BDnews24 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that if the rights of the minorities are not upheld, it can lead to an uprising. The former cricketer spoke at a ceremony in Lahore on Sunday in the midst of a controversy surrounding the remarks by Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on mob lynching in India. Khan…
Tanzim Taqrim Temperatures in Mongolia have increased three times faster than the global average. Recently, the country’s glaciers have lost up to 33% of their ice and 70% of the country’s land is considered degraded. The reason Mongolia is sensitive to climate change is it’s located at sea levels and is geographically distinct because of…
Zakir Talukder and Saikot Habib speak to DOT Ekushey book fair, the country’s largest book festival, is getting bigger every year in terms of participating publication houses, number of new books unveiled at the fair as well as sales. Many seasonal writers (Morgi Lekhok) come forward with books for this annual book fair only every…
Abrar Hussain Egypt began a major assault against militants yesterday on the Sinai peninsula, where Islamic State attacks have killed soldiers, police and civilians. Egypt seeks to crush the militant insurgency by the end of the February deadline set by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. After an attack on a mosque which killed some 300 people, the…
Desk Report: People of Chittagong could be using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) this week as the authorities have finally been able to pump the imported LNG, on a ship anchored in the Bay, into the Matarbari reservoir in Moheshkhali through an undersea pipeline, reports The Daily Star. An official of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited…
Dr. Syed Anwar Husain, Professor, BUP : Those who are engaging in sabotage, even after the prime minister’s notice, are also engaging in anti-government activities. A bureaucratic committee is working to reform the quota system under the highest direction of the PM. This is a time-consuming task though there are chances of summarizing the time if…
Channel News Asia: Five women and three men died in Wednesday’s train accident on a bridge linking Denmark’s two main islands, police said on Thursday (Jan 3), raising the toll from six. Police said they had identified four of the bodies but bad weather and severe damage to the train made an initial investigation difficult….
ScienceDaily: A summary of the experiments is published Sept. 20 in Current Biology, and if the findings are validated, the researchers say, they may open opportunities for accurately studying the impact of psychiatric drug therapies in many animals distantly related to people. “The brains of octopuses are more similar to those of snails than humans,…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Bangladesh is agricultural country. Sadly, 60% of rural residents are deprived of their land rights. Most Bangladeshi farmers do not even have allocated agricultural lands from the government, as it should be by the laws. While culture & life, everything revolves around farming lands, said ALRD Director Shamsul Huda. Again, amidst…