Imad Zafar/ Asia Times After fracturing Nawaz Sharif‘s mandate and injuring him politically, the invisible forces are now busy tightening the noose on the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari, and his aides. Because of the way things were designed, it was not difficult to understand that sooner or later the…
Channelnewsasia: Japan’s Kansai airport will reopen partially on Friday, the government said Thursday (Sep 6), after a massive typhoon flooded parts of the transport hub and swept a tanker onto the only bridge connecting it to the mainland. The collision left the airport, which is on an artificial island, temporarily cut off, stranding thousands of…
UNB: Switzerland has said it looks forward to its continued partnership with Bangladesh and hoped that Bangladesh will support the people’s will to move towards democracy in full respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms. “Switzerland trusts that the new government of Bangladesh will uphold the democratic values it was elected upon and that it…
Kevin McKenna, Observer columnist/The Guardian,UK A few dozen boat people desperate to reach our shores are met with hostility. Where is compassion? Sometimes you can smell the stench of racism before you are actually upon it. As a child, I recall walking on the sands of one of Scotland’s most popular beaches and wondering why…
Mosharrof Bablu Today was the last day to apply for the 2nd stage of the chairman election process. A predicament has arisen with the fact that no BNP applicants have been found in 19 zones of the first stage and 33 zones of the 2nd stage. It is believed that they have fled their stations…
The number of road accidents has leaped all on a sudden. The matter needs to be understood. But why has the number shot up this way? Accidents have long been taking place in Bangladesh for years. They increased at times, while their number dropped in other occasions. Many accidents could be resisted in the past….
UNB Mizanur Rahman Mizan, locally known as a motor mechanic, has turned out to be a very inspiring man as he achieved the national acclaim through inventions of new devices and machines. Mizan, who has actually no institutional education, has invented 10 devices, including automatic fire extinguisher, anti-pollution machine and automatic irrigation machine. He has…
DOT Desk: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said yaba traders are ready to surrender to the authorities in Cox’s Bazar at the end of January, reports The Daily Observer. He made the comment to bdnews24.com amid reports that listed smugglers of the illegal drug were assembling in the district amidst an ongoing anti-drug raid. “I…
DOT Desk: In Naogaon, a motorcyclist was killed after a head-on collision with a pickup van at Nij Mohanogor on the Deluabari-Choubaria road in Manda upazila. At least 12 people were killed and 35 others injured in a spate of collisions and accidents across eight districts on Thursday, reports Dhaka Tribune. In Naogaon, a motorcyclist…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Facebook privacy is a source of everlasting fear to many. Your profile does come with some extensive settings but most are limited. Facebook says that if you don’t want someone to see what you’re sharing- hey don’t share it! Or you could select the audience you share your posts with. It’s about being…