Reuters: Sixty-four years after her death, the personal life and politics of Frida Kahlo have come under scrutiny in Hungary. A right-wing pro-government newspaper has criticized a hugely popular exhibition of her work at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest for “promoting communism”. The criticism comes as part of a wider national debate on culture…
Sky News: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has bought a 2.3% stake in Snap – the company behind Snapchat – for $250m (£193m). The billionaire, who was held for two months in a high-profile corruption crackdown, said he made the investment on 25 May. He paid about $11 (£8.51) a share. His investment comes…
AP: Iranian state TV says a gas explosion in a Tehran sports complex has killed three workers. It says the explosion in the capital happened after heating gas leaked while the workers were carrying out repairs in a boiler room late Tuesday. Iran is at a heightened risk of such incidents because of its aging…
UNB: With cutting edge farm technologies under its disposal, world’s top agrochemical company Syngenta has expressed readiness to explore partnerships and knowledge sharing opportunities with suitable partners including Bangladesh. “Syngenta has the technical expertise in the most advanced agricultural technologies and would be open to explore partnerships and knowledge sharing opportunities,” Eric Fyrwald, Chief Executive…
Reuters: Migrant laborers staged a strike on Wednesday to protest at the deaths of 16 colleagues killed this week in two separate traffic accidents in southern Italy. Thousands of migrants work in the southern heel of Italy during the summer months, harvesting tomatoes. They are paid as little as 3 euros ($3.50) an hour, less…
Sayeed Muhammad: In an interesting turn of events, one of Japan’s most prestigious medical universities has apologised for tampering with entrance exam scores to limit its intake of female students. An internal investigation found that Tokyo Medical University (TMU) had been manipulating the scores of female applicants from as early as 2006. It also marked…
UNB: Human rights activists on Wednesday stressed the need of constitutional recognition and introduction of separate law for indigenous communities to ensure human rights and security of these communities. The experts also urged the communities to involve themselves in the politics and create representatives from them to build up a platform where they can raise…
UNB: Police recovered the bullet hit body of a young man from Jashore-Narail highway in Sitarampul area yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Tariqul Islam, 28, son of Mizanur Rahman of Bagherpara upazila of the district.
Sayeed Muhammad: Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales or NSW, is now entirely facing a drought, officials have confirmed. Officials said 23% of NSW was classified as being in “intense drought”, with the remainder in drought or drought-affected. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the worst drought in living memory in…
Hossen Sohel: BNP yesterday alleged that the ruling party resorted to propaganda and rumours to conceal the repressive acts against demonstrating students demanding safe roads. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said even the Election Commission cannot guarantee that there will…