Christine Blasey Ford’s Sacrifice

    Michelle Goldberg, Michelle Goldberg, American blogger and author/The New York Times Her testimony was heroic. Will it be pointless? On Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the world, that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers. Her soft voice cracked as she spoke. She…

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      Anti-rumour campaign for Rohingyas

      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…

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        PM Modi gets UN’s highest environmental honour

        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…

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          Estimated death toll in South Sudan’s war is 383,000

          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…

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            Govt becoming heavily dependent on bureaucracy

            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…

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