Arild Engelsen Ruud Calcutta is a peculiar city. It is a giant metropolis that changes so slowly it does not seem to change at all. And it is a city that has slid gradually into the backwaters in a way that perhaps disqualifies it from the title metropolis. The other Indian giants, like New Delhi…
Blessing-Miles Tendi, Associate professor of African Politics at Oxford University/The Guardian,UK Emmerson Mnangagwa, the leader of the ruling Zanu-PF party, has been declared the winner of Zimbabwe’s presidential election. But his margin of victory – he garnered 50.8% of the votes – has led the main challenger, Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Change…
Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian columnist and brand strategist based in New York/Gulf News Deleting your account isn’t a bad New Year resolution — the company has violated trust Prepare yourself for an overwhelming sense of deja vu: Another Facebook privacy “scandal” is upon us. A New York Times investigation has found that Facebook gave Netflix, Spotify…
Sofian Khan: An additional humanitarian funds of AUD 18.4 million has been announced by Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya people and the host community in Bangladesh. According to the Australian government, over 12,00,000 Rohingyas who have fled into Bangladesh has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian…
Sofian Khan: Eleven more suspected drug peddlers have reportedly been killed in continuous gunfight across the country till early Tuesday. With this, the total number of drug peddlers killed in ‘gunfights’ has numbered to 33 in the last 8 days. The fresh incidents took place through Comilla, Dinajpur, Chuadanga, Feni, Chittagong, Narayanganj, Brahmanbaria and Netrokona….
Phys.org: A pair of robot rovers have landed on an asteroid and begun a survey, Japan’s space agency said Saturday, as it conducts a mission aiming to shed light on the origins of the solar system. The rover mission marks the world’s first moving, robotic observation of an asteroid surface, according to the Japan Aerospace…
UNB: Bangladeshi brand Walton wants to sell two million units of fridges in the local market this year. The company claims to have sold 1.5 million units in 2018. Walton holds nearly 75 percent share in the local fridge market, its officials said. Uday Hakim, deputy executive director of Walton Group, said he was optimistic…
BSS: Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has penalised 18 shops Taka 56,500 in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions in December last year for selling and manufacturing adulterated food items. The courts also realised Taka 56,500 from the shop owners during the drives conducted in four districts under the divisions. BSTI Director (Rajshahi) Taher Jamil said…
We know Malala Yousafzai and she came to the famous The Ellen Show for an episode. Here is some of the conversation between Ellen and Malala Ellen: you were shot in the face at 15 years of age and you hold no anger towards the man, who shot you, how is that possible? Malala: I…
Tanzim Taqrim Temperatures in Mongolia have increased three times faster than the global average. Recently, the country’s glaciers have lost up to 33% of their ice and 70% of the country’s land is considered degraded. The reason Mongolia is sensitive to climate change is it’s located at sea levels and is geographically distinct because of…