Reuters: Pope Francis said on Sunday that society should be vigilant for “any whiff” of resurgent anti-Semitism, calling for new generations to be taught the horrors of the Holocaust. He made his appeal in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second city, on the 75th anniversary of the wartime liquidation of the ghetto in the capital Vilnius. Two years…
Sejuti Mourin: Myanmar President Win Myint has pardoned 58 Rohingyas refugees arrested during their failed attempt to reenter Myanmar from Bangladesh. Although they were released from Myanmar jail, the Myanmar government claimed that the first batch returnees from the camps in Cox’s Bazar arrived in Reception Centres in Myanmar. The Myanmar Ministry of the Office of…
BBC: In January a young Dutch woman drank poison supplied by a doctor and lay down to die. Euthanasia is legal in Holland, so hers was a death sanctioned by the state. But Aurelia Brouwers was not terminally ill – she was allowed to end her life on account of her psychiatric illness. “I’m 29…
Samiul Bashar Samin Director Yorgos Lanthimos gets all this, at least if we’re to judge his latest film, The Lobster. His dark, dark comedy is one long and loud metaphor to humanity’s never-ending struggle to understand just what the hell we all want out of love. The story takes place in a dystopian society of…
Samiul Bashar Samin The filmmaker has revealed the full cast for his upcoming feature, including Juno Temple, Jim Belushi and Kate Winslet. Woody Allen has set his cast for his next movie, which will feature Justin Timberlake and Juno Temple in supporting roles. Kate Winslet already boarded the project last month, and Jim Belushi recently…
Interviewed by Ashik Rahman Written by Afrida Ahmed Myanmar’s initiative to hold a bilateral talk to solve rohingya crisis is a show off to the world. They will try to prove to the people of the world that they have taken an initiative to resolve the issue. Bangladesh is creating problems. After a while, when…
Dawn, Pakistan: Sixteen members of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s 21-strong cabinet took oath at a ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad on Monday morning. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to the nominated federal ministers. Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Khan was by his side. The ceremony commenced with the national anthem. This was…
Dr. Syed Anwar Hussain, Supernumerary Professor of History, DU : I played football in my childhood, which is why I always have had a fascination towards the sport. Football is an art, but it is a lost art. Nowadays, football is no longer a sport; it is now a mad rush! The quality of the sport…