AP: Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia, with authorities in Thailand’s hazy capital Bangkok opting to hand out face masks and step up enforcement of pollution controls. A combination of construction dust, auto exhaust and other pollutants, lingering over Bangkok due to prevailing weather patterns, has taken…
Sofian Khan: US have indirectly expressed criticism toward China yesterday for their effort to shield Myanmar from strong UNSC action over a military crackdown against mainly Rohingya Muslims that the U.S. and other countries have denounced as ethnic cleansing.U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley did not mention China by name, but China proposed substantial amendments to a British-drafted…
Sky News It is a truth universally acknowledged that a beer cracked open outside must be in want of a couple of annoying flies. Of course, nobody really wants those flies – but still they come, following the opening of a beer like Monday follows the weekend. Now scientists have figured out how fruit flies…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation today highlighting her government’s mission and vision to ensure the country’s overall peace and progress, reports The Daily Star. The PM’s speech will simultaneously be broadcast by Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels and radio stations around 7:30pm, said an official…
Kabir Humayun: The United States said it held high-level military individuals in Myanmar responsible for the widespread human rights abuses. Heather Nauert, Spokesperson of the US Department of State, said this in a regular briefing in Washington on Tuesday. The US imposed different rounds of sanctions in the past and they will certainly let all…
Sofian Khan After an inauguration program of smart card distribution at Savar on Wednesday, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury said that EC (Election Commission) will take all necessary steps to to keep the law and order situation under control in the upcoming Parliament Election. He ensured of having no plans to deploy Army…
Mick O’Reilly, Foreign Correspondent/Gulf News EU27 may offer political platitudes, but there’s no more dealing to be done What part of ‘no’ doesn’t British Prime Minister Theresa May understand? Seriously, there’s only so many ways you can say it — and a host of European leaders have been saying it since Monday. No to reopening…
Nazrul Islam Mukul, Kushtia Alhaj Md. Mozibar Rahman, Chairman of BRB Cable Industries recently received the President’s Award. Representatives of the Kushtia Sangbadik Union went to the chairman’s office and congratulated him on winning such a prestigious award on Thursday. Mozibar Rahman stated, “The honor of winning this award does not belong to BRB alone….
Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO/ Thrive Global Today: Ditching Instagram, screens and loneliness at work, phones in the theater, and the “devil” in our phones. One of the most fascinating pieces of news was the release of a study called “Global Work Connectivity” by the HR advisory firm Future Workplace. What they found was that…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Ahhh… On these hot days I’m sure for many of us, a can of cold coca-cola is a heaven sent relief. Coca-Cola or better known as coke, is one of the most recognized brands in the world from pole to pole, this is not surprising since coca cola sells its products in over…