John Lawrence/ The Atlantic The untold story of how America’s political leaders crossed the aisle to stave off financial collapse in 2008 The treasury secretary’s voice exuded tension and urgency. “A very serious situation is developing,” Henry Paulson warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the phone. “Nothing we can say will calm the situation until…
Nicholas Kristof, American journalist, author and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes/ Gulf News Gains show us what is possible and spur greater efforts to improve opportunity worldwide The world is, as everyone knows, going to hell, but there’s still the nervous thrill of waiting to see precisely which dark force will take us down….
Eurek Alert: Hospitalized patients who received the flu vaccine had no increased risk of outpatient visits or hospital readmission within seven days of discharge, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The study also showed that vaccinating hospital patients did not increase the risk of fever or rates of laboratory…
Maulvibazar-1 (Barlekha-Juri) constituency MP four times. Shahab Uddin got the responsibility of forest and environment minister. From cabinet to mobile phone This information has been confirmed to Shahab Uddin. He took oath on 7 January at Bangabhaban. On Sunday, the media confirmed the information to the media at two. Shahab Uddin MP Meanwhile, Shahab Uddin…
Peter McPhee, Emeritus professor, University of Melbourne/The Conversation, Australia In a new series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. Anne-Josèphe Théroigne or Terwagne (1762–1817) was born at Marcourt, a village south of Liège in modern Belgium. From a comfortable farming family, Théroigne had a remarkably unsettled life after her mother died when…
AFP: From the ancient citadel overlooking the valley, Ridvan Ayhan looks at the Tigris with a furrowed brow. The river that supported his family’s town for generations will soon destroy it. “My grandchildren will not see where I grew up, where I lived. They will ask me, ‘Grandpa, where do you come from? Where did…
DOT Desk: Staff and drivers of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation’s (BRTC) Joar Sahara Depot in Dhaka went on a strike on Tuesday morning demanding arrears of nine months, reports Observer BD. The staffers of the state-run bus service also locked the depot, said the depot manager Md Noor-e-Alam. Around 120 bueses from the depot usually…
CNN: Western monarch butterflies are gorgeous and majestic. And they might be gone for good in a few decades. That’s what nature lovers are fearing after a conservation group reports the population of Western monarch butterflies has plunged by 86% since late 2017 in coastal areas of California. The dire number comes from counts of…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh has failed to take advantage of China’s removal of tariffs on 28 categories of imported drugs including all cancer medicines, although the country is doing well in terms of exports of pharmaceutical products, reports The Financial Express BD. Industry insiders said it is not an easy task to export pharmaceutical products to…
DOT Desk: A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to the authorities concerned to cancel or withdraw the oath-taking of lawmakers elected in 11th national parliamentary election, saying that the oath-taking was a violation of the constitution, reports The Daily Star. Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon served the legal notice on behalf of…