Hindustan Times: Cristiano Ronaldo turns his focus back to Juventus’s quest for a treble this season on Wednesday after losing out in the FIFA’s best player of the year award. Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo skipped the awards ceremony in London on Monday as his former Real Madrid teammate Luka Modric beat him for the…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed : Roughly half the world’s population still lives on the equivalent of about US$2 a day. And in too many places, having a job doesn’t guarantee the ability to escape from poverty. A continued lack of decent work opportunities, insufficient investments and under-consumption lead to an erosion of the basic social contract…
Utpal Dutta: A large number of atrocities were committed against the members of the minority communities across the country where regrettably the violations against Hindu minority have been left unnoticed reveals Human Support Society, HRSS. In a Half Yearly Human Rights Report done by Human Resource Society, HRSS come out with a sequence of painful…
Independent, UK: A volcano could cause global disruption if it erupts over southern Iceland, scientists have warned. The Katla volcano is bigger than Eyjafjallajokull which created a giant ash cloud that affected worldwide air traffic eight years ago. It has been releasing a much larger amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously thought, researchers have…
Desk Report: The 26th of September 2017 marked the fourth consecutive year the United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Established in 2013 through the adoption of UN General Assembly resolution 68/32, the day calls for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as well…
A.S.M Riad Arif: As indicated by the Global Terrorism Index 2017 the, South Asian region is dangerously affected by the impact of terrorism. Though violence and terrorism is not a new challenge for the South Asian nation. Over the last 15 years, South Asia experienced the most terrorist activities. Most of the country had to…
Hossen Sohel: Pope Francis yesterday urged Latvians, who broke with the Soviet Union nearly 30 years ago, to cherish their hard-won freedom and to not forget the sacrifices of those who died for it, reports AFP. Francis is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, three countries who are looking warily towards what they fear is a…
M Humayun Kabir: Shohoz, Bangladeshi ride-hailing startup, has raised $15 million from investors as it plans to expand its services. Among the investors were Singapore-based Golden Gate Ventures, China’s Linear VC, 500 Startups and Singapore-based Koh Boon Hwee. CEO Maliha Quadir told Tech Crunch that the company provides 1 million completed rides a month and…
Hossen Sohel: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained yesterday on his release from prison after serving a 30-day sentence for an unauthorised protest, his spokesperson said. “Alexei Navalny was detained outside the detention centre,” Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter, adding that the politician was taken to a central Moscow police station, reports news channel…
Newsmax: The world’s first 1,000-year-old human might already be alive, according to researcher Aubrey de Grey, and artificial intelligence firm SingularityNET CEO Ben Goertzel agrees, Inverse reported. The belief is based on an assertion A.I. technology can predict how drugs interact with the body and scientists will be able to solve seven types of aging…