Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age: Justice Muhammad Ibrahim came to Dhaka from Karachi in a state of grave disappointment; His disappointment centered on General Ayub Khan, the army chief who had seized power in 1958 and then given Pakistanis to understand that he meant to bring about reforms in national politics, and of…
BBC: Teaching his native Arabic to students online has been a game changer for Syrian refugee Sami as he makes a fresh start in the UK.The Aleppo University engineering graduate says that working for an online language learning platform in London has helped him find his feet and motivation as he begins life anew. The…
Nafrul Hasan Sylhet Central Prison will be operating from this December, confirmed executive engineer Sheikh Mizanur Rahman. Till now, the jail authority have been struggling to ensure the basic needs of their prisoners in the current central jail. This new modern prison can facilitate up to 2000 prisoner at a time. This huge prison stands…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Ukrainian officials yesterday barred Russian males between the ages of 16 and 60 from traveling to the country in the latest escalation of tensions between the neighbors, reports AP. The long-simmering conflict bubbled over Sunday when Russian border guards rammed into and opened fired on three Ukrainian vessels near the Crimean…
Zahra Zsuzsanna Stardust PhD Candidate, Arts,Media & Law, UNSW/The Conversation, Australia The social networking and microblogging site Tumblr announced on Monday that from December 17 it will no longer host adult content on its platform. The Washington Post reported that the policy “removes one of the last major refuges for pornography on social media”. But…
Sayeed Muhammad: The government working to enact a new law to ensure speedy trial of road accidents, said Law Minister Anisul Huq. The ministry of law has completed vetting the proposed Road Transport Authority Act 2018, which Anisul said will have “adequate punishment” for offences on the road, reports The Daily Star. “The draft might…
AP, The Hague A clear majority of people who voted Wednesday in a Dutch referendum rejected a far-reaching European Union free trade deal with Ukraine, and with all votes counted it was clear that the threshold of 30 percent voter turnout would be met and the result would be valid. The turnout was at 32.2…
DOT Desk: The kitchen market monitoring activities are seriously being hampered as required number of law enforcers are not available for conducting drives against irregularities committed by traders, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The officials and market analysts blame it on the lack of coordination between the monitoring authority and law enforcers, but it…
Desk Report: The traders of traditional handloom sari in the district are frustrated due to its poor sale ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, reports Daily Star. During a visit to Karatia in Sadar upazila and Jokarchar in Kalihati upazila a couple of days ago, it was found very few buyers at the traditional sari markets. “Although saris…
BBC: The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged by 2050, say researchers. Is it too late? It sits on swampy land, the Java Sea lapping against it,…