December 2017
Police find ‘yaba factory’ in Chittagong
Sofian Khan Almost 250000 pieces of Yaba tablets and mass amount of Yaba production materials have been found in the city’s Double Mooring area.“We found 105kg of raw materials, which could be used to make nearly 1 million yaba tablets,” – said detective police Inspector Mohammad Mohsin.Four people were arrested during the operation, added Mohsin….
$5.4bn UN budget for next 2 years approved
Sofian Khan The United Nations General Assembly has taken a number of key actions, including the approval of nearly $5.4 billion budget for it for the period of 2018-2019.The budget covers UN activities across a range of areas, including political affairs, international justice and law, regional cooperation for development, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and…
60-year friendship finally discovers brotherhood
Sayeed Muhammad Two Americans, who grew up as best friends, recently learnt that they are actually biological brothers and revealed the surprise to family and friends over the Christmas holidays.Is has been 60 years now, since Alan Robinson and Walter Macfarlane had befriended one another, reports Associated Press. Born in Hawaii, the island state in…
56 mugging suspects held in Dhaka
Sayeed Muhammad Members of detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have detained 56 suspected members of different hijacking gangs from parts of the capital city. The suspected hijackers were held in possession of lethal weapons, during their raids at several bus and railway stations across the city on Tuesday night, reports the Dhaka Tribune.DMP Deputy…
Japanese woman found frozen to death by parents
Sayeed Muhammad Ja-panese police arrested a couple whose 33-year-old daughter froze to death in a tiny room where they had confined her for years as they believed she had mental illness that made her violent. The victim is Airi Kakimoto, who was ft tall and weighed merely 19 kgs, reports Reuters.Western Japan’s Osaka Prefectural Police Department…
Country’s maiden apparel factory inside jail opened in N’ganj
Sayeed Muhammad For the first time in the history of Bangladeshi prisons, the government has inaugurated the country’s first-ever garment factory, established inside Narayanganj District Jail, aiming at helping inmates make money. After the inauguration, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told the media, “All prisoners at different prisons in parts of the country are provided with…
Suu Kyi ‘avoided’ Rohingya discussion during UN meeting
Sayeed Muhammad Aung San Suu Kyi avoided discussing reports of Rohingya women and girls being raped by Myanmar troops and police when she met a senior UN official, reports The Guardian referring to an internal memo.Pramila Patten, the special UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, went to the country on a four-day visit in…
Govt takes rigid stance about drug: Home Minister
Sofian Khan Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said current government has taken rigid stance regarding drug. The government is in zero-tolerance ground to prevent the drug from the society, he added. The minister said these on Wednesday at a press briefing at Fatullah in Narayanganj. The press briefing was held after the minister inaugurated some…