Can we finally stop marching to disaster?
by Rebecca Gordon: After two decades, can we finally ask whether trying to prop up a dying empire actually makes us – or indeed the world – any safer, writes Rebecca ReadMore
‘One-party rule govt’s survival strategy’
Shawdesh Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said one-party rule is now the only way for the survival of the current government since it has lost ReadMore
BNP leader Hafizuddin slams show-cause notice
Shawdesh Desk: Terming untrue the allegations that mentioned in the show-cause notice served on him, BNP Vice-chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Saturday said he felt insulted as the party ReadMore
Italy announces Christmas and New Year lockdown
Shawdesh desk: Italy has ordered a nationwide lockdown over much of the Christmas and New Year period in an effort to combat a rise in coronavirus cases. The country ReadMore
Isaan road trip: Searching for normalcy in Thailand’s northeast
Shawdesh desk: An overweight dog naps by an open-air som tam (papaya salad) shop. The scent of chicken grilling over charcoal fills the lane. A chorus of children’s voices rings ReadMore
Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020. Public ReadMore
US charges ex-Zoom employee with shutting down Tiananmen Square events
US prosecutors have charged a former Zoom employee with disrupting video meetings marking the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square on behalf of China’s government. The ReadMore
Urmila Matondkar’s Instagram account hacked
Binodon Desk: Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar’s Instagram account was hacked recently and restored later. But she has revealed that her Wikipedia page was edited too, her husband Mohsin Akhtar was ReadMore
