AWS: Amazon web outage breaks vacuums and doorbells
An outage with Amazon’s web infrastructure left smart-home enthusiasts unable to use basic household items. Amazon Web Services is a huge part of the company’s business and the backbone of ReadMore
US sanctions Chinese, Russian firms over Iran dealings
Shawdesh desk: The US on Friday announced economic sanctions on Chinese and Russian companies that Washington said had supported the development of Iran’s missile program. The four firms, accused of “transferring ReadMore
Meet Rimu, the woman building a future for Rohingya refugees
Rima Sultana Rimu, one of the two Bangladeshi women named in the list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2020 revealed by the BBC, is ReadMore
Jewel Aich recovers from Covid-19, returns home from hospital
Freedom fighter and Ekushey Padak winner magician Jewel Aich, who was undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital, has returned home. He was discharged from the ReadMore
US Returning to the Point
Abdul Mannan: No national election in the recent past, let aside US, anywhere else in the democratic world gained so much of attention, all for the wrong reasons and that ReadMore
Books by bike: Sri Lankan man runs mobile library for kids
Shawdesh desk: During his leisure time, Mahinda Dasanayaka packs his motorbike with books and rides his mobile library — across mostly muddy roads running through tea-growing mountain areas — to ReadMore
China’s first domestically made nuclear reactor goes online
Shawdesh desk: China has powered up its first domestically developed nuclear reactor — the Hualong One — a significant step in Beijing’s attempts to become less dependent on Western allies for ReadMore
Money stolen from mosque’s donation box in Chapainawabganj
Shawdesh desk: Some miscreants stole money from a donation box of an under-construction mosque on Jhilim Road in Chapainabganj on Friday night. Md Ataur Rahman, a member of the mosque ReadMore
