PK Balachandran, bdnews24.com Special Correspondent in Colombo/BDnews24 The Maldives president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend his oath-taking ceremony in November. Modi in turn has invited Solih to visit India, which the latter accepted, the Maldivian publication The Edition has reported. Solih’s spokesperson Mariya Ahmed Didi said on Wednesday…
Bahia Mardini/The New Arab As a Syrian, I have at times despaired at the lack of media coverage while thousands have been raped, murdered and persecuted – not only by terrorists, but by our own president’s private army. And as a journalist, I have spent my life trying to shine a light on the human…
Desk Report The prices of most of the shares saw upward trend in early hour of trading Monday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks. Following the previous day’s marginal gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher amid rising trading activities. Within first 15 minutes of trading, the…
M Humayun Kabir Jatiya Oikya Prokriya led by Dr Kamal Hossain has called for a human chain next Sunday to press for its demands of a neutral election-time governing body. The formation of human chain programme will start around 4pm near the Jatiya Press Club in the city, reports The Daily Star. The call came…
M Humayun Kabir The ruling Awami League started a week-long campaign across the country from yesterday to make people conscious about possible activities to create anarchy and incite violence. AL lawmakers and leaders were directed to make the campaign a grand success, reports The Daily Star. The decision was taken at an AL secretary-level meeting…
BSS Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Yesterday termed the BNP’s seven-point demands as unrealistic saying that there is no scope to accept those before the election. “BNP’s seven-point demands are unrealistic and unacceptable, and few are conflicting with the Constitution. Election is not so far. There is no scope to accept BNP’s demand before…
Desk Report World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The mission of World Animal Day, according to the official World Animal Day website is “To raise the status of animals in…
Desk Report Bangladesh should introduce carbon tax as a major way of reducing carbon emission and increasing government revenue, leading economic think tank Policy Research Institute has said. A carbon tax can bring substantial reduction in carbon emission without hurting the long term GDP growth, PRI researchers said at a seminar in the capital on…
Nathan Wurtzel, Veteran GOP political consultant /New York Post In late summer and September, an epidemic of self-identified (and mostly no-longer active) Republican political consultants and ostensibly Republican pundits declared their intention to “save the Republican Party” by voting straight-ticket Democratic this November. This action, they say, will hold President Trump and his enablers to…
Elizabeth C. Haynes, Senior Technical Writer /Linked In Disability discrimination (or age discrimination, or sexism). Let’s talk about it. Have you experienced it? I have lost more than one job opportunity in the last few months because I need an ADA accommodation. I’ve been advised to hide it, to lie, to wait until the written…