Reuters: Cambodia’s parliament on Wednesday held its first session since a July general election in which Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party claimed victory but which critics called a sham because of the lack of a viable opposition. The United Nations and Western countries have described the election as flawed after the Supreme Court last…
Desk Report: Customers will no longer need to provide photos and copies of national ID to buy mobile phone SIM cards as the telecom operators have launched electronic registration services for new connections, reports Financial Express. The customers will need to provide only name, NID number, date of birth, current address and fingerprints for the…
Desk Report: Heavy metals like nickel and zinc are usually the last thing that plants want to grow next to in high concentrations. But a specialised group, known as hyperaccumulators, have evolved to take up the normally toxic metals into their stems, leaves and even seeds. Researchers have been studying Pycnandra acuminata in particular –…
Hossen Sohel: Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP’s) initiative of setting up 4,077 metal pillars has become an effective means of checking motorcycle plying on footpaths, which helps ensure safe movement of pedestrians in the city, reports BSS. “We’ve achieved a complete success in checking motorcycle plying on city’s footpaths through installation of 4,077 metal pillars on…
M Humayun Kabir: Akashbeena, the first-ever dreamliner of Bangladesh Biman started its formal journey yesterday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally opened its wing in the sky from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport aimed at making the national flag carrier more vibrant, reports Daily Sun. The aircraft will initially be used to operate flights from Dhaka to…
Desk Report: This summer, we’ve spent quite some hours in front of the fan. Even at night, we preferred to keep the thing on – it was the only thing that made the heatwave a little more bearable. There’s been a lot of discussion about whether or not it’s wise to sleep with one of…
Reuters: Israel’s top court cleared the way on Wednesday for the demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank whose fate has become a focus of Palestinian protests and international concern. The Supreme Court, in a decision released by a court spokesman, rejected petitions against the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and said a…
Kabir Humayun: Bang-ladesh Embassy in Tripoli asked Bangladesh nationals living in Libya to limit their movement and remain alert to avoid any untoward incidents. Sources at Bangladesh Embassy in Libya said the Embassy also urged the Bangladesh nationals there to stay in touch with the Embassy through hotline number +218916994207, reports UNB. Following three days…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section: Local and international rights groups like International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Union and the United States have continued in putting pressure on the government for reviewing the labour law. As a result, the cabinet on 3 September 2018 approved in principle the…
BDnews24: “Religious preaching will not work; appeasing big brothers will not work. The most effective way is the extermination of drug suspects — the loss of life in real sense,” Rahman said at an event in the port city on Tuesday, about four months after the law-enforcement agencies started a drug purge leading to the…