Md. Ali Raj: A result that would mark a sharp turn from the current government’s embrace of gay rights while Polls opened on Easter Sunday for a vote on whether conservative Christian singer Fabricio Alvarado Munoz can capture Costa Rica’s presidency. In a tight race fought over a court ruling ordering the country to allow same-sex…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a brave move, a Canadian teacher and hockey player, Serah Small, is making rounds on the Internet as she appears to be breastfeeding a baby during a match of late. She came up with move as her aim is to tell mothers worldwide that it is okay to breastfeed anytime, anywhere –…
Nabin Talukder: The long-serving governor leader of the Russian district where a shopping center fire burnt many people alive, has stepped down from his post. Aman Tuleyev said resigning from representing Kemerovo was “the right, cognizant and just obvious choice” after the tragedy as he declared the move in a video addressing it on the regional…
Nabin Talukder: A watercraft with Rohingya refugees restocked with basic supplies at an island in southern Thailand on Sunday, authorities stated, in the midst of signs that congestion in Bangladeshi camps could prompt numerous others to make similarly perilous sea crossings. Exactly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims crossed the border from Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Bangladesh after militant…
Nabin Talukder: Israeli defence minister yesterday turned down calls for an inquiry into the killing of 15 Palestinians by the military during a Palestinian demonstration that turned violent on Friday along the Gaza-Israel border. Hamas, the dominant Palestinian group in Gaza, said five of the dead were individuals from its armed wing, reports Reuters. Israel said…
Nabin Talukder: Debris from a defunct Chinese space station is seen colliding with Earth today, scientists monitoring it say. China’s space agency said the station will re-enter the atmosphere in the following 24 hours – in accordance with European Space Agency (ESA) predictions. The Tiangong-1 was a part of China’s goal-oriented space program, and the…
Abrar Hussain: The Afghan election authorities have announced yesterday that their long-delayed parliamentary and district-level elections will be held this year, as they confirmed October 20 as the date of the vote.With his credibility at question with both Afghans and the international community, President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to hold the elections before presidential elections…
Nabin Talukder: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas qouted on Sunday that he wants to resume dialogue with Russia and slowly improve their ties after the diplomatic expulsions over a nerve attack on a former Russian spy in England that Britain blames on Russia. Conversative German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Maas have joined the United States and other…
Abrar Hussain: After pirates kidnapped 3 South Korean sailors last Monday, Seoul’s foreign ministry took the initiative to deploy an anti-piracy warship to the sea off Ghana, according to ministry officials on Saturday. Pirates had boarded the 500-ton Marine 711 that held 40 Ghanaian and three South Korean sailors.The pirates seized the three Koreans and…
Nabin Talukder: South Korea and the US start their yearly joint military activities yesterday, after a month-long delay due to the Winter Olympics and to help make conditions for a resumption of talks amongst the two Koreas.The Foal Eagle field exercise, which usually involves combined ground, air, naval and special operations troops, will continue for…