to be held May 4-6 Arab News: An elaborate three-day coronation ceremony for Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn will be held May 4 to 6, the palace announced Tuesday, nearly two and half years after the death of his revered father Bhumibol Adulyadej. Vajiralongkorn, formally known as Rama X of the Chakri dynasty, ascended the throne…
BSS, Dhaka Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday urged the Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar to take necessary initiatives and measures for providing assistance to the salt farmers to help them produce more salts to meet the consumers’ demand in the country. “The Government is providing all necessary assistance to the salts farmers to ensure…
Reuters: Four people were killed on Sunday in an air strike that targeted a radio station in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, residents and medical sources told Reuters. The four were employees of the radio station, called Almaraweah, they said. The strike came as a Saudi-led military coalition resumed last week an offensive…
Police on Tuesday noon recovered the bodies of two friends, who went missing on Monday morning, from the district town. The deceased were identified as Sajon, a hawker by profession, and his friend transport worker Emon. On Tuesday noon, locals spotted the bodies floating under the Brahmaputra Bridge and informed police, said Officer-in-charge of Kotoali…
Reuters: From a distance, the volunteers cleaning up a clogged Bangkok waterway could be mistaken for Scouts, but the group, wearing yellow foulards and blue hats, are part of a volunteer program started by Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 66. The “Volunteer Spirit” scheme, which officially began in 2017, has created a new army of civilians…
Sun Daily: International Criminal Court prosecutors said Wednesday they would appeal against the shock acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and urged judges to bar him from returning to his homeland. Judges cleared Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude on Tuesday of charges of crimes against humanity over a wave of…
Ashley Hammond, Senior Reporter/Gulf News Serena Williams’s career has been a battle, but that doesn’t mean the world is always against her The power that comes with being one of the world’s few black female sporting icons is immense. Granted that has not always been the case, and to get to that point you will…
BBC: Chemical giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289m (£226m) damages to a man who claimed herbicides containing glyphosate had caused his cancer. In a landmark case, a Californian jury found that Monsanto knew its Roundup and RangerPro weedkillers were dangerous and failed to warn consumers. It’s the first lawsuit to go to trial…
Russia Today: Shares of iPhone and computer maker Apple surged six percent after the company reported solid third-quarter results. The corporation closed the trading session just shy of the $1 trillion in market capitalization. Apple stock closed at $201.50, slightly below the intraday high of $201.76. Shareholders had been seeking a share price of $203.45…
IndependentBD The seventh edition of the 11-day theatre festival titled ‘Ganga-Jamuna Cultural Festival’ (Ganga-Jamuna Sangskritik Ustab 2018) will begin on October 5 on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha area. Aiming at consolidating the harmony between Bangladesh and India through cultural exchange, Indian and Bangladesh Committee of Ganga-Jamuna Sangskritik…