Al Jazeera : Hamas, the Palestinian party that governs the besieged Gaza Strip, has rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to implement a court order and dissolve parliament. The movement warned late on Saturday that the move to dismantle the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and hold elections within six months would bring chaos and destroy…
Tech Explrist: The Earth sheds more heat into space as its surface heat up. In 1950, scientists observed a straightforward clear, linear connection between the Earth’s surface temperature and its active heat. As the earth is extremely messy system, with many complicated, interacting parts that can affect this process, it is difficult for scientists to explain…
BSS: Water, water and water everywhere when you look around. But, about 60,000 people have been living in a small and isolated island – Char Jahir Uddin – in the Bay of Bengal with high risk of extreme climate events. It is really a difficult task to go to the hard-to-reach area since an engine-run…
Sanjay Jha/Daily O, India Despite being among the world’s fastest growing economies, India is making headlines for cow vigilantism and mob lynchings. It was a sweltering, sultry summer evening in Mumbai. I sat on the boundary walls of the famous Queen’s Necklace, Mumbai’s Marine Drive separating the concrete jungle from the crashing waves of the…
M Humayun Kabir: The government’s quota reform committee has recommended for abolishing the existing quota in the first and second class government jobs (9th to 13th grades). A gazette notification will be issued if the cabinet gives approval to the recommendations in its next meeting, said Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam after the regular Monday’s…
UNB: ‘Silver Discoverer’, a cruise ship operated by Silver Sea Cruise, arrived at Mongla port here on Sunday with 61 tourists from five different countries to visit the Sundarbans, a Unesco world heritage site. Durul Huda, a harbour master commander of Mongla Port, said ‘Silver Discoverer’ anchored at the port in the afternoon with 61…
NDTV: A New Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Jaipur International Airport was delayed by nearly 40 minutes after a passenger raised a hoax bomb threat following an altercation with the airline staffers today, an official said. The accused J P Chaudhary, a resident of Jaipur, allegedly ran into an altercation with the employees of the private…
Hindustan Times: Social media is changing people’s perceptions of beauty worldwide. Apps like Snapchat and Instagram are taking a toll on self-esteem and triggering body dysmorphic disorder, says a new study. With advancements in photo-editing technology through applications like Snapchat and Instagram, the level of physical ‘perfection’ is the obsession of social media. People’s perceptions…
John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is senior research fellow/ BDnews24 Britain is moving towards an exit from the European Union on March 29, possibly with no agreement, and thus courting – according to the Bank of England – an 8 percent drop…
Afrida Ahmed: The Supreme Court decided to pass an order today on a leave-to-appeal filed against a High-court order that gave bail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed under the Special Powers Act regarding the pyromania attack in Cumilla on Feb 3, 2015, reports UNB. After completing hearing of the leave-to-appeal petition,…