Russia Today: Satellite images are showing off just how enormous China’s almost-finished mega-bridge is. Stretching for 34 miles, it connects Hong Kong, Macau, and the mainland’s southern city of Zhuhai. The bridge is expected to become the world’s longest cross-sea bridge when it opens to traffic later this summer, cutting travel time in half for…
M Humayun Kabir of DOT The government will move a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) today seeking stay on a High Court order that halted conviction and sentence of BNP nominee for Jashore-2 Sabira Sultana, clearing her way to contest the election. Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star that the petition…
CBS: British Airways has revealed that hackers managed to breach its website and app, stealing data from many thousands of customers in the process. But how was this possible?BA has not revealed any technical details about the breach, but cyber-security experts have some suggestions of possible methods used. Names, email addresses and credit card details…
NDTV: A tiny handmade doll made out of soiled and damaged fabric has become a symbol of survival and hope for a group of weavers, whose dreams and livelihood were washed away by the floods last month in Kerala. A month after the deluge had ravaged Chendamangalam, a traditional handloom village in Ernakulam district, the weavers…
Reuters: Indian health authorities prepared defenses against the spread of disease in flood-hit Kerala state on Monday as water receded and a huge clean-up gathered pace after the worst floods in a century killed more than 200 people. Incessant rain since Aug. 8 in the southern state has swelled rivers and triggered landslides. Dozens of…
Prof Dr M Shah Nawaz Ali, Member, Bangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC) : Democracy, justice, equity, humane state or society are our demands. Nobody never agreed to fulfil our demands so easily. Rather, we were always deprived from our legitimate demands. Every ruler in history treated people unfairly. Once we were under British subjugation and we…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to BNP leader Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas for eight weeks in a corruption case of Tk 21 crore, reports The Daily Star. The court, however, directed Mirza Abbas and Afroza Abbas to surrender before the trial court after eight weeks in…
CNN A British nurse who risked — and ultimately lost — her life to help British and French soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium in World War I is remembered with a Google Doodle Tuesday. Edith Cavell was born on December 4, 1865, in Norfolk, eastern England. Nursing wasn’t an immediate vocation — she turned to…
Mary Wetherspoon/ Seven Billion Today 35 days of desperation is the most accurate and appropriate way to describe the last period of time. I am an employee of the government. I work in the education sector. I have always paid my taxes, been a loyal employee and never missed work without a valid reason. I…
Reported by Ashiq Rahman Written by Afrida Ahmed Journalism is a grand job. The people of this profession have to face various challenges everyday. I think the police cannot attack journalists or the ordinary people. The action taken against these police is not enough. This displays the negative attitude of the government and the administration…