Julhas Alam/Time Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is poised to win a record fourth term in Sunday’s elections, drumming up support by promising a development bonanza as her critics question if the South Asian nation’s tremendous economic success has come at the expense of its already fragile democracy. Sunday’s polls, the 11th since Bangladesh won…
Myisha Nawar Due to sexual harassment, misogyny and bullying that plague these fields, careers in astronomy and physics are incredibly hard for women. In October 2015, astronomer Geoff Marcy of the University of California Berkeley was found to have violated policies on sexual harassment with allegations of unwanted massages, groping and kissing. In January this…
AFP: The pumpkin is diced, the chicken carved and the eggs beaten into an omelette, but the people preparing the food are not chefs – they are scientists testing produce from Japan’s Fukushima region. Seven years after the March 2011 nuclear disaster caused by a devastating tsunami, rigorous testing shows no radioactive threat from Fukushima’s produce,…
Reuters: France’s interior minister, one of President Emmanuel Macron’s closest allies, has announced plans to quit the government and run for election as mayor of Lyon in 2020, adding to doubts and instability around the young leader’s administration. Gerard Collomb’s announcement in an interview in L’Express magazine follows the abrupt resignations of a popular environment…
Reuters: Turkey is working to achieve a ceasefire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest and is ready for cooperation to fight terrorist groups in the Idlib area, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. Speaking at a joint news conference with his Pakistani counterpart, Cavusoglu said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will speak with Russian President Vladimir…
Banglanews24 Model-actress PJ Helen is appearing in a new music video after a long hiatus. The song is titled ‘Bhanga Mon’ of Haimanti Rakshit. Helen will be seen pairing up with model Antu Kareem. Swapnil has written the lyric and popular musician Bappa Mazumder has tuned and composed the song. Alok Hasan directed the video…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, wants to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on December 10 ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections, reports UNB. On behalf of the Oikyafront, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the plan at a press conference at the…
UNB: National cricketer Sabbir Rahman, serving a six-month international ban, says he is taking the next edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) very seriously. “This year’s BPL is important for me,” the right-handed top-order batsman said on Tuesday. “I will try to play my natural game and hope that it will help me get back…
Desk Report: Jaya Ahsan and Chanchal Chowdhury are appearing in the popular TV show titled ‘Chemistry’ on Maasranga TV for their upcoming Eid, reports Asian Age. Model-actress Nowshin Nahrin Mou, the anchor of the show, did everything possible to discover the chemistry between the producer of ‘Devi’, Jaya Ahsan and actor Chanchal, who has played…
Sofian Khan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement with Bangladesh to help upgrade its Dhaka-Northwest international trade corridor. Bangladesh will initially be given a loan of $300 millions by them. Country Director, ADB on behalf of Bangladesh, Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and Manmohan Parkash signed the loan agreements on Wednesday….