Hindustan Times : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said he will “show” the Narendra Modi government “how to treat minorities”, amid a controversy over Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah’s remarks on mob violence in India. Shah finds himself at the centre of a major controversy over his remarks on the spate of mob lynching…
NDTV: Google that came into existence 20 years back with its first product Search engine from a garage today has seven products that are used by more than a billion people every month. The exact date of the company’s founding is up for debate — even for those who are in the business of providing…
Desk Report: Fire fighters are not getting enough water to douse blaze in Mymensingh town as most of its ponds were filled with earth, creating public concern, reports The Daily Star. Locals said there were at least 20 ponds in the town. Many of those were used as the only source of water for taking…
Reuters: Two people died, a dozen more were hospitalized and hundreds others sought medical assistance after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Sydney, the police said. A 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman died on Saturday after collapsing at the Defqon.1 festival, the police said. Two of the 13 hospitalized people remain in…
Tech Explorist NASA along with Kelly Chance from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge and Ball, has designed an instrument called Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO. TEMPO is a UV-visible spectrometer, sensitive to visible and ultraviolet wavelengths of light. It will make observations from a geostationary vantage point, about 22,000 miles above…
Desk Report: Dhaka returned to normal as a large number of passenger buses started running the city streets after a three-day break due to a violent student protest for road safety, reports Daily Sun. Buses began to ply city streets on Monday though they were few in number. But on Tuesday bus services were as…
Science Alert: Looks like it’s time to change your passwords, again: security experts have flagged up a monster data breach made up of some 773 million email addresses and 21 million passwords. They’re calling it Collection #1, and more collections are reportedly on the way. First made public by security consultant Troy Hunt, the data…
Arab News: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Mohammed Salih Bentin said that his sector has witnessed “unprecedented developments” recently through the adoption of “advanced technology to improve performance, transparency and quality.” He credited Vision 2030 as the driving force behind these developments, which include — he said — a shift in work culture…
Sejuti Mourin: Awami League leaders and activists have joined the chorus of the family of Ekramul Haque, demanding investigations into the so-called ‘gunfight’ with RAB, in which the Teknaf Municipality councilor was killed, reports Bdnews24. A former president of Teknaf Juba League, the 46-year old ruling politician had been elected ward councilor three times in…
Abrar Hussain Law Minister Anisul Huq said the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned because of the corruption allegations raised against him, reports Banglanews24. The minister made the remark while addressing as chief guest at a function in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria on Sunday. “When the five judges of the appellate division raised 11 corruption…