Raj Ahmed of DOT The High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Barrister Mainul Hosein for six months in 13 defamation cases, The Daily Star reported. The court also stayed the trial proceedings of 15 defamation cases filed against Hosein for the next six months. The bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar…
Shahidul Alam,who was freed from Keraniganj, Dhaka’s central jail, on 20 November 2018/The Guardian, UK The Bangladeshi photographer was charged with criticising his country on Facebook and spent more than 100 days behind bars. Now freed, he replies to the Indian novelist who wrote to him in jail It was a letter I read and…
Mihir Zaveri, Guilbert Gates & Karen Zraick /The New York Times At midnight on Saturday, the shutdown entered its 22nd day, which makes it the longest gap in American government funding ever.That beats the previous record, under President Bill Clinton in 1995, of 21 days. In total, there have been 21 gaps in government funding…
The Jakarta Post: Artificial intelligence may be ready to wipe out cervical cancer, after a study has shown Thursday that computer algorithms can detect cancerous lesions much better than trained experts or conventional screening tests. According to the World Health Organization, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women with about 570,000 new…
Shannon Sims Freelance journalist writing for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and CityLab/ The Atlantic Land rights, education, the economy, and public security lie at the nexus of the Brazilian president’s priorities and critics’ concerns. If you’re shocked by the transformations that Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new president, is planning for his…
Lila MacLellan/QUARTZY The earliest surviving film to depict African-American actors in an intimate moment made its online debut to modern audiences last month—on social media, of course. Viewers found the 29-second silent film, Something Good — Negro Kiss, made in 1898, deeply moving. “The restored film opens on a couple with lips locked in a…
Cyril Almeida, Member of staff/ Dawn, Pakistan THE emperor walked beneath the beautiful canopy in the procession, and all the people in the street and in their windows said, “Goodness, the emperor’s new clothes are incomparable! What a beautiful train on his jacket. What a perfect fit!” No one wanted it to be noticed that he…
DOT Desk: The Strategic Business Conference- 2019 of Mercantile Bank Limited was held at FARS Hotel & Resorts, Dhaka yesterday, reports The Financial Express. The heads of the Bank’s 138 branches and Head Office Divisions participated in the conference. A.K.M. Shaheed Reza, Chairman of the Board of Directors was the chief guest in the conference…
Shweta Sengar/ India Times East African country, Rwanda, has officially banned skin lightening and bleaching products. The Rwandan government is now sending officials across the country to enforce the ban. The country is leading a campaign against skin bleaching and substandard cosmetics, particularly products that include hydroquinone. “It is being implemented by the Ministry of…
Pranitha Menon, Freelance writer based in Dubai/Gulf News There’s immense beauty in strength and resilience and that’s something not to be missed It had been a warm morning. I stood under the shade of a lone tree that had miraculously escaped the axe at a busy intersection at one of the many popular commercial hubs…