Hossen Sohel: The committee formed by the government to review the existing quota system suggested abolishing almost all the quotas in public services giving priority to talent, said Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam yesterday. He said this while briefing reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting held at the secretariat, reports UNB. Shafiul Alam, however, said…
Jane Alex Robinson, Lead for the innovation ecosystem and partnership unit of BRAC’s social innovation lab/BRAC This is a unique moment in history. Young people between the ages of 15 and 29 have reached their peak, now numbering at 1.8 billion. This is set to decline in the coming decades. Now is the time to…
Russia Today: A Raytheon Mark 82 general-purpose free-fall bomb was likely used by the Saudi-led coalition to strike a bus full of children in Yemen on Thursday, a local journalist claims, after bomb fragments from the scene were recovered. The Saudi-led coalition struck a school bus in the Dahyan area of the Houthi-controlled Saada province…
Kabir Humayun: Some 270 Bangladeshi workers are claiming that they paid over RM1.8 millions to an agent in the hopes of securing valid working permits as part of the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme. One of the victims, Imran Haq Uzzal, said he and his countrymen had handed over their passports, other relevant documents as well…
Hossen Sohel: A South Korean court has jailed a woman for secretly photographing a male nude model, a case that has sparked accusations of sexism and double standards. The 25-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Ahn, was sentenced to 10 months in prison by the Seoul western district court and ordered to undergo 40…
AFP: Turkey has vowed to take measures later Monday to calm market fears sparked by the precipitous plunge in the lira’s value as its president accused Washington of spearheading an “underhand plot” against his country. The dispute between the two NATO allies — which reached new intensity over the detention of an American pastor in Turkey…
Desk Report: Private operators are charging home-bound people more than double for tickets of air-conditioned (AC) buses ahead of Eid-ul-Azha festival, reports Financial Express. Many home-goers were still desperate to buy bus tickets from different counters at Gabtoli, Kalyanpur, Kalabagan, Mohakhali, Fulbaria, Kamalapur, Sayedabad, and Sadarghat in the city to go to their village home ahead…
Desk Report: Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL), one of the state-owned distribution authorities, has disconnected a total of 363 illegal gas connections including 21 industries, 17 commercials, six captive and one CNG gas line in different drives during the month of July, reports Asian Age. TGTDCL, in association with the Intelligence Executive…
BBC: Bianca Lewis, 11, has many hobbies. She likes Barbie, video games, fencing, singing… and hacking the infrastructure behind the world’s most powerful democracy. “I’m going to try and change the votes for Donald Trump,” she tells me.“I’m going to try to give him less votes. Maybe even delete him off of the whole thing.”…
Independent.UK: Resear- chers in Canada found mobile phone use makes everyday activities like eating and socialising less enjoyable. People who check their phones while eating or spending time with their friends are less likely to enjoy themselves, a study has found. Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada found that mobile phone use…