Reading Shashi Tharoor’s An Era of Empire.His evaluation of British rule appears simplistic, even biased by subjectivity.I am critical,like many, of the cruelties, racism, inequities and pludering of the wealth by the British duting the Company rule and later by the colonial rulers.But I also appreciate the important contributions made during the British Raj for…
Reuters: Parents attending a ceremony at a kindergarten in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Monday were horrified when a scantily clad pole dancer took to the stage and proceeded with a well-oiled number in plain view of their children. The performance, part of a ceremony observing the start of China’s school year, was…
Masud Kamal, Senior News Editor of Banglavision The words of Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury have been whirling round in my head for the past few days. He (Dr Zafrullah, founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra) uttered the words during a recent meeting between Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Dr Kamal Hossain. Responding to a query of the reporters,…
Sayeed Muhammad: The UN refugee agency says human traffickers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya’s coastguard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants. The development increases the likelihood that those on board may die during the Mediterranean journeys, reports AP referring to one of the key findings from…
Hossen Sohel: A massive fire raced through Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, probably destroying its collection of more than 20 million items, ranging from archeological finds to historical memorabilia, reports Reuters. The destruction of the building, once a palace for emperors that had fallen into disrepair was an “incalculable loss…
AFP: A failed asylum seeker accused of stabbing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend to death faces a court verdict on Monday, in a case that Germany’s far-right has seized upon in its campaign against migrants. The verdict in the western German town is due at a time when anti-migrant protests have erupted in the eastern city of…
Anadolu Agency: Millions of Palestinian refugees “cannot simply be wished away”, the head of a UN support agency said on Monday, hitting back at a US aid cutoff and allegations its work only perpetuates their plight. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) provides services to about 5 million Palestinian refugees across Jordan, Lebanon,…
BBC: Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova were both knocked out of the US Open on Saturday, leaving defending champion Sloane Stephens as the sole remaining top-six seed in the women’s draw. Wimbledon champion Kerber was beaten 3-6 6-3 6-3 by Slovak 29th seed Dominika Cibulkova in the third round.Two-time quarter-finalist Kvitova lost 7-5 6-1 to in-form…
The Guardian: It’s the romantic epic of male sacrificial woundedness and it’s been regenerating like Doctor Who. We had it in 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, in 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason and originally way back in 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. It’s even been regenerating obliquely in movies…
Desk Report: For the first time, scientists have figured out how to accelerate electrons using protons passing through plasma. That’s a big deal, because it could lead to much smaller and cheaper particle accelerators than the ones we currently rely on.Right now, if you want to install a Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator in your…