Arafat Hasan: Saudi Arabia has yet to either confirm or deny reports of the detainment of Sheikh Dr Saleh bin Mohammed Al Talib, Imam and Preacher of the Grand Holy Mosque in Makkah. On Sunday, social media advocacy group ‘Prisoners of Conscience’, which monitors and documents arrests of Saudi preachers and religious scholars, had stated…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka The newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, a popular sports star turned politician, in his inaugural speech exhorted for peace in South Asia. Can he be a harbinger of peace? Peace and stability…
M Humayun Kabir: Dhaka Central Jail authorities Thursday said that they had no plan to shift detained acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam any hospital outside the jail right now. While talking to New Age, jailor of Dhaka Central Jail Mahbubul Islam Milon said Shahidul Alam being treated at the jail hospital and the doctors examined his health…
Gulf News: A South Korean appeal court on Friday extended ex-president Park Geun-hye’s prison sentence for corruption and abuse of power by one year. The decision by the Seoul High Court means the former head of state, who was ousted after a sprawling cor ruption scandal triggered mass protests, faces 25 years in jail.Park was convicted…
HossenSohel: New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised generational change in the warring Liberal party yester day, seeking to end an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019, reports Reuters.Morrison, who was treasurer under outgoing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, emerged the surprise winner in a three-way challenge…
HossenSohel: Pakistan has called for the United States to amend what its foreign ministry described as a “factually incorrect” account of a phone call between U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and new Prime Minister Imran Khan. The US State Department said it stands by its account, reports Reuters. The row comes ahead of…
Reuters: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that all options were on the table when it came to Moscow’s possible response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday. Ryabkov was also cited as saying that Moscow had not yet noted any signs that the United States was ready…
AP: Three villages southwest of Berlin have been evacuated as a wildfire the size of 400 soccer fields spread Friday. More than 500 people had to leave their homes as a result of the fire in Treuenbrietzen, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) outside of Berlin. “Our main goal is to protect the evacuated villages from the…
SMH: The 95-year-old man in the red brick house at 33-18 89th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, was known for keeping his yard spic-and-span, even tidying up rubbish on his neighbours’ stoops. Most days, he was quick with a smile and a “good morning,” in his thick Polish accent. He would sit on the steps…
AFP: More than 1,000 victims of sexual abuse in gymnastics are expected to call a new, global abuse helpline in its first year of operations, the sport’s president told AFP. Morinari Watanabe was speaking at the Asian Games after Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics doctor, was handed a life sentence in January for sexually…