1 last week,; situations unthinkable for me to pen or utter two decades ago. Yes, indeed, we have come a long way.
Thousands of long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar are believed to be stuck at sea on people-smuggler boats, unable to land because of a crackdown on illegal trafficking networks in Thailand and Malaysia, officials and refugee activists say.
Switzerland is a country known for its tranquility, and its citizens as one of the most law-abiding in the world. How a person from such
Unauthorised construction and rampant violation of code, yes, but have we tried to find other Rana Plazas in the country?
The mother lies in the mortuary. Her son is trying desperately to get an airline ticket from the States to get home for her janaza.
If the perpetrators of the law and order situation are from the camp we do not see eye to eye (not because all politicians wear dark glasses), then we heave a sigh of relief because we will be above blame, realising little that either way our nation is one more step closer to going to the dogs.
That our Sangsad has become dull and drab since the ascension to Bangabhaban of the previous Speaker would be discourteous to the existing fellows that constitute our house of parliament, but it is a fitting compliment to our president Abdul Hamid.
