Arab News: North Korea’s state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of “double-dealing” and “hatching a criminal plot” against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since US President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a surprise comment, US President Donald Trump yesterday said Russia should be reinstated to a leading group of industrialized nations before his visit to the G7 summit this weekend. The remark is an extraordinary break from key US allies, and significantly striking given Russia’s meddling in the 2016 polls. A special counsel probe…
Munir Akram, Former Pakistan ambassador to the UN/ Dawn, Pakistan RECENT statements from Prime Minister Imran Khan and his ministers have outlined fairly clear plans to address Pakistan’s macro-economic challenges. Even if all goes well, economists project that, due to financial constraints, Pakistan’s economic growth will remain between 3 to 4.5 per cent during the…
Reuters: Indian health authorities prepared defenses against the spread of disease in flood-hit Kerala state on Monday as water receded and a huge clean-up gathered pace after the worst floods in a century killed more than 200 people. Incessant rain since Aug. 8 in the southern state has swelled rivers and triggered landslides. Dozens of…
Desk Report: Air quality of Dimla upazila under tthe district hit a hazardous level due to melting of pitch in front of Dimla Islamia Degree College for construction of a road, causing health hazards of the students as well as locals, reports Daily Star. A diesel-run machine to prepare pitch by melting waste materials was…
Hindustan Times: Talk of selfless love and this Chinese man could well be the world’s most loving son. In his 50s, he’s been dressing up as his dead sister for the last 20 years just so that his mentally ill mother can cope with the death of her daughter. His story, on YouTube channel Pear…
Sayeed Muhammad A municipality mayor has allegedly threatened to kill a reporter for publishing a news report on corruption in Ranishankail upazila of Thakurgaon district. However, the accused Alamgir Sarkar, also the upazila unit Juba League president, refuted the allegation, saying he just verbally abused the reporter.Khurshid Alam Shawon, the upazila correspondent of Pritidiner Sangbad,…
Sky News: Parrots can make complex economic decisions, at least according to German scientists. 33 macaws and African grey parrots were taught to recognise the value of tokens which could be exchanged for food as part of the experiment at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. The birds then had to invest their tokens, either…
UNB: The general inflation rate slightly came down to 5.35 percent in December last from 5.37 percent in the previous month (Nov) thanks to the slight fall in both food and non-food inflations. “The general point-to-point inflation rate slightly eased to 5.35 percentage point in December last,” said Planning Minister MA Mannan on Tuesday releasing…