Abrar Hussain: A New York judge, who had ordered an Ecuadorean immigrant freed from an immigration detention camp, commented on Wednesday that the government was applying its “zero tolerance” policy toward illegal entry in a “thoughtless and cruel” manner. US District Judge Paul Crotty explained in a written opinion why he ordered Pablo Villavicencio freed…
Russia Today: Iconic young activist Ahed Tamimi told RT she will continue to fight for the Palestinian cause, despite the hardships she faced in an Israeli military prison. Tamimi said she would risk going to jail again for her country. The teenager, who has become a symbol of Palestinian resistance and was even called the…
Abrar Hussain: Trans-parency International Bangladesh (TIB) has discovered conflict of interest regarding several ministers holding important public office and simultaneously remaining engaged in transport business. “Government has to understand that business and administrative duty cannot function together and there are some ministers in the country who have transport business and at the same time they…
Desk report: Bangladesh will no longer eligible for concessional loan from the World Bank as it has started lending at 2.0 per cent rate, reports the financial express. The Washington lender has made the higher rate effective from last month instead of 0.75 per cent, officials said on Monday. Besides rate, the bank’s other lending…
M Humayun Kabir: The agitating school and college students did not find license or papers of the jeep of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Naval Police Habib when they checked it after stopping his car on the city street. The high-up of the law enforcing agency was cruising along Karwan Bazar in his black jeep…
Sky news: Facebook has announced new tools to tackle social media addiction, available in its app and on Instagram. Users will now have access to an activity dashboard, a daily reminder and a way to limit notifications to help them control the time they’ are spending online. The company said it “developed these tools based…
BBC: Almost every species of lemur, wide-eyed primates unique to Madagascar, is under threat of extinction. That is the conclusion of an international group of conservationists, who carried out an assessment of the animals’ status.This “Primate Specialist Group” reviewed and compared the latest research into lemur populations and the threats to their habitat and survival.Lemurs,…
The Guardian: A former alcoholic, a cancer survivor and a man who lost all his money in a Bitcoin crash are among the comics coming back from the brink at the Edinburgh fringe. ‘I didn’t start drinking until I was 18,” says Matt Rees. “That’s quite a rarity for someone in the UK. But straight…
WION: A pretty Chinese actress who starred in X-Men: Days of Future Past has now been missing since a few days from her home country after reportedly facing a travel ban. A Chinese newspaper report claimed that Fan Bingbing was under a tax cloud and was barred from leaving the country without settling her dues. The…
Eurek Alert: Some people respond well to both aerobic exercise and strength training, while others don’t. And some of us respond well to only one of those things, but not both. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have uncovered a surprising molecular “switch” that may help to explain why this happens. Studying lab animals and…