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The interim government in Bangladesh is committed to ensuring a transition to inclusive and pluralistic democracy and creating an environment in which “free, fair and participatory elections” can be held, its Chief Adviser Dr. Mohammad Yunus assured the international community on Saturday. Prof Yunus said while addressing the third Voice of Global South Summit which was hosted by India in a virtual format. “You all are aware that Bangladesh witnessed a Second Revolution’ on 5th August 2024, through a mass uprising spearheaded by our valiant students and joined by the masses,” the 84-year-old Nobel laureate said, referring to the political…
Students at the prestigious Dhaka University in Bangladesh held a protest in solidarity with ongoing demonstrations over the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata in the neighbouring country. The protest, organised under the banner “Awaaz Tolo Nari” (Raise Your Voice, Women), on Friday, took place at the Raju Sculpture in Dhaka University, Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported. “We are aware of the non-cooperative attitude of the medical college administration regarding the rape case in Upper Bengal. As women, we demand that the administration provide maximum legal assistance, strictly enforce the law,…
Britain’s Prince Harry urged caution over artificial intelligence and talked of social media as divisive during a panel in Colombia’s capital Bogota alongside his wife Meghan and the Andean country’s Vice President Francia Marquez. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who stepped away from official royal duties in January 2020 and now live in California, arrived in Colombia on Thursday at the invitation of Marquez and will tour the country. During a panel discussion at Bogota’s EAN university on Thursday evening, Harry raised his concerns over the future of AI. “AI is scary and I think a lot of people…
TikTok told a federal appeals court , on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has misstated the social media app’s ties to China, urging the court to overturn a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. assets or face a ban. TikTok, which has sued to overturn the law, said the Justice Department has made factual errors in the case. The department’s lawyers said last month that the app poses a national security risk by allowing the Chinese government to collect the data of Americans and covertly manipulate what content they see. TikTok said on Thursday it is undisputed that…
On 15 August the WCI was down 2% at $5,428 per teu compared to a week earlier. The index 48% below the previous pandemic peak of $10,377 in September 2021, but it is 282% more than the average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rate of $1,420. “Spot will decline as the market has adjusted to the new capacity, but we will need to see what happens to demand,” said Heaney who added, “We are hearing from shippers that carriers are touting for cargo now.” After several weeks of decline the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) moved up marginally on Friday increasing to 3281.36 points…
Noatum has taken a controlling stake in Safina BV through a deal expected to close in Q3 2024, and will rebrand the established agency as Noatum Maritime Egypt in due course. The acquisition is familiar territory for parent group AD Ports after it acquired majority stakes in Transmar and Transcargo International (TCI) in 2022; both companies are stablemates of Safina at Egypt’s IACC Holdings. Noatum said Safina’s founders will retain a minority stake in the business and continue to support the growth of the company. Safina provides comprehensive agency services and maritime logistics to shippers serving the metals, minerals, and…
Everything is going right for her and wrong for him. Kamala Harris has the encouraging poll numbers and, more precious still, the momentum. Donald Trump has the serial errors, the maudlin introspection and wobbling campaign team. In less than three weeks, the Democrats have pulled off one of the most extraordinary turnarounds in US political history, replacing a candidate who was shuffling towards near-certain defeat with one apparently soaring towards possible victory. And yet, even as Harris speaks of bringing the joy, contained within is a lurking danger – a peril that should be all too familiar. The sources of…
Violence against women on UK trains has risen by 50% in two years, it was reported this week. The news barely raised an eyebrow among my female friends, so commonplace are sexual assaults and aggressions on public transport. Society seems to be teetering at a crossroads, perilously close to accepting that being stroked, squeezed or grabbed at is just another mundanity of women’s commutes. Grim, but not unlikely. And hardly a crime. Right? Except it is. Of course it is. It’s just that the system, from railways to courts, seems to have accepted otherwise. I was sexually assaulted on a…
The year is 2224. AI Donald Trump is entering his 50th term. Polar bears have gone the way of the dodo. Happily, Cher remains entirely unchanged. A magazine headline asks: “Should men be allowed to wear shorts?” It’s my belief that the perennial debate over whether men can wear shorts should have been put to bed the moment Paul Mescal was papped in a minuscule O’Neills pair, sending the global happiness index soaring by approximately 10,000 points. Here was a way for a man to wear the equivalent of Diana’s revenge dress – or Beyoncé’s freakum dress, for younger readers…
Ahead of the All-Around Gymnastics Final, Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles took to TikTok to share a get-ready-with-me video in which she opened up about her misadventure with Botox. In the clip, the gymnast explained that she had gotten “baby Botox,” or a lower dose of Botox, for her 27th birthday but was unhappy with the results. That’s because after undergoing the procedure, every so often, she said one of her eyebrows would lift uncontrollably for about 20 seconds at a time. According to med spa owner and physician Kate Dee, MD, this is referred to as “Spock eyebrow.” “When…