Sayeed Muhammad: The Maldives police and army have said they will act to guarantee that the result of Sunday’s presidential election is honoured. The move comes amid reports the country’s ousted leader Abdulla Yameen is preparing a last-minute legal challenge to the vote, reports The Guardian. The acting chief of the Maldives police, Abdulla Nawaz,…
The Guardian, UK It was 6.59am on Wednesday when Jair Bolsonaro fired off his first tweet of the day from what must rank as one of the most unusual campaign headquarters in political history. “While they insist on fallacies, labels and this fixation with the word ‘dictatorship’, more than 14 million people are unemployed, citizens…
Hossen Sohel: A Russian man accused of the Salisbury poisoning is a military officer who received an honour from Vladimir Putin, an investigative website says. Following the attempted poisoning in March, UK investigators identified one of the two suspects as Ruslan Boshirov, reports BBC. President Putin claimed Boshirov was a civilian, and on Russian TV,…
Desk Report: Musicians demanded government and corporate houses to support the local music industry by creating employment opportunities for musicians and protecting musical instruments that are on the verge extinction., reports New Age. Unless there are guarantees of employment and decent income, the young generation would not be interested to pursue music as profession, said…
AFP It may have been a long time coming, but eco-fashion is no longer a hippie pipe dream. Biker jackets made from pineapple leaves and leather tanned with olive extract rather than hugely polluting chemicals are now within reach, experts say. Everyone from young avant garde designers to the big-name brands are racing to hop…
Abrar Hussain: The list of organizations and spy firms confessing accidental exposure of their data have recently included an even bigger victim. The United Nations that reportedly exposed sensitive data online, according to a discovery made by a researcher regarding passwords and other sensitive data leaking online on Google due to an app misconfiguration The…
LadBible Marks & Spencer has broken new ground by making a range that is entirely designed for children with disabilities. The range is aimed at young people who have disabilities, so they can wear the same clothes as those without disabilities, and still have their clothes be easier to get on and off. That means…
NBC On Sunday, the Secret Service flew into New York with the newest in a long series of specially designed presidential limousines. Like its predecessor, which came into service during Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the new limo goes by the nickname The Beast. And considering it weighs in at somewhere near 20,000 pounds, that’s clearly…
Banglanews24 Popular singer Nazmun Munira Nancy has opened a youth club of social activities, housed at her residence in Taltola area of Mymensingh town, amid gracious celebrations. “I feel amazed and proud learning the locals of mine wanted to found a social club,” she said. She mentioned that she has offered a 400-square ft room…
NDTV The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle’s “accent” has become the talk of the town once again. In a recent video clip from Queen Elizabeth II’s documentary ‘Queen of the World’, Meghan, according to viewers, can be heard talking “in a slight British accent.” The clip first appeared online over the weekend, in which she…