M Humayun Kabir: Air pollution shortens an average Bangladeshi’s life by 1.87 years, say scientists. They also suggest that better air quality could lead to a significant extension of human lifespan around the world, reports UNB. This is the first time data on air pollution and lifespan has been studied together in order to examine…
Independent, UK: Vietnam has demanded Monsanto pay compensation to the victims of Agent Orange, which the company supplied to the US military during the Vietnam War. It came in response to the firm being ordered to pay $289m (£226m) to a school groundsman who claims his use of its Roundup weedkiller contributed to his terminal…
Sayeed Muhammad: Hundreds of people in Costa Rica have taken to the streets in San Jose in solidarity with Nicaraguan migrants who arrived there. Thousands of Nicaraguans have fled their country to escape the political crisis there, reports BBC, adding, the march was called after an anti-migrant demonstration a week ago ended in clashes and…
Arab News: Spokesman for the Arab coalition, Col. Turki Al-Malki has confirmed that Air Defense Forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militia toward Najran. Al-Maliki said that the missile was deliberately launched to target civilian and populated areas. The Saudi Royal Air Defense Force succeeded in intercepting and destroying the missile. The spokesman…
Russia Today: “Foreign specialists” arrived in Syria to stage a chemical attack using chlorine, the Russian Defense Ministry said, warning that the staging of the incident may happen in two days. Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said the operation is planned to unfold in Kafr Zita village in Syria’s northwestern Hama Province. 8More…
Russia Today: ISIL has taken a group of at least 27 people hostage in the sparsely populated Sweida desert in southern Syria, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Among those 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) kidnapped, who are mostly of members of the minority Druze community, are at least 16 children aged…
BSS: Bangladesh national hockey team secured at least sixth place among top six in the Asian Games 2018 after beating Thailand 3-1 in their fourth Pool B match at GBK Hockey Field in Jakarta on Sunday. The match kicked-off at 3:00pm (Bangladesh time). Bangladesh (World ranked 31) who have never lost any match against World…
M Humayun Kabir: Singapore has the fastest 4G network in the world followed by South Korea and Australia in the Asia-pacific. A report by Open Signal, a UK-based wireless technology company said Singapore is also the fastest 4G country in the world, reports The Daily Star. The report compares 4G performance across 88 countries worldwide….
Arab News: North Korea’s state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of “double-dealing” and “hatching a criminal plot” against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since US President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore…
BSS: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the government is not taking any move to export the rawhide aimed at expanding the country’s leather industry as it is one of the top export earning sectors. “The government is providing necessary support to develop the country’s leather sector,” he told journalists after exchanging Eid greetings with officials…