Abrar Hussain:Malaysia ‘s ex-leader Najib Razak faced a barrage of charges in court yesterday regarding $681 million of state funds that allegedly ended up in his personal bank account. Najib, who suffered a shock election defeat in May, was arrested on Wednesday by officials investigating claims that the former prime minister and his associates looted…
Hossen Sohel: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a ruling party leadership vote yesterday, setting him on track to become Japan’s longest-serving premier and try to cement his legacy, including by revising the post-war pacifist constitution, reports Reuters. If Abe, who quit abruptly after a troubled 2006-2007 term, stays in office through November 2019, he will…
Desk Report: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 23 September as International Day of Sign Languages. The resolution was initially adopted by consensus during the 48th meeting of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, 16 November 2017 and officially adopted at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. The first…
Hossen Sohel: Alibaba founder Jack Ma said his ambitious pledge to create one million jobs in the US had been scuppered by the trade row between Beijing and Washington, Chinese state news reported yesterday. The billionaire owner of China’s largest online shopping portal made the headline-grabbing promise to Donald Trump last year, as Beijing courted…
NDTV: Former Indian cricketer and current Twitter funnyman Virender Sehwag has struck again – and this time with a picture that is sure to make married men around the globe laugh out loud. Virender Sehwag – who has a long history of sharing jokes about husbands – took to social media about three hours ago to…
NDTV: A pair of “crumply” sneakers designed to look like they are held together by tape have caused massive outrage online. Italian high fashion sneaker brand Golden Goose is facing accusations of glorifying poverty with their expensive ‘Superstar Tape Sneaker’. The pair of sneakers is selling online on American retail chain Nordstrom’s website for $530 –…
Desk Report: The recent killing of several people after they went missing has worried people, reports The Daily Sun. Law enforcers said political rivalries, conflict over drug dealing, abduction for ransom and extramarital affairs are major reasons behind the killing. Bodies of several missing people were found at different places, including water bodies in Keraniganj,…
Desk Report: Expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry never took the initiative to ensure safe and orderly migration of workers from Bangladesh as required by the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, better known as GCM, reports The New Age. Geneva based International Organization for Migration, in short IOM, provides secretarial service to…
The Quint: Over 300 million children globally between the age of five and 17 years of age were not in school, the Unicef said in a news report. More than one-third of them, or about 104 million, are in countries affected by conflict or disaster, the report titled “A future stolen: young and out-of-school” revealed…
AFP: A Texas man who has played a central role in the US debate over 3D-printed weapons and caused panic by publishing firearm blueprints online is wanted for having sex with a 16-year-old, police said Wednesday. Cody Wilson — who is currently outside the United States-advocates 3D-printed weapons as a bulwark against gun control, but…