Arafat Hasan: Convicted classified document leaker Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour scheduled to start Sunday, according to a statement by her event organizer yesterday. Think Inc. said it had received on Wednesday a notice of intention from the government to deny Manning entry. The group is calling…
Abrar Hussain: Maharashtra Police have reportedly brought poet-activist Varavara Rao to his home in Hyderabad yesterday, placing him under house arrest. This comes a day after Rao and four other rights activists, who were arrested for their alleged role in Bhima Koregaon violence, were given relief by the Supreme Court. Rao has been barred from…
Waliur Rahman, Former Ambassador and Political Analyst: The more restrictions that are placed upon the Myanmar military, the smoother the path to resolution will be. The United Nations’ report on the Rohingya issue is a positive thing for us. Myanmar is already under mounting international pressure. The UN is demanding the punishment of six generals…
BBC: Walking into the offices of Elle, dozens of copies of the magazine’s September issue lie proudly on a crisp white desk. Its cover star is 21-year-old pregnant model Slick Woods – who is the face of Rihanna’s Fenty brand and has modelled for Kanye West.She’s one of the top stars of the moment but her…
Reuters: French President Emmanuel Macron rebuffed accusations of cronyism on Thursday after an author close to him landed a top diplomatic post in the United States, just weeks after coveted foreign ministry posts were opened up to non-diplomats. The appointment of Philippe Besson as Consul General in Los Angeles has raised eyebrows because he has…
Ganesh Kumar Radha Udayakumar/Daily O, India Humans deserve the comforts of a native tongue and its culture — the near-simultaneity of thought and expression, the tacit understanding of unspoken meanings, the purity of accent and emotion. How important is it to have a mother tongue? The question seems silly — it’s not as if children…
CNN: The attorney general for the nation’s capital. The president of a Catholic college. Teachers at a celebrated Catholic elementary school. A former White House appointee on religious freedom. Even a popular priest in his own archdiocese. It’s not just how many people are asking Cardinal Donald Wuerl, one of the world’s most powerful Catholics,…
Arab News: Almost all Indian currency notes scrapped two years ago have been returned to the banking system, the country’s central bank says, raising questions about the point of the controversial attempt to tackle illegal money. India’s economy suffered a sharp downturn after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned the country in November 2016 by withdrawing…
Kabir Humayun: BNP secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the Election Commission to implement an 11-point recommendation instead of spending Tk 4,000 crore on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The BNP leader made the call at a press briefing in BNP chairperson’s Gulshan political office in Dhaka yesterday noon, reports Banglanews. “If you (EC)…
Reuters: The US Navy seized hundreds of small arms, including AK-47s, from an unflagged boat in the Gulf of Aden, a US defense official said on Wednesday. The defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the incident took place on Tuesday and the boarding was carried out by the crew of the Jason…