The Guardian: The founding companies behind a self-styled alliance to end plastic waste are among the world’s biggest investors in new plastic productions plants, according to a European NGO. A majority of the firms which announced this week they were collaborating to try to help tackle plastic pollution are likely to be at the heart…
Zahid Hussain speaks to DOT : The growth and number of riches have increased, while poverty has also declined at the same time. But the rate of poverty reduction that we saw since 2010 is weaker than that recorded before 2000. The employment rate these days is not satisfactory, especially in the manufacture and construction…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Former lawmaker Khandkar Abdul Baten, one of the organizers of the Liberation War and chief of Baten Bahini, died at a hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 72. Abdul Baten was elected MP twice from Tangail 6 (Nagarpur-Delduar) constituency in 9th and 10th election. He was elected MP in the…
Reuters: A Chinese scientist responsible for what he said were the world’s first “gene-edited” babies evaded oversight and broke guidelines in a quest for fame and fortune, state media said on Monday, as the university where he worked announced his dismissal. He Jiankui said in November that he used a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : Awami League celebrated its landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary election with a rally on Saturday. Ruling Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on that day promised that her government will work for all, irrespective of political affiliation. Following the 11th parliamentary election, Prime Minister Modi expressed…
Channelnewsasia: Celebrity chef Redzuawan Ismail on Monday (Jan 21) apologised to former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, after a tirade against the senior opposition figure on the troubles faced by the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda). The chef had come under fire for threatening to slap Najib over Felda’s failings, with some social media users…
Reuters: Minority Muslims in the southern Philippines cast votes on Monday in a long-awaited referendum on autonomy, the culmination of a peace process to end decades of separatist conflict in a region plagued by poverty, banditry and Islamist extremism. Some 2.8 million people in the volatile Mindanao region are being asked if they back a…
Afsan Chowdhury writes for DOT : A sense of caution in reporting is the media air. Few know what is safe and what is not to report. Careful media is the hallmark now. Any perusal of media before and after the elections shows a significant shift. People took advantage of the electoral space to say…
NDTV: Dr Shivakumara Swami, the seer who headed the Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Karnataka’s Tumakuru, has died at 111 after weeks of treatment. Shivakumara Swami had been unwell for a while and had been on life support for the past two weeks. Karnataka will observe three-day mourning and schools, colleges and government offices will be…
Reuters: Colombia’s ELN rebel group on Monday claimed responsibility for last week’s car bomb attack against a police academy that killed 21 as a legitimate act of war and urged President Ivan Duque to return to the negotiating table. In a statement on its website, the National Liberation Army (ELN) said it conducted the attack…