M Humayun Kabir US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat said the United States has encouraged the government to consider changes to the recently passed Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018. She said the US thinks the changes in the law would bring it into conformity with the Bangladesh Constitution and with Bangladesh’s international commitments on human,…
Anu Kumar and Sandeep Prasad/ CBC News Thousands of Rohingya women and girls have been systematically raped by Myanmar’s military Rape is still being used as an instrument of war. Right now. Before our very eyes. We know that since August 2017, thousands of Rohingya women and girls have been systematically raped by Myanmar military…
Ferhat Küçük/Daily Sabah, Turkey The notions of East and West were first literally described as geographical directions, but today in the social sciences they are mostly used to depict the world’s two great different civilizations. There is some simplification here, but it is useful as a starting point. These terms, which are longstanding and deeply…
Brigette Hyacinth, Bestselling author/Linked In I HIRED a candidate with 30 years experience. The HR manager was not impressed. She said he is ‘too old’ and won’t “fit into our culture.” He had been laid off by his previous employer due to restructuring at the age of 53 yrs. He kept applying but was rejected…
UNB Ambassador of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Pak Song Yop has expressed his country`s keen interest to build up people to people relationship with Bangladesh. “We want a people to people relationship for a better understanding between the two nations”, he said while addressing a congratulatory meeting on the occasion of 73rd founding anniversary…
RT: Scientists have discovered how to make old human cells young again through rejuvenation. It’s an exciting discovery that could change the way humans age. Researchers at the University of Exeter and University of Brighton found they could rejuvenate senescent cells, cells that had stopped their natural growth cycle,causing them to start to divide again….
M Humayun Kabir Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said rules on Digital Security Act-2018 will clear all confusion regarding the Act. The Awami League General Secretary made the statement ahead of the Sampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) meeting with the Information Ministry, reports The Daily Star. The Sampadak Parishad will sit in a…
Desk Report The board of directors of Olympic Industries has decided to import capital machinery worth an aggregate amount of Tk 136.87 million for enhancing production capacity. The company will import a wafer manufacturing line, complete with ancillary machinery, from Franz Haas Waffelmaschinen Gmbh, Austia, at an estimated cost of Tk 125.45 million, according to…
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…