Desk Report: The prices of onions and chicken increased in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest Muslim religious festivals, to be celebrated across the country on August 22, reports New Age. Traders said that the prices of onions and chicken went up in the city…
BBC: US special counsel Robert Mueller has recommended a prison sentence of up to six months for former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos. Mr Mueller, head of an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, said such a sentence was “warranted and appropriate”. Mr Papadopoulos has admitted lying about his contacts with Russians while…
UNB: Over 24,000 Rohingyas were murdered and 18,000 Rohingya women and girls raped during Myanmar’s crackdown in Rakhine State since August last year, says a research report. The report says over 41,192 Rohingyas suffered bullet wounds, over 34,436 were thrown into fire and some 114,872 beaten up by Myanmar forces. A consortium of researchers and…
Desk Report: A mobile court in Biral upazila of Dinajpur sealed off a factory and sentenced its owner to six months in prison for manufacturing adulterated beverages including sexual stimulants, reports Daily Star. The court, led by Executive Magistrate ABM Rawshan Kabir, also UNO of Biral, later confiscated and destroyed the chemicals that were used…
The Straits times: A Texas jury on Friday hit Toyota with a US$242 million (S$332 million) verdict after finding that defects in the front seats of a 2002 Lexus ES300 caused serious injuries to a Dallas family’s two young children during a rear-end collision in 2016. The jury in state court in Dallas awarded US$144…
Hindustan Times: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an interim relief of Rs 500 crore for Kerala after holding a high-level meeting with state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other officials on Saturday. After the meeting, the Prime Minister conducted an aerial survey of the flooded area. Earlier he had to call off the survey as…
UNB: Huawei, world’s leading ICT solutions provider, has recently launched its global flagship CSR programme “Seeds for the Future” in Bangladesh. Under the programme 10 top students have been chosen after selection rounds in five universities, said a press release. The selected students are: Sarah Cynthia Gomes and Rakib Rahman Shawon from Dhaka University, Asif…
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan/ Al jazeera BBC’s ‘Lost Boys?’ is a lazy reproduction of racist, culturally essentialist stereotypes approved by an ‘insider’. Two nights ago I found myself gripped by BBC Two’s new, “Lost Boys? What’s Going Wrong for Asian Men?” presented by Mehreen Baig. I was initially dubious that a one-hour documentary would be able to…
Desk Report: Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort has taken up elaborated arrangements including special offers for accommodation and dining for the Eid holidaymakers, reports Asian Age. Guests who would still like to escape daily household chores this festive season may opt for the Holiday Enhancement Package, which includes both buffet breakfast and buffet lunch with…
BSS Taking the burden of her five-member family expenses on her tiny shoulder, 10-year Rokhsana works at a bidi factory in Lalmonirhat leaving her out of education, a basic right of children. Living in Kalmatirpara of Lalmonirhat district, she has been preparing bidi shells with her mother as a child labour since the age of…