The Art Newspaper: The recent detention of the photographer Lu Guang in north-west China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has sparked a global outpouring of protest. Lu Guang, who is known for his work documenting the ecological and human devastation of development in remote regions in China, is the first cultural figure from the Han Chinese…
Prof Abu Ahmed, Stock Market Analyst: The partnership between Dhaka Stock Exchange and a Chinese consortium will not cause any positive output immediately. Many are curious to know why no changes are taking place in the country’s stock market even after the partnership of the Chinese consortium with the DSE. Benefits will not come in…
Samiul Bashar Samin The Tumblr Literally Unbelievable hosts nothing but screen shots of people on Facebook taking at face value the joke news published by the satirical site The Onion. I punctured the myth that there was a rampant feminist who made a class of six- and seven-year-olds cookies that looked like vaginas. I fact-checked…
Desk Report: Bangladesh’s incumbent coach Steve Rhodes had earlier reiterated that Bangladesh winning the T20 series did come as a bit of a surprise, reports the daily star. The Tigers’ fortune had dramatically changed after inspirational captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza joined the squad for the ODI series following their dismantling by the West Indies in…
Sabah Mannan Just one month after the Kurdish disputed referendum, the Kurdistan Regional Government denied that it had lost control of its border with Turkey. After the Kurds voted for independence last month, authorities in Iraq’s capital Baghdad demanded control of border crossings with Turkey and Syria. Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq stated his…
Hossen Sohel: Oppo-sition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih declared victory early yesterday in the Maldives’ contentious presidential election, which was widely seen as a referendum on the island nation’s young democracy, reports AP.The win was unexpected, and Solih’s supporters flooded the streets, hugging one another, waving the Maldivian flag, cheering and honking horns in celebration. The…
DOT Desk German Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Fahrenholtz on Sunday said his country’s cooperation in Bangladesh supports urban areas to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, reports The Daily Sun. Ambassador Fahrenholtz made the remarks while delivering welcome speech at a panel discussion titled Talanoa Dialogue for Climate Ambition in the capital. The…
BSS, Savar Two brick-field workers died and 20 others were injured when a passenger bus collided head on with a bricks breaking transport at Daotia on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Thursday night. Officer in Charge (OC) of Dhamrai police station Rezaul Haque confirmed the incident.
DOT Desk: Rifat Mehedi of banglanews24.com and Mohammad Rony Khan of jagonews.com have been declared as president and general secretary respectively of Gono Bishwabidyalay Journalists’ Association for one year. The university exam controller Mir Murtaza Ali announced the new executive committee at IQAC conference room on Sunday, said a GBJA press release. The university acting vice-chancellor…