Arafat Hasan: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wanted a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a turnaround from the administration’s statement in the past where it had suggested it would support a two-state solution only if both sides agreed. In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines…
Arab News: Saudi Arabia has contributed $100 million to help reconstruct areas of north-eastern Syria formerly held by Daesh. The Kingdom said the contribution would go toward a campaign by the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS to “stabilize” the former Daesh bastion and help ensure the militants cannot re-emerge as a threat. The United States,…
UNB: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) prosecuted 29 social media users and online news portals on charge of instigating students during the ongoing street protest in demand of implementing their 9-point demand, including road safety. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the cyber-crime unit under Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Yeasin Meah filed the case with the police station under…
Eshan Maitra Almost all of us are familiar with Christopher Columbus. The great explorer who discovered the New World and practically proved that the world was round. Even from 1792 many states in United States celebrates his day of discovery as Columbus Day, on October 12. He believed to be a hero of the oppressed…
AFP: Sri Lanka’s national airline said Wednesday it has stopped serving cashews after the country’s president flew into a rage over nuts served to him on a flight to Colombo. “Returning from Kathmandu, I was served some cashews on board a Sri Lankan flight, but it was so bad even a dog wouldn’t eat it,”…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT After all its 47 members took oath at Bangabhaban, the Cabinet Division yesterday evening published a gazette distributing portfolios among the new appointees. With the development, the outgoing cabinet got abolished with the publication of the gazette, reports The Daily Star. According to the gazette, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have…
M Humayun Kabir: The Indian media yesterday slammed ruling Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah’s reference to illegal immigrants from Bangladesh as “termites” and “vermin” saying it “coarsens discourse and deepens divides” and risks “ruining relations” with that country. The Indian media also questioned Shah’s reportedly dishing out the figure of 100 crore “illegal Bangladeshi…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Garment workers staged demonstration on a road in Hatirjheel area of Dhaka after two of their fellows died in a road accident in Malibagh area yesterday afternoon. The agitating workers also vandalised 40 vehicles and torched two others protesting the accident, reports The Daily Star. Two garment workers — Meem, 13,…
Science Alert: What makes a species monogamous? New research has uncovered evidence of a universal genetic code that underlies monogamy in vertebrates. For hundreds of millions of years, animals have been ‘doing it’. But not all of these wild hook-ups represented the same thing – even to animals that look incredibly similar. Some species, like…
M Humayun Kabir Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received two international awards for her humanitarian roles in the Rohingya response from two separate organisations (From Page 1) during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The premier received ‘International Achievement Award’ from the Inter Press Service and ‘Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership ‘ award from…