DOT Desk: Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dagonbhuiyan upazila of Feni in the wee hours, reports The Daily Star. The deceased were identified as Asad, 42, and Emamul Akand, 24, both hailing from Rajoir upazila of Madaripur district, a correspondent from Feni…
BBC: New Zealand’s minister for women has cycled to hospital to give birth to her first child at 42 weeks. The Green Party’s Julie Genter said she went by bicycle to be induced because “there wasn’t enough space in the car”. She posted pictures on Instagram of her and her partner enjoying the “beautiful Sunday…
UNB A court here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in Rampal upazila on Bagerhat in 2014. The convict was Habi Sarder, son of Jahir Sarder, a resident of Gona Balay village of the upazila. According to the prosecution, Hasina Begum, 32, daughter of Torab Ali Mollah,…
Kabir Humayun: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is facing “a direct existential threat” and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent “runaway climate change.” The UN chief called the crisis urgent and decried the lack of global leadership to address global warming, Reports AP. “Climate change is…
Science Alert: If meat is left out on the counter for too long, we all know we need to throw it out. But what about rice or pasta? Although that carby goodness might seem harmless after sitting on the bench for a bit, you’ll probably think twice about it once you hear about the bacterium…
Tanvir Alam Khan, Assistant Managing Editor , Daily Amader Orthoneeti: Contemporary science and technology has evolved in many aspects of human life. Technology in many contexts has shaped our life in diverse scenario. Recent tech is not only confined in communication based applications or social media oriented website. They are simple communication tools invented by computer…
Desk Report: Process for recruiting 42 night guards for the primary schools of Baupal upazila under Patuakhali district has been stopped due to unwarranted interference of the upazila high-ups, reports Daily Observer. The budget of about Tk 2 crore allocated against the position as their bonus and salary has returned, creating outrage among the prospective…
Russia Today: The Netherlands will end its support for Syrian militants, since the program did not yield the “expected” results. Earlier, journalists found one of the groups had been labeled ‘terrorist’ by the Dutch justice department. “The opportunity to quickly change the situation [in Syria] is extremely small,” reads the letter the lower house of…
Tafi Mhaka, Johannesburg-based social and political commentator/Aljazeera Foreign governments ignoring rights abuses to secure economic benefit in Zimbabwe will only enable oppression. On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria…
Russia Today: Canada’s ambassador to China was fired after saying that Huawei’s CFO has a “strong case” against being extradited to the US, and that Ottawa would be better off releasing the Chinese national. “Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s Ambassador to China,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday,…