North Koreans are marking the seventh anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il with visits to statues and vows of loyalty to his son, Kim Jong Un. As snow fell Sunday, a steady flow of North Koreans offering flowers and paying respects to the late leader was seen at Mansu Hill in central…
Nilofar Ahmed, Scholar of the Quran/Dawn News THE Council of Islamic Ideology has finally realised that the matter of three-in-one divorce is a matter worth examining. The act of pronouncing all three talaqs, or words of divorce, by the husband in one breath — and its destructive and tragic outcome — is due to the…
Eurek Alert Modern meat chickens are a defining feature of the Anthropocene according to new research by Dr Carys Bennett and colleagues from the University of Leicester in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University, the University of Nottingham and North West University, South Africa. The Anthropocene is the proposed new geological epoch that marks when human…
DOT Desk The Jatiya Press Club managing committee elections will be held at the club premises tomorrow (December 18), reports Daily Sun. The voting to elect the managing committee of the club for 2018-19 tenure will begin at 9:00 am and will continue till 5:00 pm, said a press release signed by its general secretary…
New Straits Times The Republic has a “wide range of alternative sources” for eggs, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said in response to a possible curtailing of supply from Malaysia. The alternative sources for eggs, including local farms, are in line with its overall food diversification strategy, the AVA added. Earlier in…
Arafat Hasan of DOT President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to the freedom fighters of the nation by placing flowers at the National Martyrs’ Memorial at 6:30am on in Savar yesterday. Representatives from the armed forces also saluted the martyrs. Bugles rang out to sing their praises. The president and…
NDTV Qatar on Saturday revealed the design for the stadium that will in four years’ time host the first ever World Cup finals game to be played in the Middle East. The 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium — also the venue for the 2022 World Cup final — was revealed in an elaborate ceremony attended by the…
Reuters Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday criticized Australia’s move to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying countries had “no rights” to do so. Australia’s move follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in May, which infuriated Palestinians and the wider Islamic world and upset…
Abrar Hussain of DOT BNP Vice Chairman Selima Rahman demanded immediate deployment of army yesterday, citing “there is no level playing field” across the country at the moment. The BNP leader claimed that he administration and law enforcers are working together against BNP candidates and activists. She was speaking to reporters after handing over a…
Reuters British education minister Damian Hinds said on Sunday the government was not planning for a second referendum, denying reports that ministers were looking at such a vote to break the deadlock over Brexit. Asked if the government was preparing for a vote, Hinds told Sky News: “No, a second referendum would be divisive. We’ve…