Tech Explorist: In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) proposed a definition of a planet that left out Pluto, causing it to lose status and relegate it as a dwarf planet. Since Neptune’s gravity impacts its neighboring planet Pluto, and Pluto imparts its circle to solidified gases and protests in the Kuiper belt, that implied…
Desk Report: Lawyers in Habiganj allege that this is a manufactured crisis. A shortage of cartridge paper in the court area of Habiganj has severely hampered judicial proceedings, causing the little that is occasionally available to be sold for up to almost 20 times its regular price, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Lawyers in Habiganj allege…
Desk Report: Now 98 per cent bikers use crash helmets while double riding in the city as the strict monitoring by law enforcers pays off, reports The Financial Express. The riders are abiding by the traffic rules following a recent student movement and the ongoing month-long police campaign for road safety. Police, traders and commuters…
BBC: Time magazine is changing hands once again, nearly eight months after it was sold to US media group Meredith Corporation. The co-founder of Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, and his wife are personally buying Time for $190m (£145.3m).In a statement, Meredith said the Benioffs “will not be involved in the day-to-day operations or journalistic decisions”. The deal…
Hossen Sohel: Theresa May has told the BBC that MPs will have a choice between her proposed deal with the EU – or no deal at all, reports BBC. In an interview with Panorama, she was also critical of plans by Brexiteers to resolve the Irish border issue. But ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson claims the…
Hossen Sohel: Time magazine is changing hands once again, nearly eight months after it was sold to US media group Meredith Corporation, reports BBC. The co-founder of Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, and his wife are personally buying Time for $190m (£145.3m). In a statement, Meredith said the Benioffs “will not be involved in the day-to-day operations…
Madhavan Narayanan/WION News “Woh kahte hain Indira hatao. Hum kahte hain garibi hatao.” (They say ‘Remove Indira,’ we say ‘Remove poverty’). That powerful slogan gave Prime Minister Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress a two-thirds majority in the 1971 general elections, sealing her as the supremo of her party, and by extension the nation. There is…
Kabir Humayun: The High Court yesterday once again deferred for a week the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking its order on the government to send her to specialised United Hospital for treatment. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order, reports The…
Arab News: Istanbul’s governor says police have released 275 workers a day after hundreds were detained following a protest denouncing poor working conditions at the city’s new airport. State-run Anadolu agency quoted governor Vasip Sahin as saying Monday the construction company is trying to improve working conditions. Arzu Cerkezoglu, head of the Confederation of Progressive…
Sayeed Muhammad: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have given financial assistance of Tk 1.75 crore to 12 people, including the BNP-Jamaat arson attack victims and ailing Awami League leaders and workers. The premier handed over cheques of donation to them at a simple ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka, reports UNB. The some…