AFP: An Australian cartoonist has come under withering criticism for portraying tennis superstar Serena Williams using — what Harry Potter author JK Rowling described as — “racist and sexist tropes” Mark Knight’s caricature, published in Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper on Monday, shows a butch and fat-lipped Williams jumping up and down on her broken racquet…
Sayeed Muhammad: Leaders of quota reform movement has given an ultimatum to the government for publishing within this month the gazette on abolishing the quota system in government job in line with the prime minister’s decision. If not so, they will wage a tougher movement from May, they warned at a press briefing on the…
The Guardian, UK: The Specials singer Neville Staple has spoken of the “heartbreaking loss” of his grandson, who has been stabbed to death aged 21. Fidel, son of Staple’s daughter Melanie, was rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition after being stabbed in Coventry in the early hours of Saturday. He was found at the…
UNB An auto-rickshaw driver was killed when he was punched by a passerby over a trifling matter at Paduar Bazar in Sadar Dakkhin Upazila on Saturday. Prashanto Pal, officer-in-charge of Sadar Dakkhin Police Station, said Ariful Islam, 30, an auto-rickshaw driver and son of Abdul Khalek in Barura upazila, had an altercation with Abul Hossain,…
Reuters Delegates at U.N. climate talks in the Polish city of Katowice point to the mining museum next to the conference venue as the proper place for coal, which provides 80 percent of the country’s electricity. Poland’s decision to host the negotiations to revive the 2015 Paris agreement on phasing out fossil fuel has laid…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Election Commission has allowed carrying mobile phones in voting centers, but on condition that they will not be in use it inside. “Voters can enter polling centre along with their mobile phone set,” the commission’s Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed announced in a press briefing yesterday evening at Nirbachan Bhaban in…
Afrida Ahmed Sienna Demontis is one of the youngest junior pageant queens. The 13-year-old and her mother, from Derby, have spoken about the bullying she experienced as a result, reports BBC. This is one of the youngest junior pageant queens. Junior Miss Galaxy UK, Sienna Demontis is 13 years old. There were some people that…
Hossen Sohel: A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first man to fly on a monster SpaceX rocket around the Moon as early as 2023, and he plans to bring six to eight artists along, reports AFP. Maezawa, 42, will be the first lunar traveler since the last US Apollo…
Sabah Mannan Aiming to convince its target readership to join the militant group and take up jihad, the Pakistani Taliban has released the first edition of a new 45-paged women’s magazine. Organizing secret gatherings at home and inviting like-minded jihadi sisters, distributing literature reflecting on the obligation of jihad, arranging physical training classes for sisters, learning…
Don’t pay heed to rumours, BGMEA chief to workers Sayeed Muhammad of DOT: Bangladesh Garments Manufacturer and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Siddiqur Rahman has urged apparel workers not to be misguided by the rumours propagated by a vested quarter. He also requested them to return to their respective workplace. The BGMEA chief was addressing the…