ABC News: Michelle Obama will visit 10 cities to promote her memoir “Becoming,” a tour featuring arenas and other performing centers to accommodate crowds far too big for any bookstore. The former first lady will begin at the United Center in her native Chicago on Nov. 13, the book’s release date. She will finish at…
Hossen Sohel of DOT BNP has filed an appeal petition with the Election Commission (EC) against the commission’s rejection of its chief Khaleda Zia’s nominations in three constituencies, reports The Daily Star. A six-member team of BNP, led by the party’s law affairs secretary Barrister Kaiser Kamal yesterday submitted the petition. After submitting the petition…
Reuters: Myanmar said on Thursday a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek jurisdiction over suspected deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh was “meritless and should be dismissed”. Judges at the court had asked Myanmar to respond to the request by July 27. The office of government leader Aung San…
Anadolu Agency: A video of an anti-polio worker in Pakistan walking through waist-deep snow to administer vaccines to children is doing the rounds on social media gathering praise from humanitarian groups. World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he admired the efforts of Pakistani workers fighting against the crippling polio virus. “There…
UNB: Bangladesh Navy athletes Ismail Hossain and Shirin Akter emerged as the fasted man and woman of the country after winning their respective 100-metre sprint titles of the Walton 42nd National Athletics Championship that began on Thursday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here. State Minister for Youth and Sports M Zahid Ahsan Russel inaugurated the…
A three-day ‘PRAN ChiniguraRice NabannaUtsab’will kick off atRabindraSarobar in Dhaka on Thursday. The festival will remain open for all from 8am to 8pm every day. The information regarding the program was disclosed at a press conference held on Tuesday at a hotel in the city. Mohammad Shahan Shah Azad, Chief Operating Officer at Banga Millers…
Science Alert The slugs that we find in the garden are not the most inspiring creatures. They kind of just look like dark, slimy blobs. But deep under the sea, their relatives are quite the opposite. And one particular group of sea slugs, called the nudibranchs (pronounced “nood-i-branks”), are especially gaudy looking. These bizarre-looking creatures…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court has blocked three more BNP candidates from competing in the 11th national parliamentary election because their resignations from their upazila chairman posts were not accepted, bdnews24.com reports. Paddy sheaf candidates Md Abdul Aziz from Natore-4, Farooq Kabir Ahmed from Gaibandha-4 and Manzur Elahi from Narsingdi-3 have been barred…
Reuters: Volkswagen went on trial on Monday to face investors seeking 9.2 billion euros ($10.6 billion) in compensation, arguing the carmaker should have informed shareholders earlier about its diesel emissions scandal. Shareholders representing 1,670 claims are seeking compensation for a slide in Volkswagen’s (VW) share price triggered by the scandal, which broke in September 2015…