BBC: Activists in Russia say there has been a new crackdown against LGBT people in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT Network believes about 40 people have been imprisoned since December – two of whom they say have died under torture. The group has been monitoring alleged abuses in the mainly Muslim Russian republic since 2017 when…
Banglanews24: A man and his son died after being electrocuted in Falahari village under Kabirhat upazila. The deceased are Salauddin, 48, son of Ali Ahmed, residents of Padua village and his son Sourav Hossain, 12, class VII student of a local high school.Locals said the duo came in contact with a live electric wire when…
Reuters: Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday accused the European Central Bank of attacking Italy’s banking system, saying its request for local lenders to put aside more money to cover impaired loans could cost 15 billion euros. Salvini, who heads the far-right League, said in a statement that the ECB move showed that the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT At least five people were killed and four others injured when a microbus lost control and crashed into a roadside tree in Brahmanbaria yesterday afternoon. The deceased are Apu, 33, his wife Jhumur, 20, Parash, 32, Rijon, 31, and Hasan Jaman, 32. All of them were residents of Dhaka’s Khilgaon area….
Shayera Dark, Freelance writer based in Lagos/ My Republica Anywhere in the world, freelance journalism is an extreme career choice. The job requires withstanding pitch rejections, ignored queries, stolen story ideas, and delayed payments. It means reconciling oneself with the economic precarity that comes with having little or no leverage in pay negotiations. But for…
Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO/Thrive Global Smart offices, smart homes, AI for good, screen-stingy tech execs and Valley of the Boom. • We hear a lot about the growing competition for smarter workers, but Reuters reports on one way that some companies are responding: by building smart offices. These are workplaces wired for efficiency, productivity…
DOT Desk: The overabundance of fast fashion — readily available, inexpensively made clothing — has created an environmental and social justice crisis, a study claims, reports The Daily Sun. Globally, 80 billion pieces of new clothing are purchased each year, translating to USD 1.2 trillion annually for the fashion industry, according to the study published…
DOT Desk: The Construction work of the much awaited 16-km expressway in the port city (Shah Amanat Airport to Lalkhan Bazar) is likely to begin next week. Talking to the Daily Observer, Project Director Mahfuzur Rahman said the preliminary work, including piling, has already been completed, reports The Daily Observer. In the first phase, the…
John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is senior research fellow/ BDnews24 Britain is moving towards an exit from the European Union on March 29, possibly with no agreement, and thus courting – according to the Bank of England – an 8 percent drop…
Henry Newman, Director of Open Europe, a non-partisan policy think-tank based in London and Brussels/The Economist Another vote would be even more divisive, says Henry Newman, the director of Open Europe There are three options for Britain ahead of the March 29th deadline to leave the European Union: Brexit without a deal, Brexit with a…