Reuters The people of Tibet should not be taken in by the Dalai Lama’s lies and clearly understand the importance of Communist Party rule in the region, the Chinese government said ahead of March’s sensitive 60th anniversary of him fleeing into exile. Beijing sent troops into Tibet in 1950 in what it officially terms a…
Reuters: Embattled Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from some unlikely places as he faces deadly protests calling for him to step down. South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011 following decades of brutal fighting marked by the mass abduction and enslavement of children, scorched earth ethnic cleansing and famines. Yet…
Lifewire: Facebook Me-ssenger is the most popular messaging platform in the world (closely followed by WhatsApp), which makes it one of the best tools for getting in touch with people fast and for free. Despite its popularity, trying to figure out how to add people to Messenger can be kind of confusing. This is especially…
Tarannum Diana Penty made her debut in Bollywood with the movie Cocktail, starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. The reason she disappeared from the media was that she was waiting for the right script. And she finally seemed to find the right story with her new film “Happy Bhaag jayegi”. She said that she…
Dr. Mijanur Rahman,Vice Chancellor, Jagannath University : Those with their own personal motives and interests should be kept out of state decision-making processes. If there are conflicts of interest from the people responsible for taking executive decisions regarding public interest, it shows that everyone will be after their own interests. The influential try to take…
AP: Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. At the same time, the moon will be ever so closer to Earth and appear slightly bigger and brighter than usual —…
AP, Kiev With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Some survivors said the chaos of that time is etched in their minds forever. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko led a ceremony in Chernobyl, where work is underway to…
Interviewed by: Bayezid Hossain Written by: Sabah Mannan “Rohingya Muslims are not native to Myanmar” – Senior General Min Aung Hlaing told the U.S. ambassador in a meeting. This statement has proved that Myanmar’s Army Chief is ignorant about their country’s history because the Rakhine state has been an independent state for hundreds of years…
Rokshana Yesmin/ BSS The amount of pesticide residue found in vegetables, fruits and crops poses serious health risk for human body especially for children. Farmers in our country apply various types of pesticides to protect the vegetables and crops from unwanted pests. However, they do not follow necessary guidelines or safety standard to get rid…
AP, The Hague A clear majority of people who voted Wednesday in a Dutch referendum rejected a far-reaching European Union free trade deal with Ukraine, and with all votes counted it was clear that the threshold of 30 percent voter turnout would be met and the result would be valid. The turnout was at 32.2…