AP: Three villages southwest of Berlin have been evacuated as a wildfire the size of 400 soccer fields spread Friday. More than 500 people had to leave their homes as a result of the fire in Treuenbrietzen, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) outside of Berlin. “Our main goal is to protect the evacuated villages from the…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Something quite special dwells beneath the surface of New Zealand and this proves that the country is just as beautiful below ground as it is above! The Waitomo area is famous for it’s limestone caves and within these caves are one of the most magical insects in the world, the glowworm. Glow worms…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Iran has threatened of blocking off the waterway through which oil is shipped as its President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the US will not be able to stop the country from exporting oil and any move to prevent Iranian crude shipments passing through the Gulf. The US has imposed sanctions…
Desk Report: Rawhide wastes continue to pollute the densely populated Hazaribagh area in the capital, reports New Age. The problem persists as tanners were using their abandoned factories to store rawhides, local inhabitant complained. People in the area told New Age that shifting the tannery factories to the Tannery Industrial Park at Savar brought no…
Reuters: At 1 am on April 23, Yue Xin was rudely awakened in her dormitory at China’s prestigious Peking University by her mother and a faculty adviser. Yue, emboldened by the global #MeToo movement, had gained prominence across China for demanding that her university release information about a decades-old rape and suicide case. She should…
Hossen Sohel: Pakistan’s new government canceled the appointment of a renowned Princeton economist to its Economic Advisory Council, an official said yesterday, after a strong backlash against the choice of a member of the Ahmadi religious minority. The failure of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government to resist pressure to drop economist Atif Mian reflects the…
On the occasion of International Mother Language Day as well as Martyrs’ Day, Omar Ekushey Boi Mela premise was over flowed with book lovers. (Photo: Abu Sufian Ratan)
In line with plans to strengthen and expand its Board of Directors, Summit Power International (SPI) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Non-Executive Independent Directors to strengthen the strategic leadership and corporate governance of SPI.The three Independent Directors joined Summit Power International (SPI) Board are Abdullah Tarmugi, Lim Hwee Hua, and Tang…
I don’t know if we will be able to rebuild our house again or not! My husband lost all his hope and is walking around like a mad man! I told him everything will be fine again. He looked at me straight into my eyes with no faith in them at all. But I believe…
AFP: More than one thousand tourists were being evacuated from Indonesia’s tiny Gili islands on Monday after a powerful quake struck neighbouring Lombok, killing 91 people and injuring hundreds. The Gilis are three coral-fringed tropical islands popular with backpackers and divers, a few kilometres off the northwest coast of the larger Lombok island. Footage posted…