Desk Report Awami League government has failed to ensure safe drinking water for the country’s entire population even seven years after the timeline they had pledged, with salinity and arsenic still remaining major challenges. The party in its election manifesto before the parliamentary polls in 2008 had promised to ensure safe drinking water for all…
Alia Al Ghussain, UK-based writer/Aljazeera The British government is concerned about Iran’s political prisoners, but ignores those unjustly detained in the UK. On September 26, British Prime Minister Theresa May told the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani that she has “serious concerns” about the imprisonment of British-Iranian dual citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. In April 2016, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was…
Banglanews24 Paternal instincts of two Bangladesh cricketers have been fulfilled in a matter of few hours. Like Taskin Ahmed, left-hand batsman Imrul Kayes has become father of a baby boy. Rubaiya Islam, wife of Imrul Kayes, gave birth to a baby boy at city’s Square Hospital on Sunday (September 30) at 10:15 am. Meanwhile, Sayeed…
ThriveGlobal Let your partners talk about themselves:A study by several Harvard researchers found that talking about yourself is a pleasure akin to eating. As in, people love it. Study participants went as far as to give up money for the opportunity to talk about themselves. What this means is that letting people talk about themselves…
Syed Ata Hasnain/WION News How does an island nation of 400,000 inhabitants, tucked not too far off the coastline from southern India, just a meter above sea level and threatening to go underwater with the swell of rising oceans due to climate change, assume such geopolitical importance that its national election comes so avidly under…
The Guardian Adults spend eight times longer watching Netflix and iPlayer than exercising, survey reveals. UK adults spend an average of 12 hours a week watching on-demand TV, around eight times longer than they spend exercising, a survey has found.The survey also found that the average adult spend 17 hours using a smartphone or tablet…
BDnews24 Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia says that despite the efforts and sincerity of police, the populace’s refusal to follow traffic regulations are torpedoing efforts for road safety. The Dhaka city police chief urged everyone to follow the law to restore order to the roads. The police commissioner made the remarks at…
BBC The world’s largest forest antelope has been caught on camera in Uganda for the first time. The elusive striped antelope, known as the lowland bongo, was snapped in dense forest near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scientists say there could be more new discoveries in the remote, unexplored, lowland rainforest. The…
Kabir Humayun Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached in London yesterday morning on her way to Dhaka from New York after wrapping up her weeklong visit to the United States to attend the 73rd United Nations (UN) General Assembly session. PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim said Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Nazmul Qaunine received the…
M Humayun Kabir The Editors’ Council has met with ministers to discuss concerns over the recently passed Digital Security Act 2018. The meeting began at the Secretariat office around 12:30pm yesterday, postponing a protest programme at the request of the Bangladesh government, reports bdnews24.com. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Law Minister Anisul Huq and Telecommunication…