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…
Times of Israel: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday told President Reuven Rivlin that his country would now only buy weapons from Israel due to its lack of restrictions, as dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the president’s Jerusalem residence to protest the controversial visit. According to a Hebrew-language statement, Duterte praised Israel for helping the…
DOT Desk Fish production has increased significantly in Rajshahi district after taking multidimensional development and extension programmes, reports The Financial Express. Fish farming made many people financially solvent in the region along with a boost to their social dignity hence contributing to meet the demand of animal protein across the country. Amzad Hossain, a fish…
UNB: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) reopened yesterday after 14-day vacation for winter and Christmas. The academic activities of the university resumed in the morning, said a press release signed by deputy-registrar Yunus Ali. Earlier on December 26, the administrative activities were resumed. The students have started returning to the campus.
Marilyn Thipthorpe How far can the media be blamed or held responsible for the rise of candidates, dictators and terrorists. Their roles in the past ages have increased to a point where people are dependant on them for facts… and fiction! But why has no one retaliated and stung back and why has no one…
Himanjali Sankar/ Scroll.In An excerpt from Himanjali Sankar’s ‘The Lies We Tell’, told from the point of view of 17-year-old Irfan Ahmed. I didn’t do it. Why would I send Uma’s photo, that was meant only for me, to Rishi and Abhishek and a bunch of other random classmates? It was for me. Why would…
Jessica Valenti/Gulf News One of the many political ironies of our time is that feminism’s most powerful cultural moment has coincided with the rise of extreme misogyny. While women protest, run for office and embrace the movement for gender equality in record numbers, a generation of young, mostly white men are being radicalised into believing…
Desk Report: Speakers at a programme called for proper coordination among different ministries of the government for building a child-friendly atmosphere and protecting the rights of children, reports Daily Sun. Taking necessary steps for sustainable rehabilitation of child trafficking victims and enforcement of Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act-2012 will also help protect the…
Kabir Humayun: A student of Chittagong University (CU) has lost both of his legs under the wheels of a shuttle train in Sholoshahar Railway Station yesterday morning. Rabiul Alam, 26, the injured, a master’s student at the sociology department, was whisked-off to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), reports banglanews24.com. CMCH on-duty Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Md…
Tavleen Singh /Indian Express The Prime Minister himself said, at the opening of a medical facility, that plastic surgery must have been known in ancient India for Shiva to have given his son Ganesha the head of an elephant. It did not help that China landed a spacecraft on the dark side of the moon…