Arafat Hasan: India’s top court has asked WhatsApp, already facing pressure in India over fake news, to respond to a petition which alleges that it breaches certain Indian regulations. According to a Reuters report published yesterday, India’s Supreme Court asked the messaging service to respond to the petition, filed by a Delhi-based think-tank called the…
UNB: Dismissing media reports about the suspension of Bangladeshi workers’ recruitment to Malaysia, Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam on Tuesday said the labour market in the Southeast Asian country has not been closed to Bangladeshis. “The Malaysian government has decided to suspend the recruitment procedure through the Foreign Worker Application System, locally…
Desk Report: People in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali and Taltali upazila of Barguna are worried about the awful condition of the sluice gate on Kachupatra canal in the district as it might collapse anytime due to lack of renovation, reports Daily Star. The guide wall of the six-door sluice gate has already been washed away….
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section: A country cannot be truly democratic until its citizens have the opportunity to choose their representatives through elections that are free and fair. The basic function of an election is to offer a choice to the electorate and represent the will of the…
Raj Abrar: BNP have announced various programs to celebrate its 40th founding anniversary on September 1, including a public rally, discussion, hoisting party flag, placing wreaths at the grave of party founder Ziaur Rahman. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement yesterday after a joint meeting of the party and its…
Reuters: North Korean officials have warned in a letter to the United States that denuclearization talks were “again at stake and may fall apart”, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The letter was delivered directly to U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and stated that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s…
UNB: Although the imported LNG supply to Chattagram began on August 18, the region is still experiencing ‘huge gas shortage as the bulk consumers there are not getting gas’ to run their facilities. According to official sources, the situation is unlikely to improve much until the second consignment of LNG reaches the country in the…
AFP: Toyota will pump about $500 million into ride-share firm Uber as part of a deal to work together on mass-producing self-driving vehicles, the Japanese car giant said on Tuesday. The deal, which reportedly values Uber at about $72 billion, aims at “advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale”,…
BBC: Fire prevention in one of the coldest places on Earth might not sound like the most likely job, but every year the US Antarctic Program recruits a team of fire-fighters to head poleward. “‘Are there fires in Antarctica?’ That’s always the question I get,” says Megan Branson, who spent over 24 months “on the…
Reuters: Activists and families of eight victims of the Philippines’ “war on drugs” filed a complaint on Tuesday with the International Criminal Court (ICC), a second petition accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of murder and crimes against humanity. The 50-page complaint calls for Duterte’s indictment for what it describes as thousands of extrajudicial killings, which include…