Marilyn Thipthorpe Have you ever faked something you didn’t know or feel in your life? I’m not talking about faking a smile or faking an emotion but the more complex habit of faking who you actually are. It might surprise you to know that more than 60 percent of the world’s population fake things more…
The Straits Times: One of Singapore’s most influential diplomats called Tuesday for the repeal of a law criminalising sex between men, saying it was time for the modern city-state to abandon the ‘antiquated’ legislation. The Indian Supreme Court’s decision earlier this month to decriminalise homosexual sex has sparked fresh debate in Singapore, and a new…
M Humayun Kabir: Some 592,000 victims of “modern slavery” live in Bangladesh, a condition of servitude broadly defined in a new global study as forced and state-imposed labour, sexual servitude and forced marriage, according to a survey report. The Global Slavery Index, published on Thursday by Australia’s Walk Free Foundation, said Bangladesh ranks 92nd on…
Olivier Bonaparte/Seven Billion Today A French court has demanded that Marine Le Pen have psychological tests, because she shared images on her Twitter of the Islamic State beheading James Foley. She was the leader of the National Front in 2015 when she tweeted these images. NOW, the party has tried to change its name to…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda yesterday urged judicial magistrates to act neutrally to gain people’s confidence and ensure a fair election, reports The Daily Star. “You must be free and fair as you are judges. You’ll have to apply your judicious minds,” said KM Nurul Huda while briefing…
Noman Mosharef To establish a humane society free of communalism, militancy and corruption, a citizen platform has announced countrywide programme from November 9. As part of the campaign, the first council will be held in Barisal. The similar programme will be organized in all divisional town consecutively. The series of the events will culminate through…
Reuters: At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives. Maduro said “everything points” to a right-wing plot that initial investigation suggested was linked to Colombia and the U.S. state of Florida,…
Md. Taqi Yasir Walter Van Beirendonck, manager of the fashion section at the honorary society of Fine Arts in Antwerp, and Tony Delcampe, his counterpart at La Cambre in Brussels, have molded some of the leading commended creative administrators in latest years. Through their students, these two men have exerted a vital influence on the…
Anadolu Agency At least 10 people were slightly injured after a volcanic eruption triggered earthquakes in southern Italy, Italian news agency reported on Wednesday. The Catania city of Sicily, a Mediterranean island, was hit by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake on early Wednesday, ANSA reported citing local officials. Some old buildings were damaged due to the…