Reuters: The Hong Kong office of China’s foreign ministry condemned Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Tuesday for allowing a speech by a Hong Kong independence activist, saying the reporters’ group was not outside the law. The club should be very clear that freedom of the press cannot be abused, the office said in a…
Jerome Roos, Fellow in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics/Aljazeera President Macri’s austerity measures are likely to deepen the economic recession and lead to renewed social unrest. Almost two decades after a massive popular uprising triggered Argentina’s record $100bn default of 2001-2002, the country finds itself back in a major economic crisis….
BBC: A woman has been arrested in the southern state of Tamil Nadu for calling India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “fascist”. Sofia Lois made the remark when she saw BJP politician Tamilisai Soundararajan, who then filed a police complaint. The incident occurred on Monday at an airport in the state and a video of…
Desk Report: Bangladesh’s export earnings fell by 11.74 per cent in August this year compared with that in the same month of last year because of Eid-ul-Azha holidays, reports New Age. Total export earnings in August stood at $3.21 billion against $3.64 billion in the same month of last year. Earnings from readymade garment export…
Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed, Former Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University: Following the movement to reform the existing quota system in public service recruitments, the movement for safe roads was logical too. Democracy is found wanting in the country. Bangladesh has emerged as an undemocratic country. The students would not come under attack, face lawsuit or be…
Israel Harel/Haaretz Well-intentioned people who have blinded themselves to reality seek to duplicate the brilliant model of ‘the disengagement is good for security’ from Lebanon and Gaza in Judea and Samaria Hundreds of retired high-ranking officers, joined by former senior Mossad and Shin Bet security service officials, signed a so-called professional opinion in 2005 that…
Euro News: Philippine authorities called for calm on Wednesday after a grenade attack on a mosque in a mainly Christian southern province killed two people, just three days after a devastating church bombing shook the restive Mindanao region. A grenade was thrown into a mosque during the night in Zamboanga, killing two people and wounding…
Abrar Hussain: The first-ever Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) by the Bangladesh and Indian Navies will be conducted in Chittagong on June 27, reports UNB. The CORPAT will be jointly inaugurated by the Chiefs of Navies of the two respective countries. Two Indian Navy ships and Air craft reached Chittagong yesterday to participate in the patrol. Chief…
Al Arabiya: In Saudi Arabia, Arabic coffee is a widely popular traditional drink, and a symbol of the country’s deep-rooted culture, where you will find it in almost every household. The popularity of Arabic coffee being part of Saudi people’s daily lives is what pushed doctorate-holding Saudi man, Ziad al-Ruqi, to leave his job in…