Hossen Sohel: Most drivers in Bangladesh are not interested in driving lessons, but unskilled drivers are often blamed for road accidents, reports bdnews24.com. The industry needs about 1.5 million of skilled drivers but owners are compelled to employ ‘unskilled’ workers due to the lack of training, according to two of the top leaders of transport…
Nahian Arefin: Thai fishermen & laborers, threatened by rising sea levels, kicked off a protest in Bangkok on yesterday in front of the United Nations (UN) regional head quarter. Because of worsening climate change, protestors wanted proper steps in control the deteriorating situation. They protested with banners to grab the attention of the delegates who…
Marc Schneier & Shamsi Ali /Newsweek This year, for the first time in 33 years, the solemn days of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Muharram (the Islamic New Year) juxtapose. In both faiths, the advent of the New Year is a time for introspection and self-examination. The upcoming holiday season for 16 million…
Hossen Sohel: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has set off on a trip to northern Bangladesh as part of a programme to inspire party activists and inform people of the government’s development efforts. Quader and several other central Awami League leaders boarded the Nilphamari-bound ‘Nilsagar Express’ at 8am on Saturday morning. Quader told the…
Straits Times: A Spanish parishioner has painted three 15th century sculptures in garish colours, giving Jesus a bright green robe in the latest botched amateur art restoration to make headlines in the country. A wooden statue of the Virgin Mary at the chapel in El Ranadoiro, a hamlet in the northern Asturias region that is…
Matt Foley, OZY Author/OZY.com Brehanna Daniels was munching on a Chick-fil-A sandwich when Norfolk State athletics department member Tiffani-Dawn Sykes suggested a career path that would change her life. It was the spring of 2016, just weeks from graduation, and Daniels — a Spartans senior point guard — was in a quandary about what to…
BBC: If it does launch as currently scheduled in 2021, it will be 14 years late. When finally in position, though – orbiting the Sun 1.5 million km from Earth – Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope promises an astronomical revolution. The US space agency boasts that it will literally “look back in time to see the…
BBC: US rapper Mac Miller has been found dead at his California home, a Los Angeles coroner has confirmed. Media reports say the 26-year-old, who was open about his substance abuse, died from an apparent overdose. The rapper, whose real name was Malcolm James McCormick, rose to fame after topping US charts with his debut…
Reuters: Public trust in Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte dropped to the lowest of his presidency, a survey showed on Saturday, although he still maintained a rating of “very good.” Trust is used by independent pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS) to gauge public opinion with a president’s personality. It fell 8 points in the second quarter…
Hossen Sohel: Research findings on Hilsa fish (Tenualosa ilisha) from the Department of Fisheries Biology & Genetics of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) revealed the full-scale lifespan of the national fish. The findings are said to be first of its kind for Hilsa. “A Hilsa genome has 76,80,000 nucleotides which is one-fourth to a human, in…