Agartala, April 11: Bangladesh not only almost restored the pre-1965 railway connectivity with India that was disrupted by the India-Pakistan war, but is further expanding connectivity with India, Bangladesh s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said on Tuesday.
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation recently released a statement in which they announced that the latest laureate for the Erasmus Prize is our very own Trevor Noah. The Erasmus Prize "is awarded annually to a person or institution that has made an exceptional contribution to the humanities, the social sciences or the arts, in Europe and beyond. The award consists of a cash prize of €150,000."
It was Sunday, Nov. 14, 1965, just after dark when I climbed aboard a Huey helicopter filled with crates of ammunition and hand grenades and hitched a ride into the pages of history.
South Vietnam, May 20, 1965: U.S. helicopters rake the perimeter of a landing zone with rockets and machine-gun fire before dropping off troops brought in from Binh Hoa.