Motasem A Dalloul/Middle East Monitor On Sunday 29 July, Israeli commandos boarded a boat taking part in a Freedom Flotilla which was taking humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. The boat — Al-Awda (The Return) — was captured by Israel while sailing in international waters. If anyone else had conducted the raid, it would…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain is slated to tour Mymensingh to campaign for electoral candidates of ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ today, reports Dhaka Tribune. Gono Forum leader Jaglul Haider Afrik told reporters that the decision was taken at a meeting of the coordination committee of the alliance on Thursday night….
BSS: The sweeping bone-chilling cold wave continued affecting normal life for the fifth consecutive day yesterday everywhere, including riverine char areas, of all eight districts in the northern region. The district and upazila administrations have intensified distribution of blankets, allocated by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief in favour of every district administration, among…
Daily Mail: A Chinese space probe has moved into position to land on the dark side of the moon for the first time, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The probe, the Chang’e-4, entered a planned orbit on Sunday ‘to prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon’, the news…
Taiara Farhana Tareque Wouldn’t it be awesome if very phone manufacturer included wireless charging as standard? If coffee shops, restaurants and shopping malls had wireless charging options for their visitors? The fact is that future is here but how long will it take to become a norm? This year’s Mobile World Congress was almost the…
Rubya Tripty: Prime Min- ister Sheikh Hasina at an inaugural session of three-day Envoy’s conference with the Bangladesh envoys who are currently working in 58 countries said that Bangladesh wants to solve the Rohingya crisis maintaining the good relation with Myanmar unharmed. She defined the unequivocal support of international communities that Bangladesh got on the…
Sofian Khan: With dem-and of immediate release of BNP chief Khaleda Zia, a sudden procession was carried out by the party leaders and activists, led by its Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. The procession was brought out in Kalyanpur of the capital during the wee hours yesterday. According to BNP Central Executive Committee member…
Daoud Kuttab/Qantara Following the death of the Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, there are fears that the masterminds of the murder could go unpunished. A development that sends a fatal signal to journalism worldwide For two months, the brutal murder of the U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabiaʹs consulate in Istanbul, and…
Aleria Gianotta, Assistant professor at University of Turkish Aeronautical Association, Ankara/Daily Sabah, Turkey This month, terrorism hit the heart of Europe once again. A second-generation young French man who perpetrated an attack in the French capital became the newest symbol of failed integration. Cherif C., the 29-year-old attacker, is of Moroccan descent and was labeled…
UNB A stillbirth in Brazil is offering another clue to possible health effects of the Zika virus, this time beyond the developing brain. In Brazil, Zika has been linked to babies born with unusually small heads, a birth defect called microcephaly that can signal underlying brain damage. Thursday’s report found a stillborn fetus with devastating…