Reuters: Tears welled up in Gabriel Malavolta’s eyes on Saturday as he realized his dream of a new life in Peru was over, at least for now. The 50-year-old mechanic fled Venezuela three days ago. He had hoped to make the over land crossing into Ecuador and then on to Lima, saying the deepening economic crisis…
Abrar Hussain Dhaka University (DU) authorities discharged Prof Anwarullah Chowdhury from his post yesterday. The decision which has been informed sending a letter from university registrar office will be effective from today. Prof Anwarullah Chowdhury, a former vice-chancellor of DU, had to step down 16 years ago in the face of a student protests, reports…
Gyanu BK, Participant of Dalit Reader’s Writing for Social Justice Workshop/My Republica The movement called #MeToo has given a platform to women around the world to publicly share their sexual harassment stories, and it has helped to address this serious global social problem in some countries. It has made its way to Nepal as well….
Tanzim Taqrim Elderly Japanese people face the problem of lack of space in hospitals. 80% of them prefer to die in a hospital because they feel hospitals safer and don’t want to burden family members. One in four Japanese people are over the age of 65. And hospital beds are becoming increasingly insufficient, especially in…
Samiul Bashar Samin Naoki Urasawa is a genius. As much as I want to stray from the crazy-elitist-otaku mindset as possible, I can’t do so given that Monster isn’t a TV show as it is an investment in time, effort and after-series contemplation: I’ve spent literally weeks trying to interpret the series sufficiently (as evidenced…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Jasim Uddin was born on January 1, 1903 in a small village, Tambulkhana, in the Faridpur district of East Bengal. That was his grandparent’s village, only eight miles from his agents home in Govindapur. He has described these two villages and their manner of life in his autobiography.As a rural born…
Desk report President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Iran posed no threat to any other nation and that it wanted interaction with the rest of the world according to reports from Reuters. These comments differentiate from the views of the country’s supreme leader. Iran’s ultimate authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ruled out any further reconciliation…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Taking one of the most popular painkillers out there maybe linked to a decreased ability to empathize with others. A new study suggest taking Tylenol has been shown to lower levels of emotional understanding in people when they are listening to someone else talk about physical and emotional pain. The study was conducted…
DOT Desk: Passengers of ridesharing services have expressed their dissatisfaction over the low quality of the helmets supplied for free by the companies, reports The Daily Star. An expert has also expressed concern over the use of ‘lightweight’ helmets, which he doubts could protect passengers in case of an accident. The Traffic Division of the…
M Humayun Kabir: The Prime Minister’s Office has instructed RAJUK to take action against multi-storey buildings and shopping malls for violating parking rules. The instruction came from a ‘high-level’ meeting on road safety, led by Md Nojibur Rahman, the principal secretary to the prime minister, according to a statement issued on the agency’s Facebook page…