Banglanews24: The teachers and staff appointed in various non-government educational institutions with Darul Ihsan University certificates will now come under Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme. The Non-government Secondary branch-3 of Secondary and Higher Education Department under the Ministry of Education issued the order on Tuesday (August 28). The order said, “According to the Supreme Court…
Latha Jishnu/Dawn, Pakistan NARENDRA Modi always makes a splash when he speaks to the nation from the ramparts of the 17th-century Mughal Red Fort on India’s independence day. His outfits are chosen with care and appear to make sartorially political statements that the media never fails to note whatever else they might miss. His speeches…
M Humayun Kabir: The government will issue show cause notices to the 10 recruiting agencies for their alleged monopoly and syndication in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for Malaysia, said Nurul Islam, Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister. “We are collecting data and based on that we will take action,” he said while talking to journalists…
M Humayun Kabir: Satyajit Biswas, a science teacher of Dhopadi Secondary School in Jessore’s Monirampur upazila, has never arrived late and has never taken sick leave in the course of his 31-year career at the school. Every school day morning like clockwork, Satyajit Biswas is to be seen on his bicycle, commuting the seven kilometres…
The Guardian: Charles Leclerc has praised the halo cockpit protection device after walking away unharmed from a huge accident at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. The halo received criticism when imposed by the FIA at the start of this season but, despite Leclerc admitting he was not a fan of the device, the fact he avoided…
Desk Report: A Bangladeshi national is suspected of helping to organise the boat crossing that left around 200 people in the waters between Malta and Sicily, where they were rescued more than 10 days ago, according to a newspaper report. The Local wrote on Monday that four of the 140 people brought to Sicily on…
Reuters: The contrast between the vibrant green of a cannabis field and the arid land nearby in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley has for years raised a dilemma for the area’s impoverished farmers. Cannabis is hardier, less thirsty and cheaper to grow than the region’s other main crops like apples and potatoes, but it is also illegal…
MEMO: Israeli Prison Services yesterday transferred Palestinian female writer, Lama Khater, from the Ashkelon prison to the Hasharon prison, after detaining her for 34 days. Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) lawyer, Firas Al-Sabbah, said in a statement that 42-year-old Khater will attend an eighth court hearing session tomorrow under the pretext of completing judicial proceedings. Khater…
Desk Report: Chatbots are being taught to assist people in dealing with mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. The bots do not treat or diagnose – but human therapists have some reservations about the tech. A chatbot (sometimes referred to as a chatterbot) is a computer program that attempts to simulate the conversation…
Ramzy Baroud/Middle East Monitor Hanan al-Khoudari resorted to Facebook in a cry for help when Israeli authorities rejected her request to accompany her three-year-old son, Louay, to his chemotherapy treatment in East Jerusalem. The boy is suffering from an ‘aggressive soft tissue sarcoma’. Israeli authorities then justified their decision based on a vague claim that…