Russia Today: Did Canadians get to vote on whether or not to bring potential terrorists or supporters of terrorists to Canada? No. Will Canadians get a say in where these potentially dangerous men will be settled? Highly unlikely. Ninety-eight members of the White Helmets, and a few hundred of their families, were evacuated by Israel…
The Guardian: It’s the romantic epic of male sacrificial woundedness and it’s been regenerating like Doctor Who. We had it in 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, in 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason and originally way back in 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. It’s even been regenerating obliquely in movies…
NextShark A cafe with an all-robot staff controlled by paralyzed people has opened in Tokyo. The cafe, called Dawn ver.β, held its ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 26. Ten people with conditions like ALS and other spinal cord injuries are currently employed at Dawn, according to Sankei. From home, they operate the OriHime-D, a 120-centimeter…
Kabir Humayun of DOT The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court adjourned till October 29 the hearing upon state plea challenging the High Court orders that granted bail to 10 leaders of Jatiya Oikyo Front including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. A 6-member appellate division bench headed by senior-most judge Justice Muhammad Imman…
Monirul Alam of DOT The physical progress in construction work of Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) stood 63 percent of total project, Road Transport and Bridge Division Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday. While speaking with reporters at his Bridge Division office in the city’s Banani, Quader also said that the underwater dredging for creating road and…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The brother of Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has been arrested for allegedly framing another man over a fake terror plot, according to a report by the BBC. Police in Australia have charged Arsalan Khawaja, 39, with forgery and an attempt to pervert justice. In August, police charged a Sri Lankan…
Reuters: Uber’s head of corporate development, Cameron Poetzscher, was disciplined after a probe found he had a pattern of making sexually suggestive comments about other co-workers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the investigation. When the findings of the probe by an outside law firm were presented to an internal…
Shahnewaj : In the report titled ‘Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017 released by Transparency International (TI) on 21 February 2018, Bangladesh has scored 28 on a scale of 0-100. Bangladesh’s score in 2017 is two points higher than in 2016. In a list of 180 countries, Bangladesh is ranked 17th from below, which is two steps…
Sofian Khan BNP is set to stage processions and rallies nationwide on Wednesday to protest against the increase in power and gas tariffs, and holding tax of the city corporations and municipalities. The demonstrations are also meant for the growing price hike of rice, pulse, onions and other daily necessities. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the party’s…
DOT Desk ‘Bridge to Bangladesh’ is set to organize a conference of Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers, which is the first of its kind in the history of Bangladesh, in Dhaka in upcoming February, reports The Financial Express BD. The announcement came from a press conference, convened by Engineer Azadul Haque, chairman of Bridge to…