Section: Bangladesh
Dhaka ‘fourth least liveable city’
Dhaka still belongs to the category of one of the worst cities to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). According to the EIU’s latest Global Liveability Ranking, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has advanced two notches than last year. It ranked the second least liveable city in 2015. Dhaka has just overrun...
Democrats demand Trump team ‘must disclose pro-Russia ties’
Donald Trump with Paul Manafort at the Republican National Convention. — Reuters photo Donald Trump’s campaign team must disclose all pro-Russia links, Hillary Clinton’s manager has said, following new allegations in the New York Times. The paper said ledgers earmarked $12.7m (£9.8m) in undisclosed cash payments from a...
An urgent history lesson in diplomacy with Russia
AS PROSPECTS for peace appear dim in places like the Ukraine, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan and now with a renewed bombing of Libya, the president of the United States (and his heiress apparent) continue to display an alarming lack of understanding of the responsibilities as the nation’s highest elected officer. As has been...
Pope makes surprise visit to former prostitutes
Pope Francis kisses a lady while meeting former sex workers who were forced to prostitution.–BBC photo Pope Francis has surprised 20 former prostitutes by popping in for a visit at their safe house in Rome. The women had been rescued from their pimps and are being given shelter and protection at an apartment run by a Catholic charity in...
‘Sweat and guts’, Uchimura’s recipe for success
RIO DE JANEIRO: “Sweat and guts” are the secrets of Kohei Uchimura’s incredible success story, the Japanese gymnastics great said Wednesday after claiming a second all-around men’s title for a third Olympic gold, reports BSS. A soaring horizontal bar routine saw the 27-year-old snatch the coveted individual title ahead of...
21 Gold Phelps still rules the pool
RIO DE JANEIRO: In an unforgettable display of Olympic power, Michael Phelps won two more finals to take his historic all-time record load to 21 golds and cement his legendary status, reports BSS. His majestic display came on a day that Hungary’s ‘Iron Lady’ Katinka Hosszu took her third gold of the week while American gymnast Simone...
Serena eliminated in third round upset
Olympic champion and world number one Serena Williams was bundled out of the Rio de Janeiro tennis tournament in the third round of the singles on Tuesday after a shock 6-4, 6-3 defeat to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina. …read more Source:...
Italy’s Campriani takes gold in 10m Air Rifle event
Italy’s Niccolo Campriani won gold in the Olympic men’s 10-metre air rifle on Monday with a score of 206.1 after a poor final shot from Serihy Kulish of Ukraine, widening what had been a razor-thin gap between the two. …read more Source:...
Ukraine sees solar power as Chernobyl’s future
KIEV: Imagine one of the largest solar farms ever at the site of the world’s worst man-made nuclear disaster that struck Chernobyl in modern-day Ukraine and sowed panic across Europe, report BSS. That is the grand vision of Ukrainian Environment Minister Ostap Semerak, backed up by big-time investors such as the European Bank for...
Trump hits back at ‘disastrous’ Obama
Donald Trump has dismissed Barack Obama’s time in the White House as a ‘disaster’ after the US president said he was not fit to succeed him. ‘He’s been weak, he’s been ineffective,’ Republican candidate Trump said of Obama in a Fox News interview on Tuesday. He mocked Obama’s handling of the crisis with Russia...
