Reuters: Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had stopped all medical treatment programs in Canada and was working on the transfer of all Saudi patients from hospitals there, in an escalating row after Ottawa urged it to free rights activists. Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment with Canada and expelled the Canadian ambassador this…
AFP: Tributes flowed for Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle Thursday after he lost his battle with cancer, dying aged 36 after halting treatment for leukaemia last week. “It breaks my heart to tell everyone that Jarrod is no longer with us,” his wife Briony said in a statement. The former US PGA Tour player, who had…
BBC: Ugandan pop star and MP Bobi Wine has arrived in the US for medical treatment following accusations he was tortured and beaten while in military custody. The former rapper was initially prevented from leaving the country but was cleared to fly out on Friday.He, and 32 opposition politicians, were charged with treason last week…
Channel News Asia: The rapid growth of renewable energy sources and the demise of fossil fuels are causing major changes in global politics, a special commission said in a report Friday (Jan 11). The shift “will alter the global distribution of power, relations between states, the risk of conflict, and the social, economic and environmental…
UNB The Supreme Court challenge to a Texas law that has dramatically reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state is the justices’ most significant case on the hot-button issue in nearly a quarter-century. One of this election-year term’s biggest cases is being argued Wednesday before a court altered by the death of…
Samiul Bashar Samin When Orange Is the New Black fans began binge-watching season four on Friday, they didn’t have to wait very long for answers on the fate of one of their favorite characters.When viewers last saw Alex Vause, played by Laura Prepon, on the finale of season three, the Litchfield inmate was trapped in…
UNB: On the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day 2018, the Great Bangladesh Run in association with Brighter Tomorrow Foundation (BTF) will organize an awareness run under the banner “Run for Life: A suicide Prevention Awareness Run” at Dhaka University campus today. Biren Sikder, state minister for youth and sports, will inaugurate the programme where…
UNB The body of a school boy, who was reportedly abducted on Sunday, was recovered from a neighbour’s house in Ramchandrapur village of Bheramara upazila on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Ashik Uddin, 14. son of Kutub Uddin of the village and a class VII student of Dharampur High School. The victim’s father Kutub…
Afsan Chowdhury writes for DOT : I remember the Dhaka of the 60s when it was almost a likeable city, lazy, rainy and with many trees. Cars were few, rickshaws dominated and the middle class also grew around that placid culture. It was a city where the really rich were Pakistanis and so if you…
Desk Report: It’s the back-to-school season – and many young people may be feeling reluctant about returning for the start of another academic year. And in many schools there are deliberate attempts to boost attendance by giving rewards, school prizes and commendations to those who have the best records for not missing any lessons.But do…