NDTV: Sweden released a handbook of its “feminist foreign policy” Thursday for rights groups and foreign governments, showcasing lessons from the Scandinavian nation’s flagship approach to promoting women’s rights globally. The manual, published on the government’s website in English weeks before a September 9 general election, is derived from four years of work to place…
Reuters: Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long illness, the Taliban said on Tuesday. Haqqani, who founded the network in the 1970s, gave up operational leadership of the group some years ago to his son Sirajuddin, who…
DOT Desk: Country’s first omnibus project “Iti, Tomari Dhaka” has been awarded at Jaipur International Film Festival in India, reports The Daily Observer. It has won the Best Original Screenplay award at the eleventh edition of the festival. Abu Shahed Emon, creative producer of the film has confirmed the news. It might be added that…
Xinhua : Diets all over the world are lacking vitamins and minerals essential for healthy growth, Australia’s peak scientific body found. An analysis of global diets, released by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Monday, revealed that the worldwide intake of calcium, vitamin D, vitamin E and folate is likely to remain…
M Humayun Kabir: The government has approved four state-run new medical colleges in Naogaon, Netrokona, Magura and Nilphamari. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved those medical colleges. The minister made the disclosure while briefing media in Dhaka yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. Another medical college planned for Chandpur is awaiting approval from…
DOT Desk: Massive mango flowering here in Bogura district is predicting a bumper output this season as a large number of the mango trees have already started sprouting early, Reports The Financial Express. This year, farmers of Dupchanchia, Adamdighi, Kahaloo, Nandigram, Serpur, Sonatola, Gabtoly, Shibganj, Shajhanpura, Sairakandi and Sadar upazilas of the district have taken…
Farhad Manjoo, became an opinion columnist for The New York Times in 2018/ BDnews24 Friends, reporters, fam: It’s time we journalists all considered disengaging from the daily rhythms of Twitter, the world’s most damaging social network. You don’t have to quit totally — that’s impossible in today’s news business. Instead, post less, lurk more. “Never…
Kabir Humayun: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has expressed deep shock at demise of United States Senator John Sidney McCain. “I am deeply saddened…. On behalf of the government and the people of Bangladesh, I express our heartfelt condolence to you and through you to the government and the people of the United States and…
UNB: The Walton Deaf Tri-Nation T20 Cricket Tournament begins today (Sept 14) at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Cricket Stadium in Fatullah, Narayanganj. India, Pakistan and hosts Bangladesh will initially compete on double league basis match, organized by Bangladesh Deaf Sports Foundation and sponsored by Walton Group. Later, two top teams will play the final….
The Guardian: 19th Leeds piano competition was won on Saturday night by Eric Lu, a 20-year-old from Boston in the United States, whose sparkling and supremely confident performance of Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto secured him the top place, and also the Hallé orchestra prize. The rebooted competition, held every three years, was co-founded 55 years…