BSS: The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the Sylhet Medical University Bill, 2018 in an amended form as recommended by the parliamentary standing committee. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim moved the bill in the House, which was passed unanimously by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. “It is necessary…
Abrar Hussain: Terming it a dangerous ‘black law’, BNP urged the people of all walks of life yesterday to put up a strong resistance against ‘Digital Security Bill, 2018. “A parliamentary standing committee finalized a report on the much-talked-about Digital Security Bill, 2018 ignoring the opinions of people of all strata. It’s a dangerous black…
Ashley Hammond, Senior Reporter/Gulf News Serena Williams’s career has been a battle, but that doesn’t mean the world is always against her The power that comes with being one of the world’s few black female sporting icons is immense. Granted that has not always been the case, and to get to that point you will…
The Guardian, UK: Scientists have discovered three new species of “hardcore” fish living in one of the deepest parts of the ocean, the see-through, scale-free creatures perfectly adapted to conditions that would instantly kill most life on Earth. An international team of researchers used state-of-the-art underwater cameras to find the new fish at the bottom…
John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford/Reuters The largest question in democratic politics in Europe is: who’s in charge? The issue was illuminated in the latest standoff in the European Parliament, where the body voted on Wednesday to sanction Hungary for its illiberal policies. And in…
CNN: NASA counted down Saturday to the launch of its $1 billion ICESat-2 mission, using advanced lasers to uncover the true depth of the melting of Earth’s ice sheets. The mission will inform sea level rise forecasts and is “exceptionally important for science,” according to Richard Slonaker, ICESat-2 program executive at NASA. The half-ton satellite…
Arab News: Police on Saturday were hunting for three men who allegedly drugged, kidnapped and raped a teenage girl while she was on her way to a test-preparation course in northern India earlier this week, in yet another incident of rising crimes against women. Police officer Ashwini Kumar said the victim is in stable condition…
Hossen Sohel: Florence plowed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Friday, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc, reports Reuters. Though Florence’s shrieking winds diminished from hurricane force as it came ashore, forecasters…
Russia Today: A US Navy ship will reportedly host military personnel from the Five Eyes countries plus Japan and South Korea to monitor foreign vessels delivering fuel to the North in violation of UN sanctions. The coalition will include the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada – America’s partners within the Five Eyes…
The Province: Pope Francis paid tribute in Sicily to a priest who worked to keep youths away from the Mafia and was slain by mobsters. Francis says he flew to the Mediterranean island Saturday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the assassination in a Palermo slum of a “martyr priest,” the Rev. Giuseppe “Pino”…