We know Malala Yousafzai and she came to the famous The Ellen Show for an episode. Here is some of the conversation between Ellen and Malala Ellen: you were shot in the face at 15 years of age and you hold no anger towards the man, who shot you, how is that possible? Malala: I…
Desk Report: A rapid depreciation of emerging market currencies, including Indian rupee, will hit Bangladesh’s export competitiveness and may cause rise in payments for cheap imports, economists and exporters fear, reports Financial Express. They apprehend that Bangladesh’s competitiveness in readymade garments exports to the US and the EU countries may be affected as the currencies…
CNN: A source close to the couple told CNN Wednesday that they are expecting their fourth child via surrogate this year. The couple welcomed their daughter Chicago West via surrogate last January. The couple also have daughter North, 5, and 3-year-old son Saint. Us Magazine was the first to report the news. A representative for…
M Humayun Kabir: The Rohingya issue, among other pressing global concerns, will come up prominently in the upcoming 73rd UN General Assembly for the second consecutive year for its sustainable solution. To solve Rohingya crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s five-point specific proposal was appreciated by the international community. Bangladesh is likely to place fresh proposals…
Pankaj Mishra/The New York Times A wounded and swaggering identity geopolitics puts the world in grave danger. “White men,” an obscure Australian academic named Charles Henry Pearson predicted in his 1893 book “National Life and Character: A Forecast,” would be “elbowed and hustled, and perhaps even thrust aside” by people they had long regarded as…
UNB: The Gaza Health Ministry says a pregnant woman, her 1-year-old daughter and a Hamas fighter have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The ministry said Thursday that the militant and the civilians were killed in separate incidents. The deaths came amid an intense flare-up of violence between Israel and Gaza’s rulers…
Betwa Sharma/Huffington Post Supriya Varma, one of the archeologists who has challenged the ASI’s 2003 findings, explains why the ASI is wrong. In August 2003, following a six-month-long excavation, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) informed the Allahabad High Court that it had found evidence of there being a temple under the Babri Masjid, the…
NDTV: Sweden released a handbook of its “feminist foreign policy” Thursday for rights groups and foreign governments, showcasing lessons from the Scandinavian nation’s flagship approach to promoting women’s rights globally. The manual, published on the government’s website in English weeks before a September 9 general election, is derived from four years of work to place…
Desk report: The throat-slit bodies of a woman and her minor granddaughter were recovered from their house at Paschim Mulghar village in Sadar upazila on Friday,reports the daily Asian Age. The deceased were identified as Shahida Begum, 50, wife of Shahjahan Mia of the village and her granddaughter Lamia, 5. Quoting family sources, Police Superintendent…
Ashiq Rahman: Education sector should be given the highest priority in the upcoming budget, said former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University Prof. Dr. AAMS Arefin Siddique. Education is the backbone of a nation. Our only key to reach the desired peak is to build an educated nation, Dr. Arefin told an interview. Our country has the…