AFP: Prolific French composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars and five Grammys during a career spanning more than half a century, died Saturday (Jan 26) aged 86, his spokesman said. Legrand lived in a musical whirlwind, with the same appetite for popular music to jazz, from conducting to film. “Since I was a child,…
Channelnewsasia: Germany should stop using coal for electricity production by 2038, a government-appointed commission said Saturday, laying out an €80-billion roadmap to phase out the polluting fuel. The commission agreed to the deadline after months of bitter wrangling as pressure mounts on Europe’s top economy to step up its commitment to battling climate change. The…
AFP: Rescuers worked overnight into Saturday searching for around 300 people missing after a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil killed at least nine, but the local governor said “odds are minimal” that they would be found alive. Seven bodies were recovered Friday hours after the disaster, which saw a torrent of mud…
Arafat Hasan of DOT BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for national unity as ‘all talk’ and revealed that it will “not take it into consideration.” In her speech to the nation on Friday, Hasina had called for the nation to unite in order to help transform…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Jatiya Oikya Front, an alliance of BNP and several other parties, for a tea party at Gono Bhaban, her official residence, on February 2. Sheikh Hasina, also president of the ruling Awami League, invited the Okiyafront leaders to take tea with her at Gono Bhaban…
Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder speaks to DOT : The by-election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will be held on February 28. The nomination forms will be scrutinized on February 2, while the candidates will have till February 9 to withdraw candidacy. The Upazila Parishad Election will also be held across the country in…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, announced yesterday that the government would soon implement the ninth wage board for journalists. After holding a meeting of the cabinet committee for wage board implementation with the leaders of the Newspaper Owners Association at conference room of information ministry, Quader told reporters that government…
Fazle Hossain Badsha speaks to DOT : Fazle Hossain Badsha, the general secretary of Workers Party of Bangladesh, said BNP is still in a deep fascination with Jamaat, aiming at coming to power. Until Jamaat’s politics will be banned, logic of the pro-Liberation War alliance Moha Jote existing will mean the same. The lest-leaning party…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Zimbabwe’s government has pledged to “thoroughly” investigate allegations of abuse and rape leveled against its security forces during a brutal crackdown to quell recent anti-government protests. Nationwide demonstrations erupted last week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa doubled fuel prices in a country suffering from spiraling inflation and regular shortages of necessities. Furious…
Arab News: Thousands of Indians converged on a ceremonial boulevard in the Indian capital to watch a display of the country’s military power and cultural diversity amid tight security during Saturday’s national day celebrations. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the chief guest at the Republic Day parade, which celebrates the anniversary of the adoption…