Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor, vice dean and director of Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies at O.P. Jindal Global University/ Live Mint Today, critical intellectuals are an endangered species. What will it take for ‘superheroes of the mind’ to be fighters of human dignity? Talking about the public role of intellectuals in today’s world, and more…
Arafat Hasan: The United States government has charged and sanctioned a North Korean man for the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp. The US government also alleged that the North Korean hacker broke into Bangladesh Bank in 2016, as per a criminal complaint. The charges are part of a…
Baria Alamuddin, Award-winning journalist/ Arab News A grainy video showed a motorcyclist fatally pumping bullets into the car of 22-year-old Iraqi model and social media star Tara Fares last week. This horrifying attack was the latest in a succession of murders of prominent Iraqi women; including others from the beauty industry, Basra activist Suad Al-Ali,…
Reuters: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphones contain a microchip security flaw, uncovered earlier this year, that put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users, researchers told Reuters. The Galaxy 7 and other smartphones made by Samsung Electronics were previously thought to be immune to a security vulnerability known…
Desk Report: Haphazard dumping of wastes on busy roads has become a major source of public nuisance in the capital, with the authorities concerned remaining nonchalant. People in different city areas have alleged that the situation remained unchanged for years as the city corporations did nothing to address the crisis, reports The New Age. The…
DOT Desk: Online platforms are increasingly becoming the prime destination for creative productions all over the world, reports The Daily Observer. And among all these platforms US-based Netflix can be said to be the most successful one with ease. Debutant Noor Imran Mithu’s directorial venture “Komola Rocket” has become the latest film to be added…
Myisha Nawar “I’m quitting my job to pursue my dreams!” We’re conditioned to see big career leaps as tales of risk and reward, but they’re mostly fables. How many times have you heard stories like these? A woman loves making pottery, so she decides to open a little shop to sell her wares. A man…
Desk Report: Applications seeking renewal of fitness certificates for vehicles have marked a 40 per cent rise over the past few days, official figures showed, reports the financial express. According to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), this rise in the entries has been due to the recent student movement for road safety. Applications for…
BSS: The government has decided to take 80 projects instantly at a cost of Taka 2,97,800 crore under Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100 for implementation within 2030. “In the first phase, the government would implement the 80 projects by identifying six ‘hotspot’,” Water Resources Minister Anwar Hossain said this, while replying to a starred question from treasury…
UNB An HSC examinee reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Shahabajpur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore early Wednesday. Abu Bakkar, father of the deceased, said Masura Khatun,18, a student of Kazi Nazrul Islam College, took poison in her room over family feud on Tuesday afternoon.