Citizen: An ecstatic Zimbabwean passenger Shylot Sibanda screams with joy as he boards a bus from downtown Harare to the township of Budiriro. The fare has been slashed to a third of what he paid last week. It’s the result of government action — after nationwide demonstrations over fuel hikes earlier this month — in…
Science Alert: Elon Musk has published a photo of an experimental rocket meant to help him achieve his mission of conquering Mars. After teasing the spaceship earlier this month, Musk posted a picture of the vehicle – dubbed the “test hopper” – in real life on Friday from SpaceX’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. As…
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…
Contact Music Lady Gaga has insisted that she and Katy Perry are close friends after old texts leaked of her blasting the singer. Lady GaGa has insisted she loves Katy Perry after old texts emerged of her slamming the star. In an exchange with Kesha in 2016, Gaga and Kesha called Katy ”mean” for not…
Hossen Sohel: Frantic rescue operations have been continuing since Sunday’s earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The latest aftershock had a magnitude of 5.9 or 6.2, according to monitors. It brought down some buildings, reports BBC. Rescue workers are still digging through rubble and trying to get aid to survivors of the earlier, larger…
DOT Desk: Following the government’s decision to procure less rice from the local rice mills (chatal) this year than that of the previous years, most of the rice mills in the district are idle now, reports The Daily Star. As a result, a huge number of day labourers, who earn their livelihood by working as…
Written by: Eshan Maitra A private development agency’s report showed that, currently 22 thousand Horizon sweeper families live in 13 colonies at inhumane condition, in Dhaka. In some cases, 10-12 people live in a single rooms. In out-of-order announced buildings. They have to sleep in turns of 4-5 hours. On average, per toilets used by…
Desk Report: Scientists and researchers concerned have viewed that eco-friendly rat management can be vital means of protecting many beneficial insects together with maintaining a sound environment, the Asian Age. They have revealed that the farmers destroy various species of the insects during the time of eliminating the destructive ones due to lack of adequate…
Hindustan Times: On the tape, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui is heard saying: “Journalists have freedom, they can say whatever they want…We too have the freedom to do whatever we need to.” Pakistan’s consul general in Toronto has been caught on tape purportedly threatening a Canadian journalist of Pakistani-origin, prompting calls for his expulsion from the country….
UNB, Dhaka The board of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been reconstituted with former Air Force chief Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Enamul Bari as its new chairman. The 13-member Biman board has been reconstituted in light of the Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007, the Company Act, 1994 and Article of Association of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…