Clarence Page, a member of the Tribune Editorial Board/Chicago Tribune Rep. Mia Love was a rising star in Republican Party ranks until she wasn’t. Even before the America-born daughter of Haitian immigrants was elected to Congress in 2014, she was given a prime speaking spot at the 2012 Republican National Convention.There she raised the sort…
Shakir Shakirul Islam Noted Rabindra Sangeet singer Anima Roy backs country recently after rocking Brisbane and Canberra—two Australia cities. She has performed there in two distinguished concerts organized by ATN Canberra and has enthralled thousands of audience by her mesmerizing Rabindra rendition. Anima has delved herself into Rabindra Sangeet over two decades with much austerity….
Eshan Maitra It is very common to come by an internet troll every day. Whether it is a furious debate on a Naila Nayem’s Facebook post or a long hate-speech on a random YouTube video. They know the act is total nonsense. Still, what sick pleasure do they get out of it? A group of…
DOT Desk: Newly appointed chief of Bangladesh naval staff Abu Mozaffar Mohiuddin Mohammad Aurangzeb Chowdhury was adorned with the rank of vice-admiral, reports The New Age. In presence of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, army chief General Aziz Ahmed and chief of air force Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat adorned the new navy chief with the…
BBC: Miners in Western Australia say they have discovered two huge gold-encrusted rocks that are each estimated to be worth millions of dollars. The largest specimen, weighing 95kg (210lb), was found to contain more than 2,400 ounces of gold, Canadian miner RNC Minerals said. The company said it had extracted gold worth about C$15m (£9m;…
Anjana Susarla, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University/WION news The Kremlin’s foreign policy increasingly seems to rest on the assumption that all countries are as corruptible as Vladimir Putin’s Russia. This was evident most recently in Russia’s alleged efforts to undermine an agreement between Greece and its tiny northern neighbor, the Republic of…
The Guardian, UK: Theresa Virtuoso is more than used to digging up tombs. But when the archaeologist found the skeleton of a man who died while trying to escape the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79, she couldn’t help but think about his final moments. “At that moment, it wasn’t only about doing a…
DOT Desk: The country’s jute sector is passing through a rough time due to a fall in exports, reports The Daily Sun. During the July-December of 2018-19 fiscal year, jute and jute products exporters fetched around $421 million. The export figure is 27 per cent lower than the corresponding period a year ago. If this…
BSS Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders in a landslide in Saturday’s Democratic primary in South Carolina, projections showed, seizing momentum ahead of the most important day of the nomination race: next week’s “Super Tuesday” showdown. Four weeks into the White House primaries, the former secretary of state earned a decisive win in the first southern…