Dhaka, Oct 2 – Bangladesh and Myanmar on Monday agreed to form a joint working group to start the repatriation process of all the Rohingyas living in Bangladesh, which Dhaka sees as a “progress.”
Author: editor
Saudi king approves $2.93bn of Taif projects
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has approved SAR11bn ($2.93bn) of projects in Taif. The projects are located in the new city of Taif, to the northeast of the old city in an area spanning 1,250 square kilometres. They include a new…
Monarch flights cancelled as airline ceases trading
Monarch Airlines has ceased trading and all of its future bookings have been cancelled, the Civil Aviation Authority has said. About 110,000 customers are currently overseas and the government has asked the CAA to charter more than 30 aircraft to…
UAE Law on domestic workers is worth learning from
A law stipulating working conditions for domestic workers, including a regular weekly day off, 30 days of paid annual leave and the right to retain personal documents, was approved by UAE President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,…
Le Méridien Dhaka celebrates International Coffee Day
Le Méridien Dhaka celebrated International Coffee Day for the third time at their signature lobby lounge bar, Latitude 23, on September 30. As an art and cultural inspired brand, the hotel celebrated the day with group discussion followed by various…
Comilla bus plunge leaves 7 dead – 15 injured
Comilla, Oct 01 – At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Nuritola area in Chandina upazila on Sunday.
Holy Ashura Sunday
Dhaka, Sept 30 – Holy Ashura will be observed in Bangladesh on Sunday commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) with due religious fervour and solemnity.
Govt now diplomatic ‘orphan’, alleges BNP
Dhaka, Sept 30 – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said the government has turned ‘orphan’ diplomatically with no support from close foreign friends over Rohingya issue.
Syria’s survival is blow to jihadists
By Alastair Crooke Syria’s victory in remaining still standing – still on its feet, as it were – amid the ruins of all that has been visited upon her, marks effectively the demise of the Bush Doctrine in the Middle…
US health secretary Price quits after plane scandal
US Health Secretary Tom Price has resigned over the use of expensive private planes for official business. He previously apologised after making 26 private flights since May at a cost of $400,000 (£300,000) to taxpayers. Government officials, except those dealing…
Falling off the health-care radar
By Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Philadelphia and New Delhi, Sep 28 (IPS) – Care for the elderly needs to be better targeted by the health system and social networks.
Beatle Harrison’s sitar auctioned for $62,500
A sitar owned and played by George Harrison has been sold for $62,500 (£46,581) in the United States. The instrument, purchased from a shop on London’s Oxford Street in 1965, was used by Harrison during the recording of the Beatles…
Mumbai railway station stampede kills 22
A stampede at a Mumbai railway station during the morning rush hour has left 22 people dead and injured about 30, Indian officials report. The incident at Elphinstone station, which connects two of the city’s major local lines, was triggered…
Kushner ‘registered to vote as a woman’
Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has been registered to vote as a woman for eight years, it is claimed. His gender is listed as “female” in records from the New York State Board of Elections, according to screen grabs published…
Zuckerberg rejects Trump bias claims
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him. The US president accused the social network of “collusion” on Twitter, branding it “anti-Trump”. He made the same claim against the…
Playboy founder Hefner dies aged 91
Hugh Hefner, the founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises Inc said he passed away peacefully at home, from natural causes. Hefner began publishing Playboy in his kitchen at home in…
US to test eight types of border walls
The US government has announced the start of construction on eight prototype barriers for the border with Mexico, a campaign promise of President Donald Trump. The Customs and Border Protection says four of the prototypes will be made from concrete,…
Trump’s candidate Strange loses Alabama primary
US President Donald Trump’s pick for Alabama’s Senate race has lost the state’s Republican primary to a firebrand Christian conservative. Incumbent Luther Strange, 64, said he had called rival Roy Moore to concede the race. “We wish him the best…
Saudi Arabia to lift driving ban on women
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists. The Gulf kingdom is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Until now, only men…
‘Cannibal couple’ in Russia admits killing 30
A couple arrested for murder in the south-west Russian city of Krasnodar have admitted killing up to 30 people, local media report. Dmitry Baksheev, 35, and his wife Natalia, were reportedly arrested after a dismembered body was found at the…
Govt not sincere to solve Rohingya crisis: Fakhrul
Cox’s Bazar, Sept – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is not sincere about resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Ho Chi Minh eulogised – Six eminent persons honoured
The contributions of Ho Chi Minh, the great Vietnamese leader who had not only successfully led the war of liberation of his country but also inspired freedom struggle in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the globe were eulogised at a seminar…
IBBL’s support to Lt. Col AK Azad’s family
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has donated Taka 38 lac and 55 thousand to the family members of Lt. Colonel Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, BPM, PPM former Chief of Intelligence Wing of Rapid Action Battalion, who died of Bomb…
Stop persecution of Rohingya, ICSF tells Myanmar
It calls on India, China to persuade Myanmar to resolve crisis Dhaka, Sept – International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF) on Sunday called on the Myanmar authorities to pay heed to international opinion and immediately stop its persecution of Rohingya.
BNP against ‘safe zones’ for Rohingyas: 4-point response
Dhaka, Sept 24 – BNP on Sunday opposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal for creating ‘safe zones’ for Rohingyas in Myanmar terming it a ‘conspiratorial and dangerous’ move.
35,000 evacuated from near Mount Agung
Nearly 35,000 people have been evacuated from their homes near an active volcano in Bali, as authorities warn it could erupt imminently. The area around Mount Agung has seen hundreds of tremors and signs of magma rising to the surface…
Six injured in east London ‘acid attack’
Dhaka -Six people have been injured in Stratford, east London, in a reported acid attack, reports the BBC. Police were called to Stratford Centre, opposite Westfield, just before 20:00 BST, following an “altercation” between two groups of males where a…
PM assassination plot report baseless, motivated: PMO
Dhaka: Trashing a recent news item aired by a foreign TV channel and released by an international online stating the failed plot of killing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has said it is completely baseless, confusing…
UAE probing ‘serious incident’ involving Emirates A380
The United Arab Emirates’ civil aviation regulator is investigating why an Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo flew dangerously low when approaching Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport last week, it was revealed on Friday. The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said its air accident…
New antibody attacks 99pc of HIV strains
Scientists have engineered an antibody that attacks 99 per cent of HIV strains and can prevent infection in primates. It is built to attack three critical parts of the virus – making it harder for HIV to resist its effects.…