Laura Kipnis/The Guardian, UK Cases such as that of the activist film star and the young actor Jimmy Bennett may be about so much more than sex Big news this week on the sexual transgression front. Two well-known women – one a film star and #MeToo luminary, Asia Argento; the other an academic star, New…
John Lloyd/Reuters It’s not the week to say it, but Donald Trump has a point. It isn’t original and what it proposes will be hard to do, yet when he says that “getting along with Russia is a good thing,” as he did before his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last month,…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor/ Bangladesh National Section, The New York Times The Constitution of People’s Republic of Bangladesh in its preamble provides that democracy is it’s one of the fundamental principles. Article 11 of the Constitution provides that the Republic shall be a democracy in which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for…
UNB: Bangladesh’s famed archer Mohammad Ruman Shana was eliminated from the pre-quarterfinals of Recurve Men’s Individual event of the 18th Asian Games Archery losing to Agata Salabilla Riau Ega of Indonesia 4-6 at the GBK Archery Field in Jakarta on Thursday. Ruman Shana, who was placed 3rd scoring 677 in the ranking round, beat Thamwong…
BSS Poverty has been part and parcel of lives of Farida Yeasmin, 50, and her mother Aklima Begum, 70, since lost their husbands in tender age. Farida has been habituated to face difficulties since her childhood with demise of her father when she was just four. She at her age of 40 later fell in…
Wion: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for unity on Saturday in the face of criticism from all sides of his handling of an economic crisis and tensions with the United States. “Now is not the time to unload our burdens on to somebody else’s shoulders. We must help each other,” Rouhani said in a televised…
Desk Report: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified seven private picnic spots and resorts which were built grabbing forest land in Gazipur in collusion with dishonest forest officials, reports Daily Sun. A three-member ACC enquiry team, led by its director Sayed Iqbal Hossain, found that the seven resorts and picnic spots were built occupying forest land….
Banglanews24: A farmer was killed in a clash erupted over a friendly football match, on occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, in Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj Friday (August 24). At least 25 others were reportedly injured. The deceased was identified as Akter Uddin, 55, a farmer in Charkatkhal village under Katkhal union. Police and local sources said two…
Dr Nehginpao Kipgen /Channel NewAsia The Rohingya crisis has become the single-most pressing issue in Myanmar but it remains unresolved one year after, says one observer. Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech on democratic transition this week was particularly notable for one thing – its omission of the word Rohingya. It was notable because the Rohingya…
Sky News: Italy has been urged to let the 150 migrants stranded aboard a coastguard ship in Sicily to disembark immediately. The country’s populist government has refused to let the passengers come ashore unless other EU nations commit to taking them.Now, EU countries are being implored to take responsibility for the migrants stranded aboard the Italian…