Reuters: China’s defense ministry said on Thursday that it was supporting Afghanistan’s defense and counterterrorism efforts, a day after Beijing denied a plan to build a base in Afghanistan and to send Chinese forces to the war-torn country. China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday dismissed a report by the South China Morning Post that cited sources…
DOT Desk: Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said that Bangladesh is one of the most successful countries of the world. He specifically mentioned the progress that Bangladesh made over the last 10 years. Shringla, who was set to leave Dhaka yesterday, made the remarks while delivering his speech at…
NDTV: An Indian man in the US has been sentenced to over four years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction for possessing child pornography. Abhijeet Das, 28, of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 52 months imprisonment for possession of material depicting the exploitation of a minor,…
Abrar Hussain: The US has urged the Myanmar government to fulfill its commitment in working with the UNHCR and UNDP to implement the recommendations of the Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, reports NewAge. Heather Nauert, US Department of State spokesperson said on Thursday, “We welcome the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by…
William Saunderson-Meyer, South African journalist/Reuters On Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers.” He then quoted Fox News host Tucker Carlson: “South African Government is now seizing land…
DOT Desk: Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought, with the pace of ice loss increasing four-fold since 2003, new research has found, reports the daily Sun. The research provides fresh evidence of the dangers posed to vulnerable coastal places as diverse as Bangladesh, Miami, Shanghai and various Pacific islands as climate change shrinks…
DOT Desk Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a young man from a ditch behind Boralia Primary School polling centre in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur, reports The Financial Express. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, said Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Chandraganj Police Station. The bullet-riddled body was sent to Sadar…
Science Alert If someone showed you the above picture without context, you’d probably think it was an intact blood vessel. Readers, it is not. It is a perfect cast of the branching air passages in the right lung of a man dying of heart failure, formed from coagulated blood that had been accumulating therein. The…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Ahhh… On these hot days I’m sure for many of us, a can of cold coca-cola is a heaven sent relief. Coca-Cola or better known as coke, is one of the most recognized brands in the world from pole to pole, this is not surprising since coca cola sells its products in over…