Kabir Humayun: Internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam yesterday filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in a case filed on charge of spreading rumors against the state. In the petition, Shahidul’s lawyer said that his client would not leave the country if he is granted bail in the case, reports The Daily Star….
Reuters: Zimbabwean opposition lawmakers on Tuesday walked out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state of the nation address to parliament, signaling their lingering bitterness after losing a disputed July 30 presidential and parliamentary vote. Members of Parliament from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and their leader Nelson Chamisa heckled Mnangagwa when he started reading his…
The Independent, BD: Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, has for the first time started providing in-flight phone and internet services in its recently added aircraft, Dreamliner Akashbeena. Akashbeena, in its first commercial flight from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur, introduced the in-flight service, said Biman Bangladesh general manager Shakil Meraj. Biman Bangladesh Airlines received…
Desk Report: An immigration court in Malaysia has sentenced a Bangladeshi national to six years and eight months’ jail for 16 charges under the Immigration Act, reports Financial Express. Judge Zahilah Md Yusof also meted out a fine of RM30,000, in default six months’ jail, and two strokes of the cane to Md Mohiuddin Mamun,…
AFP: Global targets aimed at warding off runaway planetary warming could be breached sooner than expected, experts warned Monday, as gases released by melting permafrost threaten to undermine human efforts to avert climate disaster. Under the current rescue plan, outlined in the 2015 Paris climate treaty, countries have agreed to limit global temperature rises to “well…
Hindustan Times: Germany rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology. Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, a process that leaves steam and water as the…
Kabir Humayun: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed said the country will see wide-ranging changes within the next month, ahead of the upcoming national polls. Moudud came up with the comment while speaking a discussion on ‘Voting rights, justice and human rights” at the Jatiya Press Club yesterday. “There is no delay as time…
The Japan Times: There is no hot water in Odairajuku, no gas-powered stoves, no fridges and — most importantly — no internet. The nearest supermarket is an hour away by car, and so is the nearest place to get a signal on your phone. But what this tiny village in southern Nagano Prefecture does offer…
Desk Report: The test of 13,000 liquids and solid chemicals can now be completed in just 30 seconds, following an upgrade in the technology installed in the country’s largest land port at Benapole Customs House, reports Financial Express. Benapole Customs Commissioner Belal Hossain Chowdhury inaugurated the US-made Ramon Spectrometer Machine on Sunday night at the…
ScienceAlert: A really weird form of matter found in ultradense objects such as neutron stars is looking like a good candidate for the strongest material in the Universe. According to new calculations, it clocks in at a massive 10 billion times stronger than steel.”This is a crazy-big figure,” physicist Charles Horowitz of Indiana University Bloomington…