Air chief marshal (retd) Sheikh Abdul Hannan of the Bangladesh Air Force was arrested in Qatar in connection with corruption charges against him in Bangladesh, an official in Dhaka said on Sunday.Akhtarul Islam, deputy director of Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), said Interpol had informed the anti-graft agency that Hannan was arrested by Qatari authorities on…
Mohammad Rizwan (Image: ANI) Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has been cleared to return to domestic cricket amid an ongoing inquiry into allegations involving online betting, gambling and the leaking of dressing-room information. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has permitted him to feature in the ongoing Presidents Cup first-class tournament, offering the veteran batter a reprieve…
Photo courtesy: franksinatraschoolofthearts.org In 2001, late singer and painter Tony Bennett and his wife, Susan Benedetto, helped open a public high school in New York for students who wanted to pursue the arts alongside their academic studies. It began in temporary quarters with space for 250 students. Twenty-five years later, the Frank Sinatra School of…
Saif Ali Khan reveals he has been attending parent-teacher meetings at the same school since he was 20 on ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’: ‘I am still standing in the same school at 55′ Saif Ali Khan has been going to parent-teacher meetings at the same school since he was 20, and he joked about it…
A long-running legal dispute over a one-third-acre lakefront property surrounded by a public park has reached a key stage. A state appeals court has ruled that local officials can take the land using their legal powers to acquire private property. The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that allows Kalamazoo County to…
Oxfordshire teen comments on how he felt as if he were in the hit TV show ‘House ‘ and talks about how he used an AI chatbot to save his mother’s life. (Instagram) Earlier this year, two sons helped save their mother’s life using an AI chatbot. In England, Oxfordshire resident Edward Patrick opened up…
Photo credit: The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) A six-year-old black Labrador from the Scottish Highlands in the UK has found an unusual new role in conservation. Sgiath, who was originally trained as a mountain rescue search dog, can now detect an invasive marine organism known as “sea vomit” by smell. Her work has…
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute over whether a local government can take private property through eminent domain to build a golf facility that will be leased to a private operator. The case involves a 3.548-acre plot of land in Westworth Village owned by local resident Jim Burgess. In 2021, city…
Iran says Hormuz reopening proposal stands as Tehran and Washington remain at odds Iran’s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days remains on the table, foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, as Tehran and Washington remain at odds over the conditions for ending their eight-month war.Speaking to Iranian media outlets in…
A rare uncirculated banknote featuring a young Queen Elizabeth II, issued in Malaya and British Borneo. Photo: Noonans A collection of rare banknotes that arrived anonymously at a charity shop in Edinburgh has raised £85,860 at an auction held on Wednesday. The British Heart Foundation (BHF), which received the donation, will use the money to…