Nahian Arefin: The Taliban have decided to send a delegation to talk with United States officials with a view to end the conflict in Afghanistan. The news was confirmed by two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity involved with the process. They also confirmed that Taliban leaders were meeting to discuss the makeup of…
CNN: But two American startups think they may have created the innovations that will give them a foothold to compete with Chinese powerhouse DJI, which has faced data security questions. Impossible Aerospace, a Silicon Valley-based startup founded by Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX veterans, announced Monday it’s selling a drone with two hours of flight time…
UNB: Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain has said his party will not join in any greater national unity if Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami remains with it. He came up with the announcement at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday, reports UNB. Asked whether they will go for forging the national unity with…
Wion News: Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide every year in the world, the second leading cause of death amongst people aged 15-29 in 2016, according to the WHO. A toolkit to help communities prevent suicides was released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Mental Health Commission of Canada on World Suicide Prevention Day…
BDNews24: The government has announced that journalists and other employees of newspapers and news agencies will receive 45 percent dearness allowance, effective retrospectively from Mar 1. The announcement was made about seven and a half months after the formation of the ninth wage board, according to a notice issued by the information ministry on Tuesday….
The Hill: Intelligence officials probing mysterious attacks that have caused brain injuries to diplomats in Cuba and China now reportedly suspect Russia is the prime perpetrator. The intelligence community arrived at the conclusion after examining intercepted communications collected during an extensive and ongoing investigation including the FBI, CIA and other agencies, according to NBC News….
Hossen Sohel: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a bail petition filed by internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam in a case lodged on charge of spreading propaganda and false information against the government, reports The Daily Star. Judge KM Imrul Kayes of Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the order after Barrister Sara Hossain moved a…
Desk Report: This Padma is not the river they know. At Naria of Shariatpur, 20km from the Padma Bridge construction site, it has changed abruptly for sure. Once relatively calm and quiet in the area, it turned into an all-devouring river in just a few years. People there are on edge as the Padma changed…
AFP: An Australian cartoonist has come under withering criticism for portraying tennis superstar Serena Williams using — what Harry Potter author JK Rowling described as — “racist and sexist tropes” Mark Knight’s caricature, published in Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper on Monday, shows a butch and fat-lipped Williams jumping up and down on her broken racquet…
Hope Hope/Seven Billion Today An Egyptian man has been arrested because he ate breakfast with a Saudi Arabian woman. Can you believe this has happened? I can’t! Worst things happen in the world! Police are wasting their time and effort and money to arrest a man for simply eating a breakfast! To me, it does…