Jill Lepore/ The New Yorker In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face. The wood-panelled tailgate of the 1972 Oldsmobile station wagon dangled open like a broken jaw, making a wobbly bench on which four kids could sit, eight legs swinging. Every…
Reuters: In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor with comments about Huawei’s high-profile extradition case. John McCallum had embarrassed Trudeau’s Liberal government by saying Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou could make a strong argument against…
John Mcbeth/Asia Times Eighty million millennials will be eligible to vote in Indonesia’s April 17 elections, a massive bloc that could carry the day if they really cared For a fleeting moment, before elder politicians started trading barbs at last week’s first presidential election debate, 49-year-old business entrepreneur Sandiaga Uno gave Indonesian voters a glimpse…
DOT Desk: Cargo van registration in Dhaka city witnessed a slight decline in 2018 compared to that of 2017, reports The Financial Express. A total of 1,224 cargo vans were registered in 2018 while the number was 1,285 in 2017, according to statistics provided by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). With the latest, a…
Eurek Alert: Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults with uncontrolled asthma who are overweight or obese, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “Fish Oil Supplementation in Overweight/Obese Patients with Uncontrolled Asthma: A Randomized Trial,” Jason E. Lang, MD,…
UNB: From the first day of the next month, no mobile phone operator will be allowed to offer internet packages with less than a three-day validity. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has issued an order recently in this regard. As per the order, the validity of all the internet packages/offers/bundles will be at least three…
Science Alert: Is devolution possible? Two verified experts answered this question on independent fact-checking platform Metafact.io. Both answered ‘yes’. You can read one answer below. The short answer is “yes,” but that needs to be explained, because the concept of “devolution” is very misleading and makes assumptions about evolution that simply aren’t true (it’s not…
DOT Desk: Though the high prices of vegetables are putting pressure on the wallets of the consumers, the farmers are being deprived of fair prices as the supply chain is mostly controlled by the middlemen, reports The Daily Sun. Vegetables are dear in the kitchen markets even during this peak season for winter vegetables and…
UNB: Around 1000 models of 100 sorts of appliances and accessories are available at the premier pavilion of the countries electronics giant ‘Walton’ in the ongoing month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)- 2019. Many of them like locally made compressors, smart phones, elevator or lift, plastic and chemical components, smart air conditioners with voice or…
Russia Today: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revised his earlier demand for US diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours, giving time for negotiations in a sign of “true diplomacy.” He warned of repercussions if no deal is reached. Maduro offered Trump a 30-day period to seek the establishment of a “US interests office” in…