Pratiti Shirin writes for DOT : Facebook and other social networking sites as well as electronic gadgets have been found to hinder the cognitive development of children and contribute towards mental disorders such as hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and eye problems. According to an OfCom study, in UK, the average time spent online…
UNB: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said people have rejected BNP for its negative politics. “There’s no new thinking about BNP as the country’s people have rejected it for their negative politics and cast their votes to make Sheikh Hasina victorious,” said Obaidul while speaking at a rally held at Hatiya…
Arafat Hasan of DOT At least 21 people have been killed and 71 more injured in twin bombings that occurred during a church service in the southern Philippines yesterday, security officials said, merely days after a referendum on autonomy for the mainly Muslim region returned an overwhelming “yes” vote. The first explosion went off inside…
The Guardian, UK: A South Africa-based mercenary group has been accused by one of its former members of trying to intentionally spread Aids in southern Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. The claims are made by Alexander Jones in a documentary that premieres this weekend at the Sundance film festival. He says he spent years…
The National: An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was activated early on Sunday in Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where a dam collapsed killing 34 and leaving some 300 missing, firefighters and the mining company said. The alarm went off at 5.30 a.m. (0730 GMT) warning of dangerously high water levels at…
Reuters: Pope Francis said on Saturday the Roman Catholic Church was weary and “wounded by her own sin,” in an apparent reference to the global sexual abuse crisis. Francis made the comment in the homily of Mass for priests, nuns, and members of Catholic lay organizations in Panama City’s newly renovated cathedral of Santa Maria…
Citizen: An ecstatic Zimbabwean passenger Shylot Sibanda screams with joy as he boards a bus from downtown Harare to the township of Budiriro. The fare has been slashed to a third of what he paid last week. It’s the result of government action — after nationwide demonstrations over fuel hikes earlier this month — in…
The Guardian, UK: A new search for the missing Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala has been launched after more than £250,000 was raised to fund the operation. An official search and rescue operation for the Piper PA-46 Malibu carrying the Argentinian striker and the pilot David Ibbotson was called off on Thursday. Pleas for the search…
BBC: The Duke of Edinburgh has written to a woman injured in a car crash he was involved in near Sandringham in Norfolk to say that he is “deeply sorry”.Prince Philip wished Emma Fairweather a “speedy recovery”, adding that he was “somewhat shaken after the accident”. The 97-year-old suggested he did not see the car…
AP: No retreat, no surrender is how President Donald Trump frames his decision to temporarily reopen the government while still pursuing a border wall deal. Some of his conservative backers have a different take: “pathetic” and “wimp.” Other Trump supporters seem willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, yet they insist that any…