BBC: Rescuers in the north-western Italian city of Genoa continue to search for possible survivors after the dramatic collapse of a motorway bridge. The interior minister said at least 37 people were killed when dozens of vehicles fell 45m (148ft). About 16 people were injured in the collapse and the number missing ranges from four…
Hossen Sohel: Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday urged the Bangladesh government to “halt arbitrary arrests, prosecute those involved in violent attacks, and immediately and unconditionally release people it has thrown in jail just for speaking out.” Brad Adams, Asia director of the international human rights watchdog, in a press statement alleged that the government led…
Anadolu Agency: Two high-ranking military officers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the drone attack on Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month, the country’s chief prosecutor said Tuesday. “On Aug. 13, Col. Pedro Javier Zambrano Hernandez and General Alejandro Perez Gamez were brought before the courts … and deprived of their liberty”,…
Anadolu Agency: A grand jury report released Tuesday said more than 300 “predator priests” throughout the state of Pennsylvania had been protected by the Catholic Church after sexually abusing children. The report was released after an 18-month investigation into the abuse conducted by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. “We can begin to understand the systematic…
Reuters: Chinese state-sponsored hackers may be targeting companies and state agencies in Malaysia as it looks to review several major projects linked to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, cyber security firm FireEye said on Wednesday. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who took power after an election win in May, will be in China on Friday…
Dr Kamal Hossain, Politician, Chief of the Constitution Drafting Committee: I was initiated into the politics by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Before entering into politics, Bangabandhu once told me, “You are a good lawyer. You have come from a middle-income family and established yourself in your own right. So it is not difficult for you…
The U. S. Embassy-Dhaka has uploaded a 35-seconds video clip on Bangabandhu in its Facebook page exactly at the day beginning of August 15 in Eastern Time Zone in North America, which was 2 p.m. local time in Bangladesh. With a background piano musical interlude, it has six rare still pictures of Bangabandhu, one color…
The Guardian, UK: The director general of the World Health Organization has appealed for an end to fighting in the north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo to allow humanitarian groups to tackle the Ebola outbreak there. On his return from a trip to North Kivu where there have been 57 probable cases and 41 deaths…
Washinton Post: Lawyers representing Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa have filed papers urging the country’s Constitutional Court to throw out an opposition challenge to his disputed election. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU-PF party won the July 30 election in this politically and economically troubled southern African country’s first election without…
Sayeed Muhammad: At least 10 elderly women were killed as a fire swept through a nursing home in southern Chile on Tuesday. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the fire that broke out around 3 am in the women’s dormitory at the Santa Marta nursing home in Chiguayante, reports AP. The area is…