Channelnewsasia: Rescuers in Spain are searching for a two-year-old boy who fell into a 100m-deep well in southern Spain, in a race against time that has gripped the country. The boy, Julen, went missing on Sunday (Jan 13) during a family trip to a relative’s farm in the mountains, Spanish daily El Pais reported. The…
Prime Minister Theresa May’s government faced a no confidence vote on Wednesday after the crushing defeat of her Brexit divorce deal by parliament left Britain’s exit from the European Union in disarray just 10 weeks before it is due to leave. Lawmakers voted 432-202 against her deal, the worst defeat in modern British history, triggering…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Sylhet will be the country’s first digital city where its residents will get free WiFi access at each and every point of it, reports UNB. The minister said this while addressing a two-day freshers’ reception at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)…
Science Alert: We’ve had chances. Lots of chances. But humanity has a history of squandering chances, despite everything we know about climate change. Despite everything riding on us addressing it. As it happens, the odds may still be in our favour. A new study estimates there’s a 64 percent chance that peak global average temperature…
Al Jazeera: United States Special Envoy on Afghan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, is due to arrive in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for talks with the country’s civilian and military leadership, as the Afghan Taliban threaten to pull out of peace talks that could see an end to the 17-year Afghan War. Khalilzad is expected to land…
Erin Cunningham/ The Washington Post The lifestyles of Iran’s privileged youths — including expensive holidays, glitzy parties and access to cash and jobs — have sparked public anger in recent months as U.S. sanctions squeeze the economy. The young elite, some with government connections, flaunt their wealth on Instagram and in the streets of the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has rejected Transparency International Bangladesh’s (TIB) report on the 11th parliamentary election held on December 30 last year. “We are completely rejecting the TIB report on election. It is baseless,” the CEC said while talking to reporters at his office after a programme in Dhaka…
ABS-CBN: Rihanna has sued her father for trading on her Fenty brand name and suggesting that a business venture he set up in 2017 is associated with her. The “Diamonds” singer, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, filed a lawsuit in US federal court in Los Angeles on Tuesday accusing Ronald Fenty and 2…
Frank Bruni, New York Times Op-Ed columnist/BDnews24 “Pocahontas” won’t be lonely for long. As other Democrats join Elizabeth Warren in the contest for the party’s presidential nomination, President Donald Trump will assign them their own nicknames, different from hers but just as derisive. There’s no doubt. But how much heed will we in the media…
Banglanews24: The depot for storing oil collected from vessels at ship-breaking yards at Fouzdarhat caught fire around 2pm Wednesday. Twelve fire-fighting trucks struggled to douse the flames, said Jashim Uddin, deputy assistant director of the Fire Service at Chittagong. The fire was eventually doused around 4pm. So far no casualties have been reported.