Simon Tisdall, Foreign affairs commentator/ The Guardian, UK Dark money, unchecked presidential power and a politicised supreme court are wrecking the world’s flagship democracy Nineteen months into the Trump presidency, US democracy is running into serious trouble – but it is not all, or even mostly, Donald Trump’s fault. This crisis of governance has been…
BBC: US pop singer Demi Lovato has issued her first statement after she was taken to hospital for a suspected drug overdose last month.In an Instagram post, Lovato, 25, said: “I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction”. This illness is not something that… fades with time. It is something I must continue…
AFP: Cambodia’s strongman Premier Hun Sen Monday (Aug 6) rejected claims the results from last month’s widely criticised election had been falsified, saying he would stake his life on their accuracy. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party claimed it won all 125 parliamentary seats in the deeply flawed Jul 29 poll, cementing the country as a…
UNB: The Trustee Committee of Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme Two has decided to distribute 12 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The Trustee Committee of the mutual fund decided to distribute the said amount of dividend taking into consideration available fund from distributable reserves.
BBC: Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned that the country has become a “land of drought” as he announced further measures to help stricken farmers. The new package will provide an extra A$140m ($104m; £80m) in payments to farmers and for mental health support. It brings the total amount of government funding to $576m….
Hossen Sohel: Police in the US state of New Mexico yesterday rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote desert compound, reports ABC News. They said the children, aged one to 15, had no shoes, were wearing rags and “looked like Third World refugees”. Five adults were found at…
BBC: Five people have died after their small plane crashed into a shopping centre car park in Santa Ana, California. The twin-engine Cessna plane was bound for John Wayne Airport when it crashed a mile (1.6km) away on Sunday. There were no survivors on the plane and no-one injured on the ground, Orange County fire…
Desk Report: The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has earned revenue worth around Tk 5.9645 billion during the last 2017-18 fiscal year up by Tk 1.1834 billion over the previous 2016-17 fiscal, reports the Financial Express. Of the total earning, Tk 3.5569 billion was obtained by carrying passengers while Tk 1.5972 billion from goods transportation….
M Humayun Kabir: Three top BNP leaders have been sued on charge of instigating students who are protesting for safe roads. The leaders are BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, reports Observer. AB Siddique, president of Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad, a…
The Guardian, UK: The Greek government is facing a growing backlash over its decision to move the leader of the disbanded leftist terror group, November 17, from a high-security prison to a “luxury” open-air jail. Washington and Ankara joined the public outcry condemning the relocation of the hitman, Dimitris Koufodinas, from Korydallos, Athens’ fortress-like penitentiary,…