DNA India Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move, resigned Saturday as two crucial Supreme Court decisions made the embattled former strongman’s efforts to cling to premiership untenable. Rajapaksa informed the lawmakers of United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) that he has resigned from the…
Desk Report: The prices of most of the stocks on both bourses witnessed a downward trend in early hour of trading on Monday, the last trading session before Eid-ul-Azha vacation, reports Financial Express. Trading and official activities on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will remain closed on bourses from August 21…
Tech Explorist: The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in planes that are at most around seven degrees offset from the equator of the sun itself. It has been known for quite a while that numerous extrasolar systems have planets that are not arranged in a single plane or with the equator of…
Reuters: A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday near the northern Italian port city of Genoa, local police and fire brigade officials said, adding that no dead or injured had so far been reported. Italian television showed images of the collapsed bridge, which was built on the A10 toll motorway in the 1960s. Restructuring work on…
Sejuti Mourin: Five policemen, including two sub-inspectors of Sitakundu highway police, have been closed to district police lines of Chattogram for allegedly releasing a drug trader after embezzling the confiscated Yaba, reports UNB. The policemen are: two sub-inspec 8More on tors Mohiuddin and Adam Ali and three constables Mamun, Imam Hossain and Mostafa of Baro Aulia…
The Province: Pope Francis paid tribute in Sicily to a priest who worked to keep youths away from the Mafia and was slain by mobsters. Francis says he flew to the Mediterranean island Saturday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the assassination in a Palermo slum of a “martyr priest,” the Rev. Giuseppe “Pino”…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Army chief Gen. Aziz Ahmed has called on voters to go to polling stations without fear. During an inspection of a temporary military camp in Azimpur yesterday, he urged the roughly 104 million voters to go the polls center today to cast their ballots for the 299 parliamentary seats. He added…
BBC Rapper Kanye West is changing his name – to Ye. Announcing the change on Twitter on Saturday, he wrote: “The being formally [sic] known as Kanye West. I am YE.” West, 41, has been nicknamed Ye for some time and used the moniker as the title for his eighth album, which was released in…
AP: Turkey’s president appeared to escalate a dispute with the United States that has helped foment a Turkish currency crisis, claiming Tuesday that his country will boycott U.S.-made electronic goods. Behind the scenes, however, diplomats resumed contact to ease tensions. Addressing a conference of his ruling party faithful in the capital, Recep Tayyip Erdogan added…
Sky News: Meat consumption needs to be reduced to just 7g a day in order to save the planet and reduce premature deaths, according to experts. To protect the well-being of future generations, there needs to be a drastic reduction in the consumption of meat, poultry and eggs, the EAT-Lancet Commission says. The average supermarket…