Anne Applebaum, a noted columnist and a Pulitzer Prize winning author/Gulf News In contemporary times democracies need to listen to more voices Fire, flares and tear gas scorched Paris on Saturday night; on Sunday morning, the carcasses of burned cars littered the streets, and graffiti covered the Arc de Triomphe. Smaller, and mostly more peaceful,…
NDTV: An Indian man in the US has been sentenced to over four years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction for possessing child pornography. Abhijeet Das, 28, of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 52 months imprisonment for possession of material depicting the exploitation of a minor,…
A truck helper was crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck at Baishpukur in Dimla upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Belal Hossain, 35, son of Makbul Hossain, a resident of Baishpukur village. Quoting witnesses, Officer-in-charge of Dimla Police Station Abdul Hannan said Belal was crossing a road around 2:30pm. At…
Aiming at ensuring unbiased media coverage and protecting the citizens from the resultant deception and confusion arising out of certain media coverage, developing media watch groups have now become indispensable for our media industry. This is a real surprise that while the media outlets in our country are flourishing day in day out, no organizations…
Desk Report: Bangladesh is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change and natural disasters, with over six percent of the population affected by disasters each year, reports Daily Asian Age. Between 1980 and 2013, the average Bangladeshi was personally affected by two disasters. The primary threats to Bangladesh are floods, droughts, cyclones…
Desk Report: In the busy and concrete city life, people get little time to travel to panoramic places. Eid vacations come with the opportunity of taking a break from the mundane daily life and visit the wonderful places of the country, reports The Daily Sun In Bangladesh, travelling during the vacation of Eid has become…
Tariq A. Al Maeena, Saudi socio-political commentator/Gulf News The ease with which falsehood and hearsay goes viral is alarming, especially if it borders on spiteful intent These days, the lines between truth and fiction have indeed been blurred.What we see or what we read is often a misrepresentation of facts, and yet we tend to…
Md. Taqi Yasir The verdict is in: Zack Snyder’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice will end up as the No. 7 comic book movie of all time at the worldwide box office to date, not accounting for inflation. BvS is all but done with its run has grossed $862.9 million globally, including $325.1 million…