Samin Sababa, Journalist currently working as a senior sub-editor at bdnews24.com./BDnews24 If it is still news to anybody, then our nation is headed for the polls with many feeling energised and a significant rest not feeling the vibe. Opinions divide voters in all parts of the world, but the size of the schism may vary….
Andrew Hammond, Associate at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics/Gulf News A high-risk environment and geopolitical realities pose challenges for European alliance As 2018 transitions to 2019, the European Union (EU) could well be facing another choppy year. Storm clouds are gathering again not only from the Brexit ‘endgame’, but also over Italy’s…
Mihir Zaveri/The New York Times When a black man staying in a Doubletree hotel in Portland, Ore., called his mother from the lobby, he was told by a white security guard that he was trespassing and was escorted out of the building by the police. The Dec. 22 encounter was captured on cellphone video by…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Independent candidate for the Dhaka 1 constituency Salma Islam, who competed against Awami League’s Salman F Rahman, announced at a press conference yesterday that she will step down from the polls and further called for a fresh election. Her husband businessman Nurul Islam made the announcement on behalf of her at…
Financial Express, India A Chinese space probe entered a planned orbit Sunday to prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the dark side of the moon, authorities said. This is the first time an attempt is made to explore the far side of the moon. Since the moon’s revolution cycle is the same as its…
Expert Review Nobody would call Apple’s range of 2018 iPad Pros cheap, but they are a little more affordable than they were before Christmas now. Both John Lewis and Currys have knocked £50 off a wide selection of the 2018 iPad Pro range, meaning they now start from £719, rather than the previous £769. That…
DOT Desk For the peasantry 2018 was a bonanza year with buoyant agriculture output but, by the same token, it was a period of low prices of the staples they grew, reports The Financial Express. Farmers and officials said traders and importers reaped the benefits of larger agro-output, thus depriving both cultivators and consumers. Growers…
DOT Desk The garment sector has witnessed a substantial growth in exports this year with fixing the majority of workplace safety hazards except year-end labour unrest ahead of the national election, reports The Financial Express. Export earnings from the country’s readymade garment (RMG) including knit and woven items stood at $30.02 billion during the first…
Sky News The Foreign Office received more than 330,000 calls from Britons who needed help overseas this year. And, while 4,900 of them were from those who had been arrested and more than 3,400 from those in hospital, there were also enquiries of a much more unusual nature. Among the strangest was a man who…
DOT Desk Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a young man from a ditch behind Boralia Primary School polling centre in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur, reports The Financial Express. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, said Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Chandraganj Police Station. The bullet-riddled body was sent to Sadar…