Desk Report: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 23 September as International Day of Sign Languages. The resolution was initially adopted by consensus during the 48th meeting of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, 16 November 2017 and officially adopted at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. The first…
Reuters: A front-running and far-right Brazilian presidential candidate began physical therapy on Saturday and remained in serious but stable condition after being stabbed during a campaign rally earlier this week, doctors and family members said. Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, who is unlikely to return to the campaign trail before the Oct. 7 first-round vote, was being…
Desk Report: Currency counterfeiters, dopers and muggers have become active in the capital and other parts of the country ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, reports Dailly Sun. Detectives have found the activeness of the criminal gangs after arresting some of their members from different places in the last few days. Currency fakers and dopers are…
The Netherlands and you How you see the role of men and women at work and at home has become an integral element of contemporary political conflict. Until recently, most of the attention has been focused on partisan evaluations of problems confronting women. A 2017 Pew Research report found, for example, that by nearly 3…
Science Alert Wasps are dangerous little insects. They’re aggressive as heck, and being stung can be on a spectrum from incredibly painful to fatal. But that venom isn’t just dangerous to humans. It can also wipe out bacteria – and scientists have just figured out how to retain the bacteria-killing part while removing the pesky…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission is likely to pick Singapore to trial a project for providing expatriate Bangladeshis with national identity or NID cards, reports bdnews24.com. EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has said they want to enroll expatriates as voters through the Bangladesh missions abroad. EC NID wing Director General Brigadier General Mohammad…
Hossen Sohel: The world should help Africa invest in its people as the continent confronts a demographic boom, said billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, whose foundation released its annual yesterday, reports AFP, Reuters. Gates put forward a “simple idea” that investing in the health and education of Africa’s younger generation would help tackle poverty. The Bill…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : The United States has expressed disappointment over Bangladesh government’s inability to grant credentials and issue visas within the timeframe to the majority of international election monitors, reports The Daily Star. As a result, the international election monitors from the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) was forced to cancel its…
Hossen Sohel: The Pakistan government yesterday expressed “disappointment” after New Delhi announced to cancel the meeting of foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, to be held on the sidelines of UNGA in New York, and blamed India for “once again wasting an opportunity to change the dynamics of the bilateral relationship”. A statement issued by…