M Humayun Kabir: Filippo Grandi, head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has urged the government representatives and the business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for 700,000 Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh. “I urge you to consider what support your Governments could pledge in solidarity with Bangladesh until solutions…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Creative studio Marshmallow Laser Feast has discovered a way for people to experience a walk through the woods like no human has before. Committed to the ‘hacking’ of human perception, the team utilized scanning technologies such as CT and LiDAR in combination with a 360° drone camera to create a digital replica of…
Arab News: A newspaper of the ruling Communist Party says no religion is above the law in China, urging officials to stay firm while dealing with a rare protest over the planned demolition of a massive mosque in the northwest. The Global Times newspaper said Saturday that local officials in the town of Weizhou in…
Arafat Hasan of DOT : Eminent photographer Anwar Hossain was found dead at a hotel in Dhaka’s Panthapath area yesterday morning, according to a report by The Daily Star. On receiving information, police broke open the door of room No. 809 of Olio Dream Haven around 11:30am and found his body lying on the bed,…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Being Chased: Mostly remembered due to the anxiety felt, being chased usually relates to what we’re running from and not the chase itself. This could be something flagging you that needs your attention. Try to evaluate what may need addressing that you’ve been avoiding for a while. Falling: You may subconsciously feel like…
M Humayun Kabir: Amnesty International has welcomed a ruling by the International Criminal Court (ICC) establishing its jurisdiction to investigate Myanmar’s deportation of Rohingyas. The rights watch body said that the decision in this regard would pave the way for bringing justice to the minority Muslim community, reports bdnews24.com. In a statement issued yesterday, Amnesty’s…
Md. Taqi Yasir A Japanese filmmaker based in the United States has made a documentary about the lives of Fukushima residents and their determination to continue pursuing their passions despite major obstacles resulting from the 2011 nuclear disaster. Toko Shiiki’s 90-minute film titled “Threshold: Whispers of Fukushima” documented people in the northeastern Japanese prefecture whose…
UNB: Myanmar authorities have taken little efforts to make any tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine State for the safe return of Rohingyas in almost one year into the crisis began though the international community, including the UN, remains actively seized with the issue, officials said. Myanmar is likely to face ‘fresh spell of…
Tanzim Taqrim After T-20 cricket tournaments, T-10 cricket tournament will be a trend now. First T-10 cricket tournament will start in Dubai, Sharjah on 14 December this year. 6 teams will be participating in this tournament. Each innings will be played within 45 minutes, so the whole match will be played within 90 minutes just…
Hossen Sohel Canada and the US reached a deadline deal on a new free trade pact that will include Mexico, the governments announced late Sunday, after more than a year of talks to revamp a pact President Donald Trump had labeled a disaster, reports AFP. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) updates and replaces the nearly…