Arab News: Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s second president, whose civilian tenure was sandwiched between two military rulers in an era rocked by coups, has died. He was 93. Nigeria’s current President Muhammadu Buhari, who unseated Shagari 35 years ago, said on Saturday he mourns “the departure of a patriot, who served Nigeria with humility, integrity and…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged everyone, including her party candidates and followers, not to believe any announcements of withdrawal by BNP and Jatiya Oikyafront from today’s election halfway through. “All must stay alert so that the Oikyafront cannot make tomorrow’s (Sunday’s) election questionable,” she said yesterday. Sheikh…
Franklin Foer, Staff writer for The Atlantic/The Atlantic Remembering my grandmother, whose improbable survival became the foundational story for my family’s existence There were the scissors that my grandmother somehow remembered to bring with her as she fled. She could hear the rumble of destruction in the distance. She could see the cloud of smoke…
John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford/Reuters The resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis stands not only as a radical disassociation from the actions of the president he served, but as a foreboding for the future, a warning for 2019 – and beyond. And, for…
Tech Explorist A new study at Harvard Business School and the University of British Columbia uncovers that rich people are generous, but only if they presume they are in charge. During the study researchers sent charity donation requests to 12,000 Ivy League alumni who bring in a bare minimum of $100,000 annually. The team sent…
UNB US-Bangla Airlines has announced attractive holiday packages for tourists to Singapore and Malaysia. Credit card users will be able to avail the packages through payment in six equal monthly installments (EMIs), said the airlines in a press release issued Tuesday. To avail its Kuala Lumpur package, holidaymakers will have to pay Tk 29,990 for…
Leonid Bershidsky/Gulf News Lack of clear-headed leadership could signal the deterioration of institutions The dictionaries have decided on their 2018 words of the year. Oxford picked “toxic”. Merriam-Webster went for “justice”. Collins chose “single-use”. I’d zero in on “misgovernment”. Surely, 2018 saw a staggering number of countries woefully misruled by the worst crop of world…
Abdelwahab El-Affendi/ Aljazzera And what happens next? Last week, I lost a bet. Two days after the current protests started in Sudan on Wednesday, December 19, I said on Al Jazeera that I would be surprised if the regime of President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan lasted till Friday morning. A week later, al-Bashir’s troops are…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : The Election Commission has completed its last-minute preparations for the upcoming 11th general election to 299 parliamentary constituencies starting at 8am tomorrow. Some 39 registered political parties are contesting the polls, making it a participatory one after 10 years of waiting since the January 5 election of 2014 was boycotted…
Russia Today A former UK soldier is claiming the army didn’t take account of his African origin and failed to provide him with suitable winter gear for an 18-hour exercise in freezing temperatures. According to a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense, Michael Asiamah, formerly with the Adjutant General’s Corps, is suffering from a “nonfreezing…