CNN: On this day in 1993, Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, shook hands after signing the Oslo peace accords, in what would become an iconic moment in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet 25 years later, the promise of peace remains unfulfilled and the…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy Director General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : Recently a group of researchers from Shahjalal University in Sylhet have discovered the means to detect cancer in the human body through non-linear optic methods. Their team leader, Yasmeen Haq, is also from said university. From the study and research, it…
Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Former Governor of Bangladesh Bank : Defaulted loans continue to swell, as the banks are not active enough to recover them. To resolve the crisis, the banks should go for a strong measure. If this does not work out, then the banks should take legal actions. The loan defaulters should not be…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all the doctors and staff of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to serve people with dedication. “I would like to request all the teachers, doctors, officials, nurses and employees of the university that you dedicate yourselves to providing healthcare services to people. If so, the…
ABC News: Michelle Obama will visit 10 cities to promote her memoir “Becoming,” a tour featuring arenas and other performing centers to accommodate crowds far too big for any bookstore. The former first lady will begin at the United Center in her native Chicago on Nov. 13, the book’s release date. She will finish at…
AFP: World dignitaries laid to rest former UN secretary general Kofi Annan in his native Ghana on Thursday, with calls to keep alive the legacy of a “stubborn optimist” to create a better, more peaceful world. His widow Nane Maria led hundreds of mourners, including world leaders past and present, traditional rulers and global royalty,…
MEMO: A new resource for US-based Palestine solidarity activists was launched yesterday, providing a search engine that maps the connections between US and Israeli state violence in users’ local community. The new search engine, called “Palestine is Here”, was announced in a statement by the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), whose member group Researching…
NDTV: The Pakistan Prime Minister’s House will be turned into a campus of a postgraduate institute, said a minister on Thursday while divulging governments plans to utilize official buildings for public use. Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood told the media that the public was fed up of the previous governments’ “royal” ways of living, Geo news…
MEMO: Floods in Sudan have destroyed 33 villages and displaced 10,000 families in the country’s eastern province of Gedaref. The floods have raged throughout the country over the past few months, having been caused by continuous rains of the annual rainy season. This season’s floods, however, are the worst in at least 25 years, resulting…
Hindustantimes: Failure to meet global targets to limit rising temperatures will mean more heat-releated deaths, researchers said on Thursday. Countries have signed the Paris agreement on climate change to limit the rise in global temperatures to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, and ideally to 1.5C. An increase of 3C…