Anadolu Agency Bangladesh needs to form a broader international alliance to resolve the issue of roughly 1 million Rohingya refugees in the country, a rights activist and political dissident from Myanmar has said. In an interview with Anadolu Agency on Global Genocide Day, Maung Zarni said four regional powers plus Israel either support or protect…
Hindustan Times Actors Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan celebrated their son Taimur’s birthday a little earlier than expected. While their toddler turns two years old on December 20, the couple threw a small party for him and all his friends on Friday. Saif and Kareena posed with their son outside their home for…
Raj Abrar of DOT Supporters of BNP leaders and activists dropped by their own party from the 11th parliamentary polls sat for their second straight day of protests in front of the party’s offices in Gulshan in the capital. Several hundred BNP activists blocked the gates to Khaleda Zia’s offices in Gulshan-2’s Road 86 yesterday….
NDTV A surfer was severely mauled by a shark off Australia’s east coast, officials said Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in recent months. The 36-year-old was surfing near Scotts Head Beach some 490 kilometres (300 miles) north of Sydney in the morning when he was bitten, New South Wales state police said….
Russia Today A renowned government secret hunter has published new documents detailing the CIA’s Cold War “behavioral modification” experiments (ranging from the bizarre to the stomach-churning), released under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents were published by “The Black Vault”, a site which has published enough government documents on the paranormal, UFOs and government…
NDTV Far out into the Indian Ocean where it is forced to be self-reliant, the island nation of Mauritius is weaning itself off fossil fuels by turning to its main cash-crop sugar cane, for electricity. The leftover, crushed sugar cane stalks and tips – dry fibrous material known as “bagasse” – is burned to help…
Channel News Asia From documents under seal and accomplices with colourful nicknames to suspicions about his wife and surreal details about his high-flying lifestyle, the first month of the US trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been loaded with twists and turns. Here are a few key moments and news notes…
Xinhua Learning to read is hard work for any kid. For deaf and hard-of-hearing children, it is even more challenging. Chinese mobile giant Huawei recently launched StorySign, a free mobile app that translates children’s books into sign language, so as to enrich family story times and enhance learning experiences for kids with hearing problems. StorySign…
BSS The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 10,395 tonnes of pulses on 8,540 hectares of land in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region during the current Rabi season. “Sowing of pulse seed continues in full swing in the region to increase production for meeting nutrition of the population…
NDTV Chinese police today said that it has closed 1,100 social media accounts, along with 31 websites, this year for unlawful activities such as trolling or blackmailing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The police found that some social media accounts on Tencent’s Wechat and Sina-owned Weibo fabricated accusations against companies and individuals, Xinhua said,…