Reuters: Cambodia’s parliament on Wednesday held its first session since a July general election in which Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party claimed victory but which critics called a sham because of the lack of a viable opposition. The United Nations and Western countries have described the election as flawed after the Supreme Court last…
Sky News: The International Monetary Fund has given a bleak assessment of the UK’s prospects as the country counts down towards leaving the European Union. Presenting a report on the UK economy to the UK Treasury on Monday, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said that “all Brexit outcomes” will entail costs for the UK economy….
DOT Desk The government has taken initiatives to revise the textbook curriculums from pre-primary to secondary levels after seven years to ensure that the students remain in tune with the changing perspectives and necessities of the current world, reports New Age. Revision of curriculum for pre-primary and primary levels has already been started this year while the…
M Humayun Kabir: Experts at investment bank JPMorgan hinted that the next global financial crisis will begin in 2020. The recession in two years’ time will be less damaging than the 2008 crash, Analysts say, reports The Independent Online. It is predicted that US shares could drop by 20 per cent, well below the 54…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT A rainy spell early yesterday brought better air to residents of New Delhi, giving them a brief respite from thick grey smog that has shrouded the Indian capital for the last two months, despite air quality remaining to be “very poor”. A measure of tiny, hazardous breathable particles known as PM…
The Guardian: A child who appeared in a photograph that went viral last year saluting the Indian flag in chest-deep flood water has been declared a foreigner and could be deported as part of a government drive to root out illegal immigrants. Haider Ali Khan appeared in a photograph with his teacher and two others…
Reuters: Parents attending a ceremony at a kindergarten in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Monday were horrified when a scantily clad pole dancer took to the stage and proceeded with a well-oiled number in plain view of their children. The performance, part of a ceremony observing the start of China’s school year, was…
Reuters: A Malaysian religious court on Tuesday postponed a caning sentence on two women convicted for having sex, media reports said, amid an outcry from human rights activists. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is routinely persecuted in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where sodomy is a crime and is seen as a threat to conservative…
Abrar Hussain: The physical condition of 12-year-old Muktamoni, who was diagnosed with a tumor in her hand in August 2017, has been declared critical, as reported by The Daily Star. Muktamoni’s father Ibrahim Hossain, a grocery shop owner of Kamarbaisa village in Sadar upazila of Satkhira, said, “The infection in her hand has spread all…
UNB Police recovered the bodies of two suspected criminals, including a drug trader, from Gobindahuda village in Damurhuda upazila on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Jhantu, 40, son of Abul Kashem, an alleged drug trader and Dhulo, 43, son of Shamser Ali of the upazila. Jhantu was a listed criminal and wanted in…