M Humayun Kabir: Aid workers rushed to vaccinate Rohingya refugees against measles earlier this year. Soon after the initiative, rumours swirled through the overcrowded camps in Bangladesh that the injections would make women sterile and convert children into Christians, reports Reuters. In response, humanitarians are trying innovative projects to counter rumours – translated as “flying…
Sayeed Muhammad Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the UN’s highest environmental honour for his leadership of the International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate single use plastic in India by 2022. Called Champions of the Earth Award, the award is conferred on five other individuals and organisations, reports PTI. Six of the world’s…
Al Jazeera Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman expressed indifference on Thursday to US President Donald Trump’s remarks about a two-state solution, saying that the Israeli interest is “a safe Jewish state. Lieberman said a Palestinian state “simply doesn’t interest me.” He made the remarks just hours ahead of the speeches of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas…
Wionews Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia. Britain, Japan and their close ally the United States have found common cause in countering growing Chinese influence in the region…
Hossen Sohel: An estimated 383,000 people have died as a result of South Sudan’s civil war, according to a new report that documents the extraordinary scale of devastation after five years of fighting in the world’s youngest country, reports New York Times. The report, published by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and…
Hossen Sohel: The first woman to accuse US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct has said the assault “drastically altered” her life, reports BBC. It is part of the written testimony Prof Christine Blasey Ford has released before she appears at a crucial Senate panel hearing later yesterday. Judge Kavanaugh, who will also…
Monjurul Ahsan Khan : The incumbent government, which came to power through a voter-less election has become heavily dependent on bureaucracy. The government is trying to appease bureaucracy through providing various facilities. What will happen to the common people when the government provides the top officials with different facilities? The government should undertake large housing…
Sayeed Muhammad: Before the tournament, Tigershad been reiterating of their target to win the Asia Cup under Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s captaincy. Mash was telling his team members that they were not playing the tournament in the UAE just to make up the numbers, reports The Daily Star. Mushfiqur Rahim, who has been Tigers’ saviour in…
Abrar Hussain: Google has unveiled a stealth app to help the people in Bangladesh in finding jobs, according to a report by Tech in Asia. A team from Google’s Area 120 startup incubator announced that it has been working quietly behind the scenes on a new app called Kormo, which helps the people in Bangladesh…
Reuetrs A Filipino inventor has unveiled what he calls a flying sports car that represents the future of transport, riding it out of a warehouse toward a cheering crowd, leaving a cloud of dust in his wake. Former dancer and camera operator Kyxz Mendiola flew and hovered for a few minutes in a single-passenger contraption…