Trump’s Air Force One looks similar to the one that Obama flew. But plans for a bigger one are now under way. The US president walked down the stairs of Air Force One at an airport in Morristown, New Jersey.…
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Riyadh lifts ban on Skype, WhatsApp
Saudi Arabia will remove its ban on internet phone calls on Thursday, a government spokesman said, in a bid to stimulate online business as the kingdom looks to boost non-oil revenue. All online voice and video call services such as…
Nigerian journalist Amina wins BBC World News award
Nigerian journalist from north-eastern Nigeria, Amina Yuguda has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina Yuguda is a news presenter on local network Gotel Television, who specialises in reporting high-profile news stories, including the Boko Haram insurgency.…
UK police make sixth arrest Parsons Green bomb probe
UK police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in south London in connection with last Friday’s terror attack on a Tube train. The teenager was detained after officers executed a warrant in Thornton Heath at about 00:05 BST on Thursday. It…
Mexico earthquake toll rises to 230
At least 21 children and five adults died at a primary school which collapsed in Mexico City during Tuesday’s quake, the government says. The shallow, 7.1 magnitude quake killed at least 230 people in total and caused major damage across…
Aung San Suu Kyi: A leader in denial?
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Sep 20 (IPS) – After finally breaking the silence with a much anticipated address on the ongoing crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has disappointed the world as she refuses…
Trump’s first UN speech met with criticism
Donald Trump’s first major speech at the United Nations has been denounced by some of the member nations he singled out for criticism. The US president included Iran among “a small group of rogue regimes”, and said the US would…
Rohingya: A misfortune of persecution
By Farid Ahmed Cox’s Bazar, Sep 18 (IPS) – Forsaken and driven out by their home country Myanmar, tens of thousands of Rohingyas are struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s border districts amid scarcities of food, clean water and medical care,…
The Handmaid’s Tale, Big Little Lies Emmys 2017’s main winners
Dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale has scooped three of the major prizes at this year’s Emmy Awards. The show won best drama series, best director for Reed Morano and best actress for Elisabeth Moss. Producer Bruce Miller thanked author Margaret…
Ryanair cancels flights after ‘messing up’ pilot holidays
Ryanair cancelled 82 flights on Sunday after admitting it had “messed up” the planning of its pilots’ holidays. The budget airline said on Saturday that it will cancel 40-50 flights every day for the next six weeks. Marketing officer Kenny…
BA plane evacuated on Paris airport runway
London-bound passengers were evacuated from a British Airways plane after a “direct security threat,” airport officials said. Travellers were escorted by armed officers and searched by sniffer dogs from flight BA0303 at Charles De Gaulle Airport, in Paris, this morning.…
UK police makes second arrest over Tube bombing
A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train, police said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night on suspicion of a terror offence and is in custody…
First agricultural debate competition at BAU
The first agricultural debate competition was started at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh participating 12 teams from 10 different public & private agricultural subject base universities on Friday. BAU organized the debate competition on agricultural base topics such as agriculture, farmer, agricultural…
Museum of rivers – canals expo at AF Dhaka
Dhaka – An architectural exhibition of Department of Architecture, BRAC University titled River Rhapsody: Museum of Rivers and Canals began at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. The inagural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Saturday.
Cassini probe incinerates on entry to Saturn
The American-led Cassini space mission to Saturn has just come to a spectacular end. Controllers had commanded the probe to destroy itself by plunging into the planet’s atmosphere. It survived for about a minute before being broken apart. Cassini had…
London underground blast a terror incident, say police
An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday’s rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The blast, at Parsons Green station on an eastbound District Line train from Wimbledon, is being treated as terrorism,…
AL leaders will too face wealth info inquiry: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 14 (UNB) – In the wake of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comments on investigations into the alleged money-laundering by its Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family members, BNP on Thursday warned that the day is not far away…
Elusive night parrot found in Australia, ecologists say
Wildlife researchers say they have found one of the world’s rarest birds in South Australia – the first proof of it there in more than a century.
Kuala Lumpur school fire kills 24 students, teachers
At least 24 students and teachers have died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning. The victims are…
Suu Kyi won’t attend UN General Assembly
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss next week’s UN General Assembly as criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. Some 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed to Bangladesh since violence in Rakhine state escalated…
Importance of cyber security investments: Trend Micro
Hong Kong, China – September 12 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cyber security solutions, today released its 2017 Midyear Security Roundup: The Cost of Compromise, detailing the threats from the first half of…
When will the US transcend White supremacy?
By Robert Jensen Now that the violence in Charlottesville has forced “white supremacy” into our political vocabulary, let’s ask an uncomfortable question: “When will the United States transcend white supremacy?”
Irma hits west coast of Florida
Hurricane Irma is blasting up the west coast of Florida and is now bearing down on the city of Tampa. Irma made landfall on Marco Island off Florida’s west coast with winds of up to 120mph (192km/h), but has since…
IBBL opens third Agent Banking outlet
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its third Agent Banking Outlet in Bhaterchar Bazar of Gazaria Upazila Munshiganj on 10 September 2017 Sunday.
Farhad Mazhar abduction case report Oct 10
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed October 10 for submitting the report in the case filed in connection with the alleged abduction of the writer, columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar.
16th Amendment Verdict: AG yet to have instruction
Dhaka – The Office of the Attorney General till Sunday did not receive any instruction from the government to lodge an appeal on the verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that upheld the High Court verdict scrapping…
3000 Rohingyas killed in Rakhine – Burma: BD Minister
Dhaka – About three thousand Rohingyas have so far been killed in Rakhine state in the hands of Myanmar security forces since August 25, foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said while holding two back-to-back briefings for foreign diplomats stationed…
Hurricane force wind gusts batter islands in Florida’s south
Wind gusts close to hurricane force are battering islands in Florida’s south as Hurricane Irma is due to hit the mainland in the coming hours. Water levels are already rising on the coast of the US state where a huge…
Irma lashes Cuba with strong winds, heavy rain
Hurricane Irma is lashing Cuba with strong winds and heavy rain after devastating several Caribbean islands. The category five storm made landfall on the Camaguey Archipelago, off the north-eastern coast. But the Bahamas have largely been spared after Irma changed…
Tribunal on Myanmar minorities in Kuala Lumpur Sept 18
An international tribunal on the situation of the Rohingyas, Kachins and other minorities in Myanmar will convene in Kuala Lumpur from the 18th to the 22nd of September 2017. The venue will be the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.